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		</div><p>Large-scale protests against the British Prime Minister’s controversial plan to suspend UK Parliament are taking place in city centres across the country.</p>
<p>Chants of “shame on you” were directed at Boris Johnson by demonstrators outside Downing Street on Saturday as streets around British Government buildings in Westminster were brought to a standstill.</p>
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<p>There are 32 planned protests taking place across the UK organised by anti-Brexit campaign group Another Europe Is Possible.</p>
<figure id="attachment_139081" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-139081" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-139081" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/407A0E3B-B888-492E-8A12-3ED2216629D0.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-139081" class="wp-caption-text">Protesters marching in Bristol</figcaption></figure>
<p>Demonstrators gathered outside Oxford University’s Balliol College, which was attended by Mr Johnson, to express their displeasure about his handling of Brexit.</p>
<p>Lesley McKie, who was at the college with her family, criticised the “undemocratic actions of Boris Johnson and (senior adviser) Dominic Cummings”.</p>
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<p>Denouncing the British Prime Minister outside the institution where he established his “political profile” sends “a powerful message to Johnson and others leading this coup”, she added.</p>
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<p>Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott addressed the London protesters from a stage near Downing Street.</p>
<p>She told the crowds: “We cannot allow Boris Johnson to shut down Parliament and to shut down the voice of ordinary British people.”</p>
<p>More than 1,000 protesters gathered in cities including York, Manchester and Newcastle.</p>
<p>Chris McHugh, 33, who works for Labour MP Liz Twist and was demonstrating in Newcastle, said the protest is about “protecting democracy”.</p>
<p>He added: “The fact that thousands have taken to the streets of Newcastle today is so telling.”</p>
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<p>Protests are also taking place in cities including Birmingham, Liverpool, Glasgow, Swansea, Leeds, Belfast, Bristol and Aberdeen.</p>
<p>They are also being held in towns including Bodmin in Cornwall and Clitheroe in Lancashire.</p>
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<p>Left-wing campaign group Momentum has called on its members to “occupy bridges and blockade roads” in conjunction with unrest on the streets.</p>
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<p>The protests were triggered by the British PM’s decision to suspend UK Parliament for up to five weeks ahead of the October 31 Brexit deadline.</p>
<p>Opponents claimed the move was aimed at stopping discussion of Brexit and hampering cross-party efforts to block the prospect of a no-deal withdrawal from the European Union – an allegation denied by Mr Johnson.</p>
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