‘It’s a bloody nightmare, isn’t it?’

Campaigners from both sides of the Brexit divide have lined the streets outside Westminster for over a year, but the demonstrations intensified in recent weeks as MPs debated and rejected Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement

Campaigners outside the Houses of Parliament in London as a crucial debate on Brexit gets under way Pic: PA

Charlie Rome, a stay-at-home Dad from south-east London, is protesting outside the Houses of Parliament at Westminster with a familiar flag at the top of his pole: an Irish tricolour. He has brought it with him at least once a week for the last four months.

“I’m here waving the Irish tricolour and the EU flag and it’s all about partnership, it’s all about working together.

“That’s what the EU is and that’s ...