Brexit supporters descended on Parliament Square early on Thursday to place 34 Union flags in a spot usually occupied by EU flags before Remain voters arrived.

David Ireland, 41, and three others arrived at around 6am armed with the custom-made flags to find no EU ones there.

A row of Union flags in a spot usually occupied by EU flags opposite the Houses of Parliament (Ted Hennessey/PA)
A row of Union flags in a spot usually occupied by EU flags opposite the Houses of Parliament (Ted Hennessey/PA)

The Remain campaigners arrived at 7.30am, and began placing their EU flags around the Union flags.

(Ted Hennessey/PA)
(Ted Hennessey/PA)

“What the Remain voters do is shun all the Leave campaigners into the irrelevant middle ground and dominate the TV space.

Photo taken in January of anti-Brexit and Pro-Brexit protesters flying flags outside the Houses of Parliament (Yui Mok/PA)
Anti-Brexit and Pro-Brexit protesters flying flags outside the Houses of Parliament in January (Yui Mok/PA)

Asked if he would do the same on Friday, he said: “I’ve got a job, I can’t do this all the time like they do.”

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