Thousands march for new Brexit vote in London

SUMMARY

Hundreds of thousands of supporters of the European Union marched through London on Saturday in the biggest demonstration so far to demand that the British government holds a public vote on the terms of Brexit. With just over five months until Britain is due to leave there is no clarity about what a future trade deal with the EU will look like and some rebels in May's Conservative Party have threatened to vote down a deal if she clinches one.

By CNBC-TV18Oct 21, 2018 2:19:54 PM IST (Updated)

Protesters participating in an anti-Brexit demonstration march through central London, Britain October 20, 2018. (REUTERS/Simon Dawson)

Protesters carry an effigy of Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, as they march through central London, Britain October 20, 2018. (REUTERS/Simon Dawson)

Protesters participating in an anti-Brexit demonstration march through central London, Britain October 20, 2018. (REUTERS/Simon Dawson)

Protesters participating in an anti-Brexit demonstration march through central London, Britain October 20, 2018. (REUTERS/Henry Nicholls)

A protester holds a banner before an anti-Brexit demonstration, in central London, Britain October 20, 2018. (REUTERS/Simon Dawson)

Protesters pass a banner during an anti-Brexit demonstration, in central London, Britain October 20, 2018. (REUTERS/Simon Dawson)

A balloon floats towards the Big Ben clock tower in Parliament Square during a 'March for Europe' demonstration against Britain's decision to leave the European Union, in central London, Britain, July 2, 2016. (REUTERS/Kevin Coombs)

A woman with a painted face poses for a photograph during a 'March for Europe' demonstration against Britain's decision to leave the European Union, in central London, Britain July 2, 2016. Britain voted to leave the European Union in the EU Brexit referendum. (REUTERS/Neil Hall)

Protestors with their faces painted pose for a photograph during a 'March for Europe' demonstration against Britain's decision to leave the European Union, in central London, Britain July 2, 2016. Britain voted to leave the European Union in the EU Brexit referendum. (REUTERS/Neil Hall)

An EU balloon is tied to the Winston Churchill statue in Parliament Square during a 'March for Europe' demonstration against Britain's decision to leave the European Union, central London, Britain July 2, 2016. Britain voted to leave the European Union in the EU Brexit referendum. (REUTERS/Paul Hackett)

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, holds a klaxon horn, as he joins protesters in the People's Vote March for the Future, in London. Some thousands of protesters are marching through central London, Saturday, to demand a new referendum on Britain’s Brexit departure from the European Union. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)

An anti-Brexit campaigner with his face painted in the colours of the European Union flag. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)