The Europeans made their voices heard in the streets of London – La Nacion (Argentina)

More than 50.00 people marched through the capital to reject the Brexit; Queen asked to remain calm

Thousands of demonstrators with slogans proeuropeístas covered yesterday the British capital. Photo: Reuters

LONDON A blue and yellow ocean, like the colors of the flag of the European Union (EU), yesterday paraded through the streets of London say no to Brexit, right on the day that queen Elizabeth spoke publicly for the first time since the referendum. From Scotland, the monarch invited the country to maintain “calm and cold blood”.

More than 50,000 people marched in the British capital, a stronghold of the sector that decided to stay in the EU, under the call for a peaceful and colorful protest was organized spontaneously from social networks.

it was a way of expressing “anger and frustration” of 48% of Britons who voted to remain in the EU , against 52% that prevailed and sealed the exit.

from Hyde Park to Parliament, were three kilometers from posters and banners. Not only Londoners, but the whole kingdom British and many European immigrants living and working for years in the country were on the march. “ Fromage not Farage ” was one of the puns with the name of Nigel Farage, the leader of the UK Independence Party UKIP, which proclaims the break with the EU and has an anti-immigrant stance, and the word cheese in French.

that was one of the most popular slogans of the demonstrators in key British humor, stirred creative posters. He also chanted great successes of the past. From “Hey EU,” the pro-European version of the work of the Beatles’ “Hey Jude” to the legendary song of the Swedish group Abba “SOS”

It was a true pro-European party under Big Ben and a summer sun in this capital yesterday was not a rainy day as the referendum.

“I felt really groggy the morning after the vote,” he said protester Nathaniel Samson, 25, from Hertfordshire, north of London. “I felt a deep uncertainty about my future, she added. I am marching here to show my discontent. I accept the result, but this march is to show that we will not accept quietly.”

Not all is lost , he ordered the crowd asking the government to “not pull the trigger” of Article 50 of the European Treaty establishing a fatal within two years to negotiate the terms of the exit from the EU. However, the Brexit was voted by 52% of British, some 17 million people who do not want to be betrayed by the government and who want their will to be done.

Even, it is unlikely that the government turn back the referendum, even with the request to hold a second consultation until today -avalada four million signatures- or recent polls showing a number of unrepentant who voted for the block output.

Among the familiar faces in the march was former Pink Floyd Bob Geldof, who spoke on the stage set up in front of Parliament. But the absence of prominent politicians at the event showed the distance between “the palace and the people.” Even appeared the mayor of the capital, Sadiq Khan, another European.

Several kilometers north, in an environment much grayer than London, illuminated only by its bluish green suit, Queen Elizabeth took the word for the first time since the referendum, confirming perhaps she is able the only figure to hold together the kingdom.

“Calm” because these are “difficult times” was the warning Isabel . A message in royal style, therefore without a direct reference to the vote. “We live in an increasingly complex world, where the ability to stay calm sometimes can be difficult,” he said.

However, their sentences were read by many at Buckingham Palace as a reminder to lower the tone of political confrontation and an invitation to not get caught by the post-referendum panic. The flag of “keep calm and follow” one of the phrases most used slogans these days, it is not new, but was invented by the British government in the distant 1939, on the eve of World War II.

agencies ANSA and Reuters