Brexit protesters tell PM to hurry up

Protesters for leaving the EU have gathered outside the British parliament asking the government to hurry up and deliver Brexit.

a Pro Brexit protest outside the houses of Parliament

Protesters outside British parliament are demanding the government hurry up and deliver Brexit. (AAP)

Around 200 supporters of leaving the European Union have gathered outside the British parliament to demand Prime Minister Theresa May deliver Brexit.

In a June 23 referendum, 51.9 per cent, or 17.4 million people, voted to leave the EU while 48.1 per cent, or 16.1 million people, voted to stay.

Waving British flags, the protesters chanted "Brexit means Brexit, out, out, out" and "EU no thank you" outside parliament on Wednesday.

"We are here to remind our elected representatives that the country voted to leave. Get on with it," Nigel Birrell, a supporter of Brexit, told Reuters.

May has said she will trigger formal EU divorce talks by the end of March but the Supreme Court is due to consider a government appeal next month over whether parliament must first approve that move.

Another supporter of Brexit, Mo McDonald-Robertson, said outside parliament: "I think they are just putting up lots of obstacles at the moment."


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