"We're not stopping" say Exeter remainers

Brexit protest in city centre

Pro-EU campaigners in Exeter say they won't give up their fight to get back into the European Union.

On the first day of independence, protestors gathered in Exeter city centre to show their opposition to the political reality: the UK is out of Europe.

Having marched from Exeter Quay and up the High Street, scores of campaigners congregated at Bedford Square where they sang an adapted version of Rule Brittania - culminating in a line saying "Britain should remain."

Anthea Simmonds from a group called Devon for Europe says: "Many people wanted their spirits lifted after yesterday. A lot of us feel British European...a lot of European people who live here are feeling that this has become quite a hostile environment, and we're sending a message of hope to people....We hope that [by leaving] we're not going to end up trashing the economy for the sake of an ideology that is of no benefit to the country whatsoever."

Maurice Chittock told Radio Exe: "We're not stopping until Boris [Johnson] is eventually shown to be an out-and-out liar and charlatan and that the chosen path he's taken is fundamentally wrong for this country, and that then it will be the right time to rejoin. We're going to be keeping the flag flying for the next five years and that then people will see the error of their ways."

The group received mixed response from shoppers; some were seen engaging in seemingly agreeable debate; others were clearly unimpressed, with one group of lads singing: "We love you Nigel we do" (presumably referring to Farage, not Mansell).