Momentum, the grassroots group set up to support Jeremy Corbyn, has called for street protests and road blockades to stop what it calls a coup.
Laura Parker, the group’s national coordinator, said: “Our message to Johnson is this: if you steal our democracy, we’ll shut down the streets.”
Momentum, together with trade unions, have organised protests in Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Oxford, Sheffield and York on Saturday and a further demonstration in London next Tuesday when parliament returns.
Parker will be joining an occupation of parliament next week.
She said:
“Eton-educated, millionaire Boris Johnson is stealing our democracy so he can sell off our NHS to big US corporations in a no-deal, Trump-first Brexit.
This is an establishment coup by a tiny, privileged elite who have been eroding our democracy for decades.
Real power doesn’t sit with the Queen or in parliament. It’s with us, the people – and that’s why we need to take action.
There are thousands of us who will join an occupation of parliament and block the roads before we let Johnson close the doors on democracy.
Today we’re going to contact all Momentum supporters and encourage them to protest, occupy and blockade on Saturday.”
