Labour spin doctor Alastair Campbell and MP Stella Creasy were among hundreds of dog owners who hit the road with their pets in Westminster on Sunday to demand a People’s Vote on Brexit.
Campaigners delivered a petition calling for a second referendum to 10 Downing Street.
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Campbell, joined by his Cavalier King Charles spaniel puppy, Skye, said: “It’s a very British sort of thing – people love their animals and there are serious animal welfare concerns with Brexit. But the reason I wanted to come is that I do think the People’s Vote has got to happen.”
The mass dog walk comes two weeks before the main People’s Vote march, on 20 October.
“Protesters held signs reading ‘Time to Get Pawlitical’ and ‘Brexit is Barking’,” reports The Guardian. “Several dogs were caught in the act of urinating on photographs of Nigel Farage, which had been taped to bollards along the route.”
The SNP has said it will back a second Brexit referendum if it is put to a vote in Parliament.
However, Prime Minister Theresa May has previously said that a second vote would be a “gross betrayal of our democracy” and wants to focus instead on negotiating a good deal with EU leaders.
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