W. This is deja vu news of live from berlin give us another peoples vote hundreds of thousands of protesters filled The Streets Of London calling on lawmakers to hold a second referendum on the u. K. s departure from the e. U. Also coming up. And the selfproclaimed caliphate crumbles in syria rebel forces force their flag in but whos after expelling the socalled Islamic State from the last scrap of territory that still held in the country. Im michael to have you with us hundreds of thousands of people have taken to The Streets Of London to call for a second referendum. Organizers hope to convince lawmakers to back a new public vote on Whether Britain should follow through on plans to leave the European Union earlier this week Prime Minister theresa may and e. U. Leaders agreed to postpone to give the u. K. More time to pass a deal. Our correspondent Charlotte Potts spoke to some of the protesters in london earlier we asked you to tell us more about their motives hundreds of thousands o
to tell us more as you give your porter public fully ileus public break this down for us who exactly is behind this petition and what exactly are they asking for well her name is margaret georgette do as she describes herself as simply a frustrated remain or so she says an average british citizen this petition actually started at the end of february and just to make one thing very clear a petition only needs ten thousand signatures for the government then to respond i just checked a few minutes ago and it stands at over four and a half million people have signed this petition which is an incredible number now if we actually take a look at what the petition actually says it says the government repeatedly claims exiting the e.u. is the will of the people we need to put a stop to this claim by proving the strength of public support now for a maining in the european union a people s vote may not happen so vote now and it seems to have really sort of struck a chord with that many people and