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Brexit march: Dozens of MPs join forces in call for thousands more people to attend People's Vote protest

Dozens of South East MPs today issued an unprecedented appeal to tens of thousands of people to join a march on Parliament for a second referendum on Brexit.

They urged people to take to the streets tomorrow for the People’s Vote rally from Park Lane to Westminster.

Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs joined forces, with calls to “stand up to the hard Brexiteers”, “march with us” to protect jobs and the NHS, “take back control” and “bin Brexit”.

Former Cabinet minister Justine Greening (Putney) said: “Parliament is gridlocked. It’s now vital that people across our country and in communities like my own are given the final say on Brexit.”

Former Attorney General Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield) appealed: “If you think the future of our country matters and that we should prevent a very bad outcome...please participate in the People’s Vote march.”

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David Lammy (Tottenham) condemned “lies and broken promises” made to voters on quitting the EU.

“The British people must now have the right to vote on the reality of Brexit for the first time,” he added.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan warned Britain is hurtling towards the Brexit “cliff-edge at breakneck speed” and stressed: “It’s time for us to take back control.”

Liberal Democrat Leader Sir Vince Cable (Twickenham) said: “This march is a demonstration of the anger that young people in particular feel from having a Brexit they never wanted imposed on them.”

In a sign of this, students from Orkney and the Highlands left early this morning to reach London for tomorrow’s march.

Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow) urged people to march to show the Government “cannot hold this country hostage due to internal Conservative Party divisions”.

Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn) said the rally would let people who “feel betrayed by this Government to shout loudly against the direction in which the country is heading”.

With Britain’s Brexit bill already into the billions and forecast to spiral, Chuka Umunna (Streatham) added: “If you want to protect jobs, make sure we have money to invest in our NHS and secure the best possible future for our young people, then march with us.”

Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green) appealed to people to “send Theresa May a clear message”.

Gareth Thomas (Harrow West) said: “It’s time to stand up to the hard Brexiteers whose cavalier approach will damage the economy and put jobs at risk.”

Wes Streeting (Ilford North) stressed: “It’s time to give power back to the people.”

Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith) said a People’s Vote was “the go-to solution” for “increasing numbers of voters despairing at the Government’s failure to negotiate any acceptable deal”.

Rupa Huq (Ealing Central and Acton) said: “What is there more democratic than giving the public a chance to endorse any deal.”

Peter Kyle (Hove) stressed: “The biggest threat to stopping a damaging Brexit is the sense that people have that it’s inevitable.”

Mike Gapes (Ilford South) is hoping for a “massive turn-out” for a new vote to “heal the wounds in this country”.

Former justice minister Phillip Lee (Bracknell) stressed: “We need the informed consent of the public to proceed with Brexit.”

Sir Ed Davey (Kingston & Surbiton) urged Londoners to march “in large numbers so we can bin Brexit”.

Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington) said: “Nobody voted for the deal which could eventually emerge or even worse No Deal.”

Amid deep Tory and Labour rifts on Brexit, Karen Buck (Westminster North) stressed: “A deal has to be put back to the British people.”

Joan Ryan (Enfield North) warned that a “destructive no deal” was “looking ever more likely”.

Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth) said: “Brexit is bad for London”, while Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark) added: “My constituents do not want or deserve all the damage May’s reckless approach will deliver.”

Dame Margaret Hodge (Barking) stressed: “For Londoners, having a sensible resolution to the European question is really important.”

Janet Daby (Lewisham East) said: “We must take every opportunity to secure a People’s Vote”.

Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden) is “encouraging everyone” to join the march.

Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Northwood) said: “It is even more evident now...that Brexit will be an unmitigated disaster.”