By GB News (Politics) | Created at 2026-06-21 07:31:27 | Updated at 2026-06-21 12:19:07
4 hours ago
Anti-Brexit demonstrators have been ridiculed on social media after just a few hundred descended on London to call for the UK to rejoin the European Union.
The Metropolitan Police estimated 1,500 people gathered outside Temple station yesterday afternoon before marching to Parliament Square.
Pro-EU activists, who stood together as part of the National Rejoin March, hoped to put pressure on Sir Keir Starmer’s Government to reverse Brexit ahead of the 10th anniversary of the referendum on Tuesday.
They sported blue and yellow attire, with messages such as “Re:Union” and “Citizen of Europe”.
However, yesterday’s numbers were markedly less than the hundreds of thousands who protested to stop Brexit in 2019.
Estimates of those who attended protests in March and October 2019 range from around 300,000 to one million.
The dwindling turnout sparked humorous glee on social media.
“Literally dozens on the Rejoin EU March in London today,” independent economist Julian Jessop said.
Pro-Brexit campaign group Britain Unbound added, “Currently enjoying the commentary on the live stream from the Rejoin EU March currently walking from Temple Station to Parliament Square.
“Apparently according to the streamer, there could be ‘as many as a few thousand’.
“It looks as though there might be five to 800 people.”
Ex-Tory MP Bob Seely pointed out: “Hundreds out of 70 million.”
Another pro-Brexit social media user wrote: “No one cares anymore except a small cult.”
The small number of those attending the anti-Brexit protest has also been dwarfed by other demonstrations in the capital.
Around 60,000 people attended the Unite the Kingdom rally in May.
More than 110,000 demonstrators descended on London for another Unite the Kingdom rally in September 2025.
However, pro-rejoin activists want to see the reversal of the 2016 referendum result.
Britons voted decisively for Brexit a decade ago, with 17.4 million people voting to leave the Brussels bloc and 16.1 million opting for the status quo.
Polls show a shift in feeling towards the EU, with a majority now regretting the decision.
But polls also show Britons would find it unacceptable if the EU demands the UK adopts the single currency and loses other opt-outs.
Speaking at the rally in Parliament Square yesterday, former Labour leader Neil Kinnock said: "We used to be, not very long ago, a significant participant in deciding the condition and the development of our continent.
"Now, we are an applicant for involvement in the security arrangements – what a change in status, importance, and effectiveness."
Lord Kinnock, who served as Vice President of the European Commission after two botched attempts at becoming Prime Minister, also issued a dire warning about Brexit.
He added: "We are stuck in Brexit. We are trapped, as outsiders, from the rest of our continent.
"If anything else was ever doing this much political and economic harm to our beloved country, the demand to end it would be unstoppable."
