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A go-slow on the A494 in protest at the Government's handling of Brexit will take place next week.

The Brexit Protest and Direct Action Group has revealed it will be held on Friday, March 22, at 7pm.

Vehicles are scheduled to drive in convoy along the dual carriageway between the Deeside Industrial Park and the junction at Ewloe, St David's Park and up Aston Hill close to where it becomes the A55.

Campaign group leader Ian Charlesworth said it was "to gauge support and interest" in the protest movement.

The 55-year-old from Deeside said they were hoping to catch Irish wagons heading toward Holyhead Port along the A55 - a main trading route with the EU.

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Today on the campaign group's Facebook page, which now has more than 1,600 members - five people had indicated they were attending with another four "interested".

Initially Mr Charlesworth had threatened to block Holyhead port with vehicles in a bid to put pressure on the Government to resolve the chaos of Brexit.

But, the action was called off temporarily following dramatic scenes in The Commons on Thursday evening which saw MPs vote to delay leaving the EU on March 29.

However, group leader Mr Charlesworth said they will now attempt to disrupt lorries travelling to the port and have not ruled out a blockade in the coming days and weeks to show that the Government "cannot mess with the British public".

Their decision comes after a motion in Theresa May's name, authorising her to request an extension to the two-year Article 50 negotiation process, was passed by 412 votes to 202 - a majority of 210.

That vote came after the Prime Minister's Withdrawal Agreement was rejected for the second time on Tuesday and MPs voted on Wednesday (March 13) to rule out a No Deal Brexit.

Speaking to North Wales Live after Thursday night's vote, Mr Charlesworth told North Wales Live the group were also planning to hold a public meeting.

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Commenting on the A55 go-slow, he said: "It will be done at a time which won't impact members of the public trying to get home from work but will be organised to coincide with lorries making their way to Holyhead Port . We want to prove that you cannot mess with the British public."

Mrs May has made clear that she hopes to bring her Agreement back to the Commons by March 20 in the hope of securing the support of MPs who rejected it by 230 votes in January and 149 earlier this week.

If she succeeds, she will go to Brussels next Thursday to request a short delay to a date no later than June 30, to give herself time to pass legislative changes necessarily for a smooth and orderly Brexit.

But if her deal is rejected for a third time, she believes any extension would have to be far longer and would involve the UK taking part in European Parliament elections in May.

European Council president Donald Tusk has indicated that the EU may be ready to offer a lengthy extension to negotiations if the UK wants to "rethink its Brexit strategy and build consensus around it".

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