Steve Bray has ended his campaign after 847 days outside the House of Commons (Picture: SWNS)

For over two years, he has been the bane of every news report broadcast from College Green, outside the Houses of Parliament.

But after 847 days of heckling MPs, journalists and leavers, Steve Bray, 50, has decided to hang up his grey top hat and Union Flag.

Since September 5, 2017, Mr Bray has become a regular character on the nightly news.

He was every cameraman’s nightmare as he hovered behind presenters, constantly trying to get into shot with his anti-Brexit banners.


And, of course, there was his famous booming voice, shouting out ‘stop Brexit’ at levels that would make John ‘order, order’ Bercow jealous.



This led to him being called an idiot by MP Mark Francois and Piers Morgan said he was part of a group of ‘complete morons’ and ‘every village has one’.

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He was the bane of every cameraman’s life when they were working on College Green (Picture: AFP)

Mr Bray gets a hug from a woamn on his last day of campaigning outside Parliament (Picture: SWNS)

Battered by the Boris Johnson landslide, Mr Bray ended his protest yesterday, but said that it is not the end of his campaigning and he still hopes the UK will remain in the EU.

However, he got one final chance to shout ‘bollocks to Boris’ as the Prime Minister returned to parliament.

This morning he said: ‘The fight goes on but our future campaigning will be about holding government to account and when the proverbial sh*t kicks in, we will look into how we can get back into the EU.’

The grandfather – who funded his protest by selling off his coin collection – moved to London from Port Talbot, South Wales.

Despite the Tory victory, Bray denied that this was a sign Britain had now definitively backed Brexit.

Speaking outside Parliament yesterday, he said: ‘The majority of people, 53 per cent, voted for remain parties including Labour, Lib Dems, Greens and the Scottish National Party. That’s 1.2 million more people who wanted to remain than leave.

He moved to London from Port Talbot to take part in his famous campaign (Picture: SWNS)

He has now hung up his grey top hat and Union Flag to campaign in different ways (Picture: SWNS)

‘That’s why we desperately need a system of proportional representation. If we had a referendum tomorrow, we’d win it.’

Bray vowed to continue battling to remain in the EU, despite conceding the chances of remaining were now ‘tiny.’

He said: ‘We haven’t left yet. There’s a tiny chance of staying in, so as long as we haven’t left, there’s still hope.’

The activist, who has almost become a household name, said he would continue living in London to keep up his political work.

He added: ‘Our future campaigning will be about holding government to account. Looking forward, to when the proverbial sh*t kicks in, we will look into how we can get back into the EU.’

His protest ended largely because of the landslide result of the General Election (Picture: SWNS)

He vowed to continue battling to remain in the EU, despite conceding the chances of remaining were now ‘tiny’ (Picture: SWNS)

Speaking to leavers, he said: ‘I don’t blame those people that voted to leave after being promised the Earth, but the sad fact is that we are all going to end up in hell after Brexit happens.

‘Every single think tank including the government sad that we are going to be worse of with any form of Brexit.



‘We may have a high level of employment, but they are not quality jobs. They are zero-hours jobs.

‘The financial sector is the crown jewel in terms of tax revenue. Now the bankers are moving to Germany and France. Our standing in the world is gone.’

He addressed fellow remainers and urged them not to give up hope.

He said: ‘We haven’t given up and we are not going to give up. We need to take this time to reflect about how we campaign and how to become a force to be reckoned with. As it stands we are the only effective opposition. We have to persevere.’

Bray conceded the election result was ‘devastating’ and said that the focus now needed to be on how to ‘pick up the pieces.’

Asked whether he ever thought his anti-Brexit campaign would succeed, he said: ‘There are no winners in this. Whatever happens, we are all losers.’

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