Some one million people were estimated to have joined the Put It To The People march in central London today, organisers said.
Organised by the People’s Vote, Britain for Europe and Open Britain, protesters demanded the public be given a final say on the Brexit process.
Campaigners seeking a second referendum started in Park Lane at midday before gathering at Parliament Square for a series of speeches, with demonstrators tailing back through the route shown on aerial footage.
On stage Labour’s deputy leader Tom Watson addressed Theresa May's own speech this week when she told voters fed up of Brexit that "I am on your side".
He said: “Have a look out of the window prime minister. Open your curtains. Switch on your TV. Here are the people. Theresa May - you don’t speak for us.”
And Michael Heseltine told marchers that the EU represented "parliamentary democracies working together with power based on a shared sovereignty far in excess of anything any one of us could achieve individually" over decades.
People came from across the country to join the demonstration. Sorcha Kirker, 27, travelled from Orkney and told The Independent: "This is too important to miss because of something like geography. It’s our future."
The march took place as Ms May fought to stay in office, with ministers reportedly plotting to oust her. In a letter to MPs she did not guarantee that she would bring her deal back to the Commons for a third meaningful vote, amid suspicions it would fail to pass again.
See below how we covered the march live:
Hello, and welcome to The Independent's live coverage of Saturday's historic Put it to the People march in London.
Here's our handy guide to today's massive rally in central London.
When is the Put it to the People march and how you can get involved?
Number of people who have pre-registered on the website is 'significantly higher' than those for October march, organisers sayToday's marchers will take heart from news Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson has backed a second referendum as a way of breaking the impasse at Westminster.
“It can only begin to bring the country back together again if we all have a Final Say – and then live with the result,” he says.
Here's Rob Merrick with more:
Tom Watson defies Jeremy Corbyn by backing fresh Brexit referendum as 'the only way' to solve crisis
The IndependentDeputy leader declares he will speak at Put It To The People march – increasing pressure on his boss to end uncertainty about his own position
Heidi Allen, the former Conservative MP who joined the Independent Group last month, hopes today’s march will build on the momentum created by this week’s online petition to revoke Article 50 – which now has over three million signatures.
Opinion: Three million have signed the Article 50 petition – this is the roar that will drive the Final Say march
A prime minister, devoid of emotional intelligence, unwilling to recognise the public mood or work cross party, is failing this nationScotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon is on her way to join the protest.
Writing for The Independent, Nicola Sturgeon says the SNP will try to help secure a longer extension to the Article 50 process "to allow time to put the issue back to voters".
Nicola Sturgeon: I’ll be marching to show Scotland’s anger at the Brexit farce
This will be a huge, visible demonstration of public opposition to the Tories’ mishandling of the biggest issue of our timeSome Bristol University students en route to London for the rally were kindly allowed to address fellow train passengers over the tannoy.
The petition to revoke Article 50 has passed the four million mark:
4 million people have now signed the petition calling for Brexit to be cancelled
Petition rejected by Theresa May has more than three times as many signatures as all pro-Brexit petitions combinedThe big overnight news from Westminster is that Theresa May might not go ahead with a third vote on her Brexit deal next week if there is not enough support for it.
In a letter to MPs, the prime minister suggested she could seek an extension to Britain's EU membership beyond the European Parliament elections if there is insufficient support for her Withdrawal Agreement.
Here’s Peter Stubley with more:
Theresa May could drop third vote on Brexit deal if it lacks support
Prime minister writes to MPs outlining four possible ways to end impassePeople are travelling to the march from every corner of the UK this morning. A group of young people from Northern Ireland from the Our Future Our Choice group made an early start:
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has a message for everyone taking part in today’s historic march.
Writing for The Independent, the London mayor says the prime minister should revoke Article 50 and give the British public a final say:
Sadiq Khan: We need to revoke Article 50 and end this Brexit disaster now
Nobody voted for the division that has torn through our country as a result of Theresa May’s wrongheaded approach, which is why thousands will be marching in protest tomorrowHere's what you need to know about the big march today. There's a lot at stake.
Despite Tom Watson’s supportive remarks, Labour’s official policy on a final say referendum has been somewhat confusing. The party’s Twitter team seems to have forgotten there’s a protest on.
Former Ukip leader Nigel Farage has joined the March to Leave in Linby, Nottinghamshire, telling a whopping 200 Brexit supporters that Theresa May had reduced the nation “to a state of humiliation”.
The march started in Sunderland a week ago and organisers hope to arrive in London on March 29.
Speaking from the top of an open-top bus, Mr Farage said those gathering for the Put it to the People march in London were not the majority, before leading the crowds through the village.
George Osborne has called for a long delay to the Brexit process.
“The best outcome now would be a long delay, and it’s not the worst thing in the world to ask people to vote for some MEPs, and certainly better than stockpiling medicine and turning Kent into a car park,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
“So I think the best outcome is a long delay where we rethink how we deliver on the referendum result and we try and find a majority for a compromise Brexit agreement and possibly have a second referendum.”
Delia Smith is urging as many people as possible to join today’s march in London. Writing for The Independent, she says “the world has shrunk” and describes the isolationism of Brexit as “madness”.
Delia Smith: Politics has failed humanity – a new Brexit vote would help stop the rot
Forget squabbles about borders and backstops. We need to look at the bigger pictureBBC Radio 4’s Today programme presenter Jim Naughtie has apologised for likening members of the ERG to France’s National Front.
Naughtie said in a statement: “I was wrong to say in a live discussion this morning that members of the ERG would be happy in a far-right party.
“That was not my intention, because I don’t believe it. I was trying to make the point that if our parties fracture in some way after Brexit - on right and left - we could see a political landscape emerge that looks more like the rest of Europe than it does at the moment. But my words were ill-chosen and I'm sorry for any offence caused.”
Nigel Farage has been asked about the small numbers attending his pro-Brexit march.
Questioned this morning about the March to Leave supporters being outnumbered by the Put it to the People march, he pointed to the 200 plus cheering people gathered in a pub car park in Nottinghamshire and said: “There are 17.4 million here, can’t you see them?”
A reminder that over two hundred coaches from across the UK were booked to take people to London for today’s march. One coach left the Scottish Highlands on Friday evening.
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