Brexit march: When is the Final Say rally and will there be a second referendum vote?

Hundreds of thousands to demand fresh Brexit vote at major London rally on 19 October

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to march through London for a major demonstration calling for a Final Say referendum on Brexit.

Organised by the People’s Vote campaign and supported by The Independent, the march will take place just two weeks before the UK is scheduled to leave the EU.

Campaigners are calling on the government to call a Final Say vote on any Brexit agreement or no-deal outcome.

Here is everything you need to know about the protest.

When is the Final Say march and where is it taking place?

The march is taking place at midday on Saturday, 19 October, as MPs meet for an emergency sitting in the House of Commons in a bid to solve the Brexit impasse.

Protesters will assemble at Park Lane at 12pm before walking along Whitehall towards Parliament Square, where cross-party politicians and celebrities will address the crowds.

Members of the public have raised more than £500,000 to pay for the demonstration and more than 170 coaches have been hired to transport people to London, with activists set to travel from areas including Scotland, Wales, Cornwall and Lincolnshire.

The full list of coach pick-up points can be found on the People’s Vote website.

What have MPs and campaigners said about the protest?

David Lammy, the Labour MP and a leading supporter of the Final Say campaign, has said the march will be a “huge democratic moment for our country”.

“On Saturday 19 October the people of the United Kingdom will come together to tell Boris Johnson loud and clear he must seek our consent before he inflicts his Brexit on our country,” he added.

“Whether it’s a deal or no deal, the Brexit the prime minister is planning bears no relation to the promises made back in 2016 and it threatens immense harm to our economy, our prosperity, our young people and our United Kingdom.”

Boris Johnson is under mounting pressure to call a Final Say vote (EPA/UK Parliament)

The former Northern Ireland secretary Lord Hain said: “Ultimately whatever emerges as [Boris Johnson’s] Brexit plan has to be tested in a final say referendum. That is the only fair and democratic outcome.

“And that is why, on Saturday 19 October, vast numbers of people will gather in London for one of the biggest political demonstrations Britain has ever seen.”

A spokesman for the People’s Vote campaign added: “The only way to break the deadlock in Parliament, legitimise the outcome and allow us all to talk about something else, is to give the people the final say.”

Will there be a Final Say referendum?

Boris Johnson has repeatedly refused to hold a new public vote on Brexit, insisting that the UK will leave the EU on October 31, despite mounting pressure from Remain campaigners.

Earlier this month, a poll showed the public believes a fresh referendum would be a better way to break the Brexit deadlock than a general election.

The YouGov survey, of 1,620 voters, found that only 35 per cent of voters support an election, while 40 per cent believe a Final Say referendum is the better way forward.

Peter Kellner, the former president of YouGov, said: “It is clear that the public mood is hardening in favour of a people’s vote to decide whether Brexit should go ahead.

“As far as the general public is concerned, democracy is no longer served by simply enacting the result of the 2016 referendum.”

Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, meanwhile, suggested that Britons would vote to stop Brexit if a second referendum went ahead.

“All the polls since prime minister Johnson became prime minister suggest that’s what the British people actually want, but their political system isn’t able to give them that choice,” he said.