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‘67% did not vote leave’ Photograph: Dinendra Haria/REX/Shutterstock

More protesters have told our reporter about their fears of a no-deal Brexit and the potential effect it could have on peace in Ireland, the economy, and LGBT rights.

Peter, 60, from Crawley, had created a large banner that read: “Would an honourable country renege on a peace treaty? No hard border in Ireland.” While he’s not Irish, Peter said: “I remember the Troubles from the 70s. That’s no reason to take the status quo for granted. People forget too soon the benefits of the Good Friday agreement.”

He said it filled him with despair to hear people talk of scrapping the Good Friday agreement in the hopes of a clean exit out of the EU. “The whole Irish economy could be so badly affected and then you look at history and the way we’ve treated them in the past, it’s a bit of a rough deal for them. They deserve better treatment from us.”



Derick, 35, who lives in London, was waving an rainbow flag and marching with an LGBT group. He said he had come to the march because he was “concerned that this might be one of the last opportunity to get through how serious the situation is”.

“It’s pretty terrifying and I’m transgender and basically most of my rights as a person has come from the EU. If we leave the EU, I am liable to not become a person,” he said.



Matthew Cooke, 28, who had come down from Scunthorpe with the Modern Union for a Changing World, described the prospect of a no-deal Brexit as “terrifying”.



“Brexit in its guise is no good for jobs, no good for workers rights and no good for people’s finance,” he said. “It would be remiss not to be out here to not get a better future for everybody.” Cooke, who has worked as both a steelworker and a trade unionist, said it was the duty of the union to fight to get better deals for their workers.

