Anti-Brexit billboards appear across the UK

A poster campaign by anti-Brexit activists got underway in earnest this week, with billboards appearing across the country urging the public to speak out over the governments hard Brexit policy.

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Telegraph - A poster campaign by anti-Brexit activists got underway in earnest this week, with billboards appearing across the country urging the public to speak out over the governments hard Brexit policy.

Campaign group Stop the Silence raised more than £70,000 via crowdfunding to pay for the posters, which have been erected in areas including London, Bournemouth and Cardiff over the past few days.

Writing on Facebook, the group said: "This campaign encourages Peers to listen to the people as it considers safeguards to guarantee that the final deal will be in the best interests of the people.

"The campaign and group aim to influence the character and quality of debate in Parliament over the next two years, in a way which fully engages and involves the views of the entire electorate, much of which has diverse expectations of the Brexit process.

"The campaign intends to emphasise the foundational British values of open debate and tolerance, where ongoing democratic dialogue must remain accessible, and available, to all of its citizens.

Campaigner Liz Holmes, founder of Stop the Silence, told Metro.co.uk: "The Government is ignoring millions of people who are worried about the Brexit cliff-edge, however they voted in the Referendum.

"Billboards are the obvious way to get concerns off social media and literally onto the streets of the UK.

"We all want a good deal. We do not believe the Government’s current ‘deal or no deal’ position will achieve that. It should be country first, not Brexit first."