Roundup: London march by 100,000 Brexit supporters planned for day of historic court hearing

The campaign group Leave.EU announced Monday it is planning a mass march in central London next month to coincide with the start of a historic "Brexit" court hearing.

The group is aiming for at least 100,000 people to take part in the march from Trafalgar Square to Parliament Square, close to where the Surpreme Court will make a definitive decision on who can trigger Britain's exit from the European Union.

Nigel Farage, acting leader of UKIP, will lead the march expected on December 5.

Leave.EU said it will announce further details of what will be one of the biggest demonstrations seen in the British capital for some time.

The court hearing, expected to last for several days, has been called to hear an appeal by Prime Minister Theresa May's government, following a decision in the High Court last Thursday.

Three judges ruled that the parliament must be involved in the process to trigger the so-called Article 50 mechanism that will start a two-year negotiation between London and Brussels over the terms of Brexit.

In the June 23 referendum, Britain decided on a 52-48 margin to leave the EU, a decision that stunned the political establishment who had been expecting a remain vote.

Leave supporters fear that giving politicians in the House of Commons as well as the House of Lords could see pro-Remain parliamentarians delaying or even sabotaging Brexit.

The aim of the planned march is to show the 11 Supreme Court judges in the nearby court room the depth of feeling among the population.

Leave.EU is also planning to raise funds to engage its own lawyers to take part in what will be one of the most important legal cases in British history.

A Leave.EU spokesman said in a media statement: "This will remind the government/politicians and the establishment, including the court ,that they cannot ignore the democratic vote of the people in the referendum."

The announcement of the march came just 24 hours after Farage appeared on a Sunday political program to warn about the reaction of the public if parliament attempts to block the will of the people.

The news came as Farage warned that any attempts to overturn the results of the referendum risked "political anger the likes of which none of us in our lifetimes have ever witnessed".

He said during the television program: "If people in this country think that they're going to be cheated, they're going to be betrayed, then we will see political anger the likes of which none of us in our lifetimes have ever witnessed in this country."

Theresa May, currently in India on a trade mission, has confirmed that she plans to stick to her original timetable to trigger Article 50 by the end of March. Endit