Both EU and Brexit supporters gathered in front to of the UK Parliament on Tuesday to have their voice heard.

Alan Wager, Research Associate for UK in a Changing Europe, told The Associated Press that the Brexit uncertainty and an increased chance of a no-deal are the two factors that most effect the price of sterling and lower the price of sterling.

In early trading, London's FTSE 100 was off 3 points at 7,258 as the pound fell to its lowest level since 1985, excluding a brief crash it suffered in 2016.

A consultant neurologist David Nicholl criticised that a no-deal Brexit is the biggest risk to the health service in its existence.

London - 3 September 2019

1. People with flags and banners in front of UK Parliament

2. Various of EU supporters, UPSOUND (English): "Stop the coup"

3. Various of Brexit supporters with signs, UPSOUND (English): "Brexit, now"

4. Set up shot of Research Associate for UK in a Changing Europe, Alan Wager

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Alan Wager, Research Associate for UK in a Changing Europe:

"Across the House of Commons there are MPs from all parties, there's a big majority against a no-deal Brexit. But the government, (UK Prime Minister) Boris Johnson, is strongly in favour come what may of leaving the European Union on the 31st October. So the only route open to these MPs is to create legislation, to create laws, to make Boris Johnson go and seek an extension. That's why you get a group of 15 or so Conservative MPs and with all the other opposition parties in the House of Commons to try and create a majority to ensure that Boris Johnson is boxed into a corner and has to try and get an extension to try and stop a no-deal Brexit. So that's the big prize for these MPs all against a no-deal Brexit who want to thwart Boris Johnson."

6. Cutaway

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Alan Wager, Research Associate for UK in a Changing Europe:

"So the key option for Boris Johnson to try and stop himself from having to seek this extension is to call a general election. But unfortunately that's not in the gift of Boris Johnson - that's in the gift of the Labour Party. And the Labour Party and the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats and the SNP want guarantees that there will not be an election after the 31st October and they argue that Boris Johnson isn't going to honour that guarantee. So that means the big get out of jail free card - the general election - that he hopes to call isn't as easy as it seems for Boris Johnson. So actually all the options available to Boris Johnson are narrowing. He's finding himself boxed in here by the Labour Party and by these Conservative rebels."

8. Cutaway

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Alan Wager, Research Associate for UK in a Changing Europe:

"The two factors that most effect the price of sterling and lower the price of sterling is Brexit uncertainty and an increased chance of a no-deal Brexit. And what we are seeing is massive uncertainty but also a government and an executive that is really clear that they want a no-deal Brexit. And both of those things combined are what is causing so much damage and uncertainty to sterling at the moment."

10 . Set up shot of consultant neurologist, David Nicholl:

11. SOUNDBITE (English) David Nicholl, consultant neurologist:

"So I asked him (referring to Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg) one question, which was, if you support a no-deal Brexit what do you think the mortality rate is going to be? And that is the question that needs to be asking. All this 'there's a few bumps in the road,' we need to know what the bumps are how many there are, how big they are. How we can mitigate them and frankly how many people are going to be harmed by them and these bumps are real patients who are at risk. This is just insane because we are a nation at peace yet we are needing to think about almost military levels of contingency planning. It's bonkers."

12. Cutaway of EU supporters with sign, reading (English) "Put country before party. Stop no-deal"

13. SOUNDBITE (English) David Nicholl, consultant neurologist:

"I honestly think a no-deal Brexit is the biggest risk to the health service in its existence. We're talking about drugs, but then there is staffing - 14 per cent of my specialty, neurology, is from the European Union. I've been advertising a job for the last six months we haven't had any applicants from the UK or indeed the EU at all. So that means patients are waiting longer. The research, the impact on the research, EU grants that normally...I mean Britain is a world leader in research, but now people aren't being able to apply for EU grants because who wants - they kind of want to the UK to know what the hell they are doing."

14. Cutaway

15. SOUNDBITE (English) David Nicholl, consultant neurologist:

"And the absolutely jaw dropping bit of the whole Sunday Times story this week is that the Royal College of physicians have not been approached for an update of "Yellowhammer" (the contingency planning for no deal) since March. So literally my own government over here is winging it. I just can't believe this. This is one of the greatest countries in the world and they are winging it on their pharmaceutical policy for... it's just beggars belief."

16. Man dressed in an Eton uniform with Johnson's head on, denoting a fake bomb in front of parliament

LEAD IN:

As the UK's Prime Minister, Theresa May faces a potential revolt by Cabinet minsters over Britain's departure from the EU, London's financial sector is busy making final preparations and bracing itself for a messy exit.

STORYLINE:

The sky scrapers of London's financial districts belie a city in the midst of uncertainty.

New buildings shooting up to the sky continue to be constructed even while the UK undergoes a seismic constitutional change in the form of Brexit.

London is one of only a few global trade centres, along with New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong.

It has been a leading hub for global business since the middle ages, dealing in financial services like foreign exchange, bond trading, banking and insurance.

Based across two sites: the Square Mile (also known as The City) and Canary Wharf, London's financial sector employs around half a million people, according to the City of London and contributes around £47 billion to the UK's national income.

So what will Brexit mean for London's business hub?

Christian May is the editor of the daily business free sheet, City A.M.

"The City has made so many plans and put those plans into place on the assumption that there's going to be a messy or complicated Brexit, they couldn't wait until a week before making those huge decisions. So, having done that, they're already turning to a life beyond Brexit. The outcome matters, the kind of relationship they will have with the European financial centres matters, but so too does the relationship the City has with the rest of the world, opportunities in emerging markets and new technologies. Those are the sorts of things that I think people in the City are thinking about now when they turn to the future but obviously the trading relationship they have with Europe is of significance, but most of the changes that people need to make to ensure that continuity has been made," he says.

It is lunchtime at Canary Wharf - a part of London's financial district where Brexit is never far from anybody's mind.

Among City workers, views on the matter are as varied as when the referendum took place 2016.

"I think that Europe is holding us back. I think that the relationships are deteriorating. I think we've got greater opportunity outside the Eurozone at the moment. Principally the Far East and the U.S," says Graham Gower.

"I think it will be an absolute disaster, I'm terrified. The single biggest fear I have is Brexit happening," says Victoria Sherston.  

"Some trepidation. I think it's not quite clear where we're going to end up but overall, I think we'll be OK," says a City worker called Chris.

"I hope it's just an orderly and stable exit and delivers on the Referendum,  but in a way that has a minimal impact on the economy," says Mark Rush.

"I'm hoping that an agreement can be made and that it all kind of works out I don't know if I'm honestly feeling it's going to happen, but yeah..," says Cara Pepper.

Whatever the future may hold for the UK post-Brexit, London will remain a world class capital city, the question is whether it retains its status as a top global financial services hub after the 29th March.

London, United Kingdom, 19 February 2019

1. Mid shot Gherkin Tower and other sky scrapers in the Square Mile

London, United Kingdom, 14 February 2019

2. Extreme wide shot Canary Wharf in far distance

London, United Kingdom, 19 February 2019

3.Tilt up Canary Wharf

4. Wide shot Canary Wharf

5. Aerial shot London's financial district in the Square Mile

6. Tilt up Thames to Canary Wharf Skyscraper

7. Wide shot Dockland's Light Railway train cross bridge amongst Canary Wharf skyscrapers

8. Wide shot tops of skyscrapers in Canary Wharf

9. Wide exterior entrance to a building in the Square Mile

10. Various set up shots Christian May, Editor City A.M. financial newspaper

11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Christian May, Editor City A.M. financial newspaper:

"The City has made so many plans and put those plans into place on the assumption that there's going to be a messy or complicated Brexit, they couldn't wait until a week before making those huge decisions. So, having done that, they're already turning to a life beyond Brexit. The outcome matters, the kind of relationship they will have with the European financial centres matters, but so too does the relationship the City has with the rest of the world, opportunities in emerging markets and new technologies. Those are the sorts of things that I think people in the City are thinking about now when they turn to the future but obviously the trading relationship they have with Europe is of significance, but most of the changes that people need to make to ensure that continuity has been made."

12. Mid shot Christian May, Editor City A.M. financial newspaper

13. Mid shot Christian May, Editor City A.M. financial newspaper, turning pages of newspaper

14. Tilt down Skyscrapers to Canary Wharf Underground train station entrance

15. Mid shot Canary Wharf Underground train station entrance

16. Wide shot City workers in Canary Wharf

17. SOUNDBITE (English) Graham Gower, City worker:

"I think that Europe is holding us back. I think that the relationships are deteriorating. I think we've got greater opportunity outside the Eurozone at the moment. Principally the Far East and the U.S."

18. SOUNDBITE (English) Victoria Sherston, City worker:

"I think it will be an absolute disaster, I'm terrified. The single biggest fear I have is Brexit happening."

19.SOUNDBITE (English) Chris (no surname given), City worker:

"Some trepidation. I think it's not quite clear where we're going to end up but overall, I think we'll be OK."

20. Wide shot city workers standing by a wall reading their smartphones

21. Wide shot plaza in Canary Wharf

22. Mid shot ticker display reading "Brexit: what will happen in the British parliament.."

23.SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Rush, City worker:

"I hope it's just an orderly and stable exit and delivers on the Referendum, but in a way that has a minimal impact on the economy."

24. SOUNDBITE (English) Cara Pepper, City worker:

"I'm hoping that an agreement can be made and that it all kind of works out I don't know if I'm honestly feeling it's going to happen, but yeah.."

25. Pan City workers to buildings on the Thames River in Canary Wharf

26. Mid shot tops of sky scrapers in Canary Wharf

27. Mid shot tops of sky scrapers in Canary Wharf

LEAD IN:

As the UK's Prime Minister, Theresa May faces a potential revolt by Cabinet minsters over Britain's departure from the EU, London's financial sector is busy making final preparations and bracing itself for a messy exit.

STORYLINE:

The sky scrapers of London's financial districts belie a city in the midst of uncertainty.

New buildings shooting up to the sky continue to be constructed even while the UK undergoes a seismic constitutional change in the form of Brexit.

London is one of only a few global trade centres, along with New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong.

It has been a leading hub for global business since the middle ages, dealing in financial services like foreign exchange, bond trading, banking and insurance.

Based across two sites: the Square Mile (also known as The City) and Canary Wharf, London's financial sector employs around half a million people, according to the City of London and contributes around £47 billion to the UK's national income.

So what will Brexit mean for London's business hub?

Christian May is the editor of the daily business free sheet, City A.M.

"The City has made so many plans and put those plans into place on the assumption that there's going to be a messy or complicated Brexit, they couldn't wait until a week before making those huge decisions. So, having done that, they're already turning to a life beyond Brexit. The outcome matters, the kind of relationship they will have with the European financial centres matters, but so too does the relationship the City has with the rest of the world, opportunities in emerging markets and new technologies. Those are the sorts of things that I think people in the City are thinking about now when they turn to the future but obviously the trading relationship they have with Europe is of significance, but most of the changes that people need to make to ensure that continuity has been made," he says.

It is lunchtime at Canary Wharf - a part of London's financial district where Brexit is never far from anybody's mind.

Among City workers, views on the matter are as varied as when the referendum took place 2016.

"I think that Europe is holding us back. I think that the relationships are deteriorating. I think we've got greater opportunity outside the Eurozone at the moment. Principally the Far East and the U.S," says Graham Gower.

"I think it will be an absolute disaster, I'm terrified. The single biggest fear I have is Brexit happening," says Victoria Sherston.  

"Some trepidation. I think it's not quite clear where we're going to end up but overall, I think we'll be OK," says a City worker called Chris.

"I hope it's just an orderly and stable exit and delivers on the Referendum,  but in a way that has a minimal impact on the economy," says Mark Rush.

"I'm hoping that an agreement can be made and that it all kind of works out I don't know if I'm honestly feeling it's going to happen, but yeah..," says Cara Pepper.

Whatever the future may hold for the UK post-Brexit, London will remain a world class capital city, the question is whether it retains its status as a top global financial services hub after the 29th March.

London, United Kingdom, 19 February 2019

1. Mid shot Gherkin Tower and other sky scrapers in the Square Mile

London, United Kingdom, 14 February 2019

2. Extreme wide shot Canary Wharf in far distance

London, United Kingdom, 19 February 2019

3.Tilt up Canary Wharf

4. Wide shot Canary Wharf

5. Aerial shot London's financial district in the Square Mile

6. Tilt up Thames to Canary Wharf Skyscraper

7. Wide shot Dockland's Light Railway train cross bridge amongst Canary Wharf skyscrapers

8. Wide shot tops of skyscrapers in Canary Wharf

9. Wide exterior entrance to a building in the Square Mile

10. Various set up shots Christian May, Editor City A.M. financial newspaper

11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Christian May, Editor City A.M. financial newspaper:

"The City has made so many plans and put those plans into place on the assumption that there's going to be a messy or complicated Brexit, they couldn't wait until a week before making those huge decisions. So, having done that, they're already turning to a life beyond Brexit. The outcome matters, the kind of relationship they will have with the European financial centres matters, but so too does the relationship the City has with the rest of the world, opportunities in emerging markets and new technologies. Those are the sorts of things that I think people in the City are thinking about now when they turn to the future but obviously the trading relationship they have with Europe is of significance, but most of the changes that people need to make to ensure that continuity has been made."

12. Mid shot Christian May, Editor City A.M. financial newspaper

13. Mid shot Christian May, Editor City A.M. financial newspaper, turning pages of newspaper

14. Tilt down Skyscrapers to Canary Wharf Underground train station entrance

15. Mid shot Canary Wharf Underground train station entrance

16. Wide shot City workers in Canary Wharf

17. SOUNDBITE (English) Graham Gower, City worker:

"I think that Europe is holding us back. I think that the relationships are deteriorating. I think we've got greater opportunity outside the Eurozone at the moment. Principally the Far East and the U.S."

18. SOUNDBITE (English) Victoria Sherston, City worker:

"I think it will be an absolute disaster, I'm terrified. The single biggest fear I have is Brexit happening."

19.SOUNDBITE (English) Chris (no surname given), City worker:

"Some trepidation. I think it's not quite clear where we're going to end up but overall, I think we'll be OK."

20. Wide shot city workers standing by a wall reading their smartphones

21. Wide shot plaza in Canary Wharf

22. Mid shot ticker display reading "Brexit: what will happen in the British parliament.."

23.SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Rush, City worker:

"I hope it's just an orderly and stable exit and delivers on the Referendum, but in a way that has a minimal impact on the economy."

24. SOUNDBITE (English) Cara Pepper, City worker:

"I'm hoping that an agreement can be made and that it all kind of works out I don't know if I'm honestly feeling it's going to happen, but yeah.."

25. Pan City workers to buildings on the Thames River in Canary Wharf

26. Mid shot tops of sky scrapers in Canary Wharf

27. Mid shot tops of sky scrapers in Canary Wharf

A yellow anti-Brexit bus departed from the UK's Palace of Westminster on Friday for a week-long tour ending in Brussels next Thursday, for the start of the European summit on the divorce deal.

The crowd-funded "Bollocks to Brexit" bus will firstly tour the UK, visiting the constituencies of Prime Minister Theresa May and former UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.

As part of the display Friday, protester Drew Galdron impersonated the former foreign secretary, pretending to be arrested while being taken on to the yellow bus.

Johnson was originally behind the well-publicised red Brexit bus that promised an extra 350 million pounds (4.47 million US dollars) a week for the National Health Service.

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London - 7 December 2018

1. Bus reading (English): "Bollocks to Brexit - it's not a done deal" driving past UK parliament building

2. UK flag

3. Various of anti-Brexit protesters with banners standing outside bus

4. Parliament

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Madeleina Kay, protest organiser:

"We are British. It is raining, we will protest come rain come shine, because we must say bollocks to Brexit."

6. Bus reading (English): "There is no Brexit Dividend

7. Kay talking

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Madeleina Kay, protest organiser:

"We want to engage people that are currently apathetic or a bit bored by the whole Brexit debate. A lot of people when it comes on the TV they just want to turn off the news because it's doing their head in. We want to be a bit more fun. We want to be a bit engaging. We want to provoke a debate with them and say, is this actually what we want. And if it's not, you need to write to your MP and you need to demand a final say on Brexit."

9. People with banners outside bus

10. Badges reading (English): "End the chaos" and "#BinBrexit"

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Drew Galdron, impersonator of former UK Home Secretary Boris Johnson:

"There is definitely no mandate for Brexit because "Vote Leave" have been found to have broken the law. So we shouldn't be going ahead with this. Of course (UK Prime Minister) Theresa May's deal is going to be voted down because it's a bad deal but we're not looking for no deal, we're looking for no Brexit."

12. Cameraman

13. Various of Galdron pretending to be arrested while acting as Johnson, being taken to bus

14. Paolo Arrigo, businessman and organiser of bus

15. SOUNDBITE (English) Paolo Arrigo, businessman and organiser of bus:

"I'm really worried. I import vegetable seeds from Italy. I import products from Italy. And I'm worried that there's gonna be tariffs that there's gonna be delays already after the advisory referendum. I saw the exchange rate go up and that has impacted my business and businesses all across the UK. I was going to buy a van. I haven't bought that van. I was going to invest in the new catalogue. I haven't done that, I've waited. I don't want to print a catalogue in case I have to put my prices up. So I haven't recruited either."

16. People with banners

17. Man with beanie reading (English): "Bollocks to Brexit"

18. Parliament

19. Bus departing

UK BREXIT CHRISTMAS

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London, UK - 29 October 2018

1. Close of British Lion Christmas decoration, by Aerloom London, at the Spirit of Christmas Fair 2018 at Olympia London

2. Mid of crown Christmas decoration being placed between two British Bulldog decorations

3. Wide of display featuring various Christmas decorations by Aerloom London

4. Founder of Aerloom London Ania Zankowska speaking to customer

UPSOUND (English) Customer: "Are these sprouts or cabbages?"

Ania Zankowska, Founder, Aerloom London: "Sprouts. The idea was to create a Brussels Sprout"

5. Mid of stand of Brussels Sprout decorations next to Aerloom London gift bags

6. Top shot of Brussels Sprouts decorations next to cracker decoration reading 2018

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Ania Zankowska, Founder, Aerloom London

"It was just natural to go with the British theme to celebrate the fact that I live in the Kingdom, which obviously was very unusual for me coming from Poland. So the first collection comprised of typically British pieces and they are very popular now, not just in Britain but all around the world."

8. Mid of Queen decoration in front of Corgi decoration

9. Pull focus on side angle of Queen decoration

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Ania Zankowska, Founder, Aerloom London

"I'm not feeling it (Brexit) yet, of course we're all very much curious about what's going to happen in the future. I'm remaining very positive. I work very closely with the Department of Trade and Investment, who assure me that the situation will be well monitored and the support I've received will be continued."

11. Mid of stand of Brussels Sprouts decoration

12. Top shot of Zankowska organising boxes of decorations

13. Tilt down wreath with decorations

14. SOUNDBITE (English) Ania Zankowska, Founder, Aerloom London

"The best sellers in my collection are the Queen ornaments, the bulldogs and the lions and this is very much supported by the sales with the British retailers and I think everyone feels immensely proud to be British during Christmas time."

15. Close of bow being tied on gift bag

16. Wide of visitors walking past Christmas tree at Spirit of Christmas event

17. Tilt down from ceiling of Olympia to stands at Spirit of Christmas

18. Wide of visitors walking past Village Workshop stand

19. Tilt up of gingerbread Big Ben

20. Wide of gingerbread Big Ben

21. SOUNDBITE (English) Itet Radcliffe, Founder, Village Workshop

"I was really looking for something iconic that will relate to England, and if you see Big Ben then immediately it's London, it's England."

22. Mid of Radcliffe arranging gingerbread houses on stand

23. Mid of gingerbread items on stand

24. SOUNDBITE (English) Itet Radcliffe, Founder, Village Workshop

"We sell through online shops and they distribute to Europe and they haven't given us any indication that things will be changing. For this year definitely we haven't seen any change, no repercussions at all."

25. Tilt up gingerbread Big Ben

26. SOUNDBITE (English) Itet Radcliffe, Founder, Village Workshop

"Well I think people like to associate what they are buying as made in England. I think on that line, yes, here people are quite aware of where it's coming from, so made in England is quite a lot of difference."

27. Close of top of Big Ben

28. Wide of Eadie family members working on The Oxton Liqueur Company stand

29. Mid of customer trying flavoured liqueur

30. Various of flavoured liqueur bottles

31. SOUNDBITE (English) Christopher Eadie, Owner, The Oxton Liqueur Company

"Well in the run up to Brexit we've seen the currency move from about 140 to about 110 (British pound to Euro), so we've seen an increase in the price of goods that we buy from Europe of about 25 per cent. So that for us is all our glass, that comes from Italy, from Germany and from France. So already there's been a huge impact, what will happen after Brexit we'll have to see, but time will tell."

32. Mid of flavoured liqueur bottles

33. Customer trying flavoured liqueur

34. SOUNDBITE (English) Christopher Eadie, Owner, The Oxton Liqueur Company

"You know the exchange rate swung 25 percent, it may turn around, there may be a movement in the other direction, that would be good. Obviously for people exporting it's been incredibly beneficial. So it depends on which side you're on as to whether you've benefited or whether you haven't."

35. Mid of flavoured liqueur bottles on front of stand

36. Wide of visitors climbing stairs in event hall with shopping bags

37. SOUNDBITE (English) Stuart Hunter, Portfolio Director, Clarion Events (Organisers of Spirit of Christmas Fair)

"At the moment in terms of Brexit having any impact to us and the show we're not seeing any, but obviously we do have a lot of conversations with our exhibitors and obviously there's some nervousness, I think certainly probably overall this year in terms of the trade side of business, there's been a bit of a sluggish approach to some of the retail elements."

38. Mid of packaged Christmas puddings

39. Mid of Christmas pudding in front of wooden boxes reading (English) "Made in the UK"

40. SOUNDBITE (English) Stuart Hunter, Portfolio Director, Clarion Events (Organisers of Spirit of Christmas Fair)

"It remains to be seen whether the spend will be the same as we are on site this week, we'll find that out, exhibitors will tell us. We measure that post show as well so we do lots of research. But on the evidence of today it's felt busy, buzzy, lots of shopping bags going out of the doors, so it feels like it's business as usual for us."

41. Mid of bauble on Christmas tree

LEADIN:

The UK is preparing for its final Christmas before leaving the European Union.

Retailers at the annual Spirit of Christmas event in London have mixed feelings about how Brexit will affect future trade.

STORYLINE

The British lion: a symbol of pride and patriotism in the UK.

But as Britain prepares to leave the EU there is ongoing uncertainty about the country's future - not least about how it will affect trade.

At this year's Spirit of Christmas Fair at Olympia in London, retailers and exhibitors are showcasing their goods for the festive period.

Ania Zankowska, the founder of Aerloom London, has an array of quintessentially British looking Christmas decorations. As well as a lion she has the Queen, corgis, crowns and British bulldogs.

And as we approach Brexit she's even got "Brussels" Sprouts.  

As someone who originated from Europe - she was born in Poland - her British pieces were originally a celebration of her move to the UK.

She says they remain incredibly popular to this day: "Not just in Britain but all around the world."

With business still booming Zankowska says she hasn't suffered any negative effects from Brexit yet:

"I'm remaining very positive. I work very closely with the Department of Trade and Investment, who assure me that the situation will be well monitored and the support I've received will be continued," she says.

Another exhibitor selling iconic British images this Christmas is the founder of Village Workshop, Itet Radcliffe.

Amongst her traditional gingerbread houses stands a large, gingerbread Big Ben, with Santa hanging off the top.

She says unless the online sites she sells through change their rules, after Britain officially leaves the EU on 29 March 2019, her business should remain stable:

"We sell through online shops and they distribute to Europe and they haven't given us any indication that things will be changing. For this year definitely we haven't seen any change, no repercussions at all," she says.

And she believes there is something about British made goods which still gives people the confidence to buy:

"Well I think people like to associate what they are buying as made in England. I think on that line, yes, here people are quite aware of where it's coming from, so made in England is quite a lot of difference."

While decorations representing British culture look to become a trend this Christmas, another product which will be popular is flavoured spirits and liqueurs.

The Oxton Liqueur Company is a family run business which hand makes fruity liqueurs from a farm in Nottinghamshire.

This year, alongside their Elderflower Gin and Bramble Whisky, they are showing off a Christmas Vodka.

But while the drinks themselves are very much made in Britain - the glass they sell them in comes from Europe. Owner of The Oxton Liqueur Company Christopher Eadie says Brexit related fluctuations in currency have come at a cost for him:

"We've seen an increase in the price of goods that we buy from Europe of about 25 per cent. So that for us is all our glass, that comes from Italy, from Germany and from France. So already there's been a huge impact, what will happen after Brexit we'll have to see," he says.

The Spirit of Christmas Fair is all about shopping and often a good indicator of consumer confidence and spending power.

Organisers say this year was a record year for visitor and exhibitor attendance.

Stuart Hunter is a Portfolio Director at Clarion Events which organises the Spirit of Christmas Fair.

He says Brexit is hot topic: "We do have a lot of conversations with our exhibitors and obviously there's some nervousness,"

However he adds:

"On the evidence of today it's felt busy, buzzy, lots of shopping bags going out of the doors, so it feels like it's business as usual for us."

The Spirit of Christmas Fair 2018 is on at Olympia London from 29 October to 4 November 2018.

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LEADIN

Pottery has been used to mark historical moments for centuries - and now UK potters are turning clay into everything from Brexit to Donald Trump

STORYLINE

The distinctive blue and white of the Willow pattern - a Chinese inspired design developed by English ceramic artists and found on tableware throughout the world.

However look closer at this particular china and you may notice a few subtle differences. In amongst the tranquil birds and weeping willows you'll see storm clouds brewing over Britain, Westminster's Big Ben falling over and the 12 stars of the EU flag reconfiguring.

This is what the designer Harriet Coles is calling Brexit Ware - a range of pottery she created following Britain's referendum on membership of the EU which resulted in the decision to leave.

"At the end when the vote came through my whole world turned upside down and I had to think it through. And I suppose it's a kind of art therapy. I'm coming to terms with the whole process," she says.

Coles says that if you go into any regional museum in Britain you'll find 'political pottery' poking fun at figures such as Napoleon or celebrating events such as the end of the Crimean war. So Brexit felt like another significant point in British history which needed to be marked.

Within her Willow pattern plate she's created images such as a refugee with a child in an enclosure south of Calais, German Chancellor Angela Merkel watching over events and Westminster being shaken by the result of the referendum.

"There were reports of MPs clustered in groups in the corridors of Westminster straight after the vote and it felt to me as if, right at the heart of politics Big Ben had taken a bash, so I painted it fallen over," Coles explains.

Despite being open about her fears regarding Brexit, not least for its impact on the pottery industry, there's also plenty of humour behind Coles' Brexit Ware. These tongue in cheek egg cups, decorated with "Hard Brexit" and "Soft Brexit", were so popular that 400 sold in less than 4 weeks when they were first released.

"The Willow pattern plate, was looking at the whole thing and the experience, it was a bit of an outpouring of emotion, but the egg cups are just sort of: 'Oh goodness me this is a long run isn't it, let's have a good old giggle'," says Coles.

Although Coles is based in Buckinghamshire, her Brexit Ware is manufactured in Stoke-on-Trent, widely regarded as the home of British pottery. Today she's displaying her works in the city's Spode Heritage Centre, whose 'Blue Room' of Willow pattern works provided her inspiration for Brexit Ware and whose staff act as Cole's consultants.

However the decorating and firing process takes place at nearby ceramic printers and decorators Edwards & Lockett.

But Brexit isn't the only major historical moment being marked at this business. Edwards & Lockett also created a range of mugs and plates to commemorate the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

"We've got a lot of interest from some pretty major companies up and down the country and indeed from abroad who are very interested in commemorative ware for it," explains company director David Lockett.

"It does keep the industry buoyant and keeps places like this going," he adds.

But here in Stoke on Trent it's not only UK royals and politicians who are being immortalised in clay. At Bairstow Manor Pottery the world's most famous political figure, U.S. President Donald Trump, is the subject their latest Toby Jug. Standing at 10 cm tall this limited edition of the divisive American leader holds his finger in his trademark hand gesture.

"He's an ideal choice to do. Basically whether you love him or hate him someone always buys these kinds of things," explains the company's painter, Daniel Smith.

Founded in in 1930s, Bairstow Manor Pottery has become world famous for its satirical representations of political leaders. In the company's own nod to Brexit they have put Theresa May next to a British lion and are calling the model "Brexitannia".

"We do all the political pieces like the Prime Ministers, we do a series of mini Prime Ministers, and we sell those in the House of Commons," says Smith.

But although Brexit egg cups and Prime Ministers on lions might seem like a bit of fun, Tom Reynolds from the British Ceramics Confederation says these witty works also reflect genuine concerns over what Britain's exit from Europe could mean for the industry.

"50 per cent of our exports go to the European Union and so we need to keep tariff free and barrierless trade with the EU. The other is that the EU provides protections against dumped Chinese imports, so we need to make sure that those protections are still in place after the UK leaves the European Union," he says.

According to figures from the British Ceramics Confederation the UK Ceramics Sector produces 2 billion UK pounds' worth of sales annually - 550 million of which come from exports.

But while the future for Britain post Brexit remains unknown, the current political situation is providing plenty of inspiration for the country's potters.

Stoke-on-Trent, U.K. - 22 February 2018

1. Tilt down of blue and white Willow pattern pottery at the Spode Heritage Centre in Stoke-on-Trent

2. Close of Brexit Ware 'Weeping Willow' plate, containing symbols representing Britain's exit from the EU, including a miniature Big Ben

3. Pull focus on Brexit Ware egg cups reading (English) "HARD BREXIT", "SOFT BREXIT"

4. Wide of Harriet Coles, creator of Brexit Ware, entering the Blue Room at the Spode Heritage Centre and picking up one of her plates

5. Close of Brexit Ware plate containing symbols representing Britain's exit from the EU

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Harriet Coles, Brexit Ware creator

"The imagery is just channelled through me being worried about the whole thing, I was quite disturbed during the campaigning, I didn't understand what was going on. And at the end when the vote came through my whole world turned upside down and I had to think it through. And I suppose it's a kind of art therapy. I'm coming to terms with the whole process."

7. Close of Coles pointing to image of storm clouds brewing over Britain, then German Chancellor Angela Merkel watching over events as they unfold on plate

8. Close of Coles pointing to image of Big Ben being propped up - a symbol of Westminster being shaken by the outcome of the referendum

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Harriet Coles, Brexit Ware creator

"There were reports of MPs clustered in groups in the corridors of Westminster straight after the vote and it felt to me as if, right at the heart of politics Big Ben had taken a bash, so I painted it fallen over."

10. Close of Coles pointing to image of refugee and child in an enclosure south of Calais and the gap between the coasts of Britain and north western Europe

11. Pull focus from egg cup reading (English) "SOFT BREXIT" to egg cup reading (English) "HARD BREXIT"

12. SOUNDBITE (English) Harriet Coles, Brexit Ware creator

"People need to laugh. The first thing, the Willow pattern plate, was looking at the whole thing and the experience, it was a bit of an outpouring of emotion, but the egg cups are just sort of: 'Oh goodness me this is a long run isn't it, let's have a good old giggle'."

13. Pull focus on stamp on back of plate reading (English) "Weeping Willow, H. Coles, Brexit Ware, Made in Stoke on Trent, UK"

14. Various of pottery worker at Edwards and Lockett in Stoke on Trent putting "Soft Brexit" transfer onto Brexit Ware egg cup

15. Wide of David Lockett, Director at Edwards and Lockett, taking Brexit Ware egg cups out of kiln after they've been fired

16. Mid of Brexit Ware egg cups in kiln

17. Various of pottery worker at Edwards and Lockett in Stoke on Trent putting transfer onto commemorative Royal Wedding mug for upcoming wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

18. SOUNDBITE (English) David Lockett, Director, Edwards and Lockett

"We've got a lot of interest from some pretty major companies up and down the country and indeed from abroad who are very interested in commemorative ware for it (the Royal Wedding). One of the drawbacks being, it's whether we can really compete with what's coming in from the Far East. I think we can because the general public, including the public in the Far East, want British made product because of the quality and the craftsmanship that's involved in the production of it."

19. Various of commemorative mugs for marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

20. SOUNDBITE (English) David Lockett, Director, Edwards and Lockett

"I think people tend to just keep them and hand them down, I mean don't get me wrong I think a lot of the stuff that's on the market ends up in a car boot sale. But it does keep the industry buoyant and keeps places like this going."

21. Mid of four "Brexitannia" jugs, showing British Prime Minister Theresa May, by Bairstow Manor Pottery in Stoke on Trent

22. Wide of shelves containing numerous political figures turned into Toby Jugs at Bairstow Manor Pottery in Stoke on Trent

23. Tilt down from jug of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

24. Various of painter at Bairstow Manor Pottery Daniel Smith putting stamp onto new limited edition jug of US President Donald Trump

25. SOUNDBITE (English) Daniel Smith, Painter, Bairstow Manor Pottery

"We do a lot of political satire and a lot of political memorabilia and things like that. So he's an ideal choice to do. Basically whether you love him or hate him someone always buys these kinds of things."

26. Wide of Smith putting Donald Trump jug into kiln

27. Various of Donald Trump and "Brexitannia" jugs in kiln

28. SOUNDBITE (English) Daniel Smith, Painter, Bairstow Manor Pottery

"Basically we do all the political pieces like the Prime Ministers, we do a series of mini Prime Ministers, and we sell those in the House of Commons. And this was an idea we had to put Theresa May as "Brexitannia". It's got all the information on it. Boris (Boris Johnson MP, British Foreign Secretary) on the back of course. So it's very interesting to do pieces like this."

29. Brexit bulldog pottery next to Winston Churchill driving a tank

30. Pull focus on Brexit bulldog pottery reading (English) "Out! 23/6/2016, Cheers Juncker"

31. Set up Tom Reynolds, Commercial and Public Affairs Director, British Ceramics Confederation,

32. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Reynolds, Commercial and Public Affairs Director, British Ceramics Confederation

"50 per cent of our exports go to the European Union and so we need to keep tariff free and barrierless trade with the EU. The other is that the EU provides protections against dumped Chinese imports, so we need to make sure that those protections are still in place after the UK leaves the European Union."

33. Mid of pottery showing former British Prime Minister David Cameron

34. Pull focus on British bulldog wearing hat reading (English) "Brexit"

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London - 23 August 2018

1. Dominic Raab enters room

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Dominic Raab, UK Brexit Secretary:

"I am still confident that getting a good deal is, by far, the most likely outcome. The vast majority, roughly 80%, of the withdrawal agreement has now been agreed, and we are making further progress on those outstanding separation issues. And of course those settled issues include our agreement on citizens rights, so that 3-point-5 million EU citizens living in the UK and the one million Brits living in the EU have their rights assured, and can carry on living as they do now."

++ BLACK FRAMES ++

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Dominic Raab, UK Brexit Secretary:

"Naturally we have to got to consider the alternative possibility, that the EU does not match our ambition and pragmatism, and we do not reach a deal. Let me be clear about this. This is not what we want. And it's not what we expect. But, we must be ready. We have a duty, as a responsible government, to plan for every eventuality. And to do this, we need to have a sensible, responsible and realistic conversation about what a no deal situation really means in practice."

++ BLACK FRAMES ++

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Dominic Raab, UK Brexit Secretary:

"In the notices themselves, we set out clear steps that public institutions, companies and people should take or consider taking, in order to avoid or mitigate or manage the risk of any potential short-term disruption. The overarching aim of the notices is to facilitate the smooth, continued, functioning of business, transport, infrastructure, research, aid programmes and funding streams that have previously come from the EU. In some cases, it will mean taking unilateral action to maintain as much continuity as possible at least in the short term, in the event of no deal, and irrespective of whether the EU reciprocates in practice."

++ BLACK FRAMES ++

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Dominic Raab, UK Brexit Secretary:

"So these technical notices, and the ones that will follow shortly, are a sensible, measured, and proportionate approach to minimising the impact of no deal on British firms, citizens, charities and public bodies. They will provide information and guidance, and, after some of the misinformation that has been put about lately, some reassurance. Take just one example of that, the suggestion that a no deal Brexit could spark a 'sandwich famine' in the UK, or that we've asked the army to deliver food supplies."

++ BLACK FRAMES ++

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Dominic Raab, UK Brexit Secretary:

"So let me reassure you all that, contrary to one of the wilder claims, you will still be able to enjoy a BLT (bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich) after Brexit. And there are no plans to deploy the army to maintain food supplies."

++ BLACK FRAMES ++

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Dominic Raab, UK Brexit Secretary:

"That way, as we prepare for our departure from the EU, and as we strain every sinew to deliver a new, deep and special, partnership with our European friends, we will be ready, in case those efforts are not matched. Both to manage down the risks, but also to grasp the opportunities that Brexit will present. And, in doing that, I am confident that this country's best days lie ahead."

STORYLINE:

Britain will unilaterally accept some European Union rules and give EU financial-services firms continued access to the UK market in order to maintain stability if the country crashes out of the bloc without a deal, the country's top negotiator said Thursday.

The details come in a raft of documents laying out government plans for a "no-deal" Brexit and offering people and businesses advice on how to prepare.

The first 25 of more than 70 papers published Thursday cover everything from financial services to nuclear materials.

Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab insisted a "good deal" was "by far" the most likely outcome, saying 80 per cent of all issues had been agreed.

But he said the government had a responsibility to plan for any eventuality, and the papers published Thursday were aimed at avoiding or managing the risk of any potential short-term disruption.

Raab hit out at what he called "misinformation" that had been reported, such as the prospect of no deal leading to a shortage of sandwich fillings, or that the army might have to be deployed to deliver food supplies.

Britons will still be able to enjoy a BLT (a traditional bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich) after Brexit, and there are no plans to deploy the army to maintain food supplies, he said.

Britain was straining every sinew to develop a deep and special partnership with the EU, but if those efforts are not matched, the government is ready to manage down the risks and grasp the opportunities that Brexit offers, Raab said.

He concluded by insisting that Britain's "best days lie ahead".

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LEAD IN

Pottery has been used to mark historical moments for centuries - and now UK potters are turning clay into everything from Brexit to Donald Trump

And with the upcoming marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle the factories are particularly busy preparing the latest range of Royal Wedding china.

STORY-LINE

The distinctive blue and white of the Willow pattern - a Chinese inspired design developed by English ceramic artists and found on tableware throughout the world.

However look closer at this particular china and you may notice a few subtle differences. In amongst the tranquil birds and weeping willows you'll see storm clouds brewing over Britain, Westminster's Big Ben falling over and the 12 stars of the EU flag reconfiguring.

This is what the designer Harriet Coles is calling Brexit Ware - a range of pottery she created following Britain's referendum on membership of the EU which resulted in the decision to leave.

"At the end when the vote came through my whole world turned upside down and I had to think it through. And I suppose it's a kind of art therapy. I'm coming to terms with the whole process," she says.

Coles says that if you go into any regional museum in Britain you'll find 'political pottery' poking fun at figures such as Napoleon or celebrating events such as the end of the Crimean war. So Brexit felt like another significant point in British history which needed to be marked.

Within her Willow pattern plate she's created images such as a refugee with a child in an enclosure south of Calais, German Chancellor Angela Merkel watching over events and Westminster being shaken by the result of the referendum.

"There were reports of MPs clustered in groups in the corridors of Westminster straight after the vote and it felt to me as if, right at the heart of politics Big Ben had taken a bash, so I painted it fallen over," Coles explains.

Despite being open about her fears regarding Brexit, not least for its impact on the pottery industry, there's also plenty of humour behind Coles' Brexit Ware. These tongue in cheek egg cups, decorated with "Hard Brexit" and "Soft Brexit", were so popular that 400 sold in less than 4 weeks when they were first released.

"The Willow pattern plate, was looking at the whole thing and the experience, it was a bit of an outpouring of emotion, but the egg cups are just sort of: 'Oh goodness me this is a long run isn't it, let's have a good old giggle'," says Coles.

Although Coles is based in Buckinghamshire, her Brexit Ware is manufactured in Stoke-on-Trent, widely regarded as the home of British pottery. Today she's displaying her works in the city's Spode Heritage Centre, whose 'Blue Room' of Willow pattern works provided her inspiration for Brexit Ware and whose staff act as Cole's consultants.

However the decorating and firing process takes place at nearby ceramic printers and decorators Edwards & Lockett.

But Brexit isn't the only major historical moment being marked at this business. Edwards & Lockett are currently putting the finishing touches to a range of mugs and plates to commemorate the upcoming royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

"We've got a lot of interest from some pretty major companies up and down the country and indeed from abroad who are very interested in commemorative ware for it," explains company director David Lockett.

"It does keep the industry buoyant and keeps places like this going," he adds.

But here in Stoke on Trent it's not only UK royals and politicians who are being immortalised in clay. At Bairstow Manor Pottery the world's most famous political figure, U.S. President Donald Trump, is the subject their latest Toby Jug. Standing at 10 cm tall this limited edition of the divisive American leader holds his finger in his trademark hand gesture.

"He's an ideal choice to do. Basically whether you love him or hate him someone always buys these kinds of things," explains the company's painter, Daniel Smith.

Founded in in 1930s, Bairstow Manor Pottery has become world famous for its satirical representations of political leaders. In the company's own nod to Brexit they have put Theresa May next to a British lion and are calling the model "Brexitannia".

"We do all the political pieces like the Prime Ministers, we do a series of mini Prime Ministers, and we sell those in the House of Commons," says Smith.

But although Brexit egg cups and Prime Ministers on lions might seem like a bit of fun, Tom Reynolds from the British Ceramics Confederation says these witty works also reflect genuine concerns over what Britain's exit from Europe could mean for the industry.

"50 per cent of our exports go to the European Union and so we need to keep tariff free and barrierless trade with the EU. The other is that the EU provides protections against dumped Chinese imports, so we need to make sure that those protections are still in place after the UK leaves the European Union," he says.

According to figures from the British Ceramics Confederation the UK Ceramics Sector produces 2 billion UK pounds' worth of sales annually - 550 million of which come from exports.

But while the future for Britain post Brexit remains unknown, the current political situation is providing plenty of inspiration for the country's potters.

Stoke-on-Trent, U.K. - 22 February 2018

1. Tilt down of blue and white Willow pattern pottery at the Spode Heritage Centre in Stoke-on-Trent

2. Close of Brexit Ware 'Weeping Willow' plate, containing symbols representing Britain's exit from the EU, including a miniature Big Ben

3. Pull focus on Brexit Ware egg cups reading (English) "HARD BREXIT", "SOFT BREXIT"

4. Wide of Harriet Coles, creator of Brexit Ware, entering the Blue Room at the Spode Heritage Centre and picking up one of her plates

5. Close of Brexit Ware plate containing symbols representing Britain's exit from the EU

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Harriet Coles, Brexit Ware creator

"The imagery is just channelled through me being worried about the whole thing, I was quite disturbed during the campaigning, I didn't understand what was going on. And at the end when the vote came through my whole world turned upside down and I had to think it through. And I suppose it's a kind of art therapy. I'm coming to terms with the whole process."

7. Close of Coles pointing to image of storm clouds brewing over Britain, then German Chancellor Angela Merkel watching over events as they unfold on plate

8. Close of Coles pointing to image of Big Ben being propped up - a symbol of Westminster being shaken by the outcome of the referendum

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Harriet Coles, Brexit Ware creator

"There were reports of MPs clustered in groups in the corridors of Westminster straight after the vote and it felt to me as if, right at the heart of politics Big Ben had taken a bash, so I painted it fallen over."

10. Close of Coles pointing to image of refugee and child in an enclosure south of Calais and the gap between the coasts of Britain and north western Europe

11. Pull focus from egg cup reading (English) "SOFT BREXIT" to egg cup reading (English) "HARD BREXIT"

12. SOUNDBITE (English) Harriet Coles, Brexit Ware creator

"People need to laugh. The first thing, the Willow pattern plate, was looking at the whole thing and the experience, it was a bit of an outpouring of emotion, but the egg cups are just sort of: 'Oh goodness me this is a long run isn't it, let's have a good old giggle'."

13. Pull focus on stamp on back of plate reading (English) "Weeping Willow, H. Coles, Brexit Ware, Made in Stoke on Trent, UK"

14. Various of pottery worker at Edwards and Lockett in Stoke on Trent putting "Soft Brexit" transfer onto Brexit Ware egg cup

15. Wide of David Lockett, Director at Edwards and Lockett, taking Brexit Ware egg cups out of kiln after they've been fired

16. Mid of Brexit Ware egg cups in kiln

17. Various of pottery worker at Edwards and Lockett in Stoke on Trent putting transfer onto commemorative Royal Wedding mug for upcoming wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

18. SOUNDBITE (English) David Lockett, Director, Edwards and Lockett

"We've got a lot of interest from some pretty major companies up and down the country and indeed from abroad who are very interested in commemorative ware for it (the Royal Wedding). One of the drawbacks being, it's whether we can really compete with what's coming in from the Far East. I think we can because the general public, including the public in the Far East, want British made product because of the quality and the craftsmanship that's involved in the production of it."

19. Various of commemorative mugs for upcoming wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

20. SOUNDBITE (English) David Lockett, Director, Edwards and Lockett

"I think people tend to just keep them and hand them down, I mean don't get me wrong I think a lot of the stuff that's on the market ends up in a car boot sale. But it does keep the industry buoyant and keeps places like this going."

21. Mid of four "Brexitannia" jugs, showing British Prime Minister Theresa May, by Bairstow Manor Pottery in Stoke on Trent

22. Wide of shelves containing numerous political figures turned into Toby Jugs at Bairstow Manor Pottery in Stoke on Trent

23. Tilt down from jug of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

24. Various of painter at Bairstow Manor Pottery Daniel Smith putting stamp onto new limited edition jug of US President Donald Trump

25. SOUNDBITE (English) Daniel Smith, Painter, Bairstow Manor Pottery

"We do a lot of political satire and a lot of political memorabilia and things like that. So he's an ideal choice to do. Basically whether you love him or hate him someone always buys these kinds of things."

26. Wide of Smith putting Donald Trump jug into kiln

27. Various of Donald Trump and "Brexitannia" jugs in kiln

28. SOUNDBITE (English) Daniel Smith, Painter, Bairstow Manor Pottery

"Basically we do all the political pieces like the Prime Ministers, we do a series of mini Prime Ministers, and we sell those in the House of Commons. And this was an idea we had to put Theresa May as "Brexitannia". It's got all the information on it. Boris (Boris Johnson MP, British Foreign Secretary) on the back of course. So it's very interesting to do pieces like this."

29. Brexit bulldog pottery next to Winston Churchill driving a tank

30. Pull focus on Brexit bulldog pottery reading (English) "Out! 23/6/2016, Cheers Juncker"

31. Set up Tom Reynolds, Commercial and Public Affairs Director, British Ceramics Confederation,

32. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Reynolds, Commercial and Public Affairs Director, British Ceramics Confederation

"50 per cent of our exports go to the European Union and so we need to keep tariff free and barrierless trade with the EU. The other is that the EU provides protections against dumped Chinese imports, so we need to make sure that those protections are still in place after the UK leaves the European Union."

33. Mid of pottery showing former British Prime Minister David Cameron

34. Pull focus on British bulldog wearing hat reading (English) "Brexit"

LEADIN

Pottery has been used to mark historical moments for centuries - and now UK potters are turning clay into everything from Brexit to Donald Trump

And with the upcoming marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle the factories are particularly busy preparing the latest range of Royal Wedding china.

STORYLINE

The distinctive blue and white of the Willow pattern - a Chinese inspired design developed by English ceramic artists and found on tableware throughout the world.

However look closer at this particular china and you may notice a few subtle differences. In amongst the tranquil birds and weeping willows you'll see storm clouds brewing over Britain, Westminster's Big Ben falling over and the 12 stars of the EU flag reconfiguring.

This is what the designer Harriet Coles is calling Brexit Ware - a range of pottery she created following Britain's referendum on membership of the EU which resulted in the decision to leave.

"At the end when the vote came through my whole world turned upside down and I had to think it through. And I suppose it's a kind of art therapy. I'm coming to terms with the whole process," she says.

Coles says that if you go into any regional museum in Britain you'll find 'political pottery' poking fun at figures such as Napoleon or celebrating events such as the end of the Crimean war. So Brexit felt like another significant point in British history which needed to be marked.

Within her Willow pattern plate she's created images such as a refugee with a child in an enclosure south of Calais, German Chancellor Angela Merkel watching over events and Westminster being shaken by the result of the referendum.

"There were reports of MPs clustered in groups in the corridors of Westminster straight after the vote and it felt to me as if, right at the heart of politics Big Ben had taken a bash, so I painted it fallen over," Coles explains.

Despite being open about her fears regarding Brexit, not least for its impact on the pottery industry, there's also plenty of humour behind Coles' Brexit Ware. These tongue in cheek egg cups, decorated with "Hard Brexit" and "Soft Brexit", were so popular that 400 sold in less than 4 weeks when they were first released.

"The Willow pattern plate, was looking at the whole thing and the experience, it was a bit of an outpouring of emotion, but the egg cups are just sort of: 'Oh goodness me this is a long run isn't it, let's have a good old giggle'," says Coles.

Although Coles is based in Buckinghamshire, her Brexit Ware is manufactured in Stoke-on-Trent, widely regarded as the home of British pottery. Today she's displaying her works in the city's Spode Heritage Centre, whose 'Blue Room' of Willow pattern works provided her inspiration for Brexit Ware and whose staff act as Cole's consultants. However the decorating and firing process takes place at nearby ceramic printers and decorators Edwards & Lockett.

But Brexit isn't the only major historical moment being marked at this business. Edwards & Lockett are currently putting the finishing touches to a range of mugs and plates to commemorate the upcoming royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

"We've got a lot of interest from some pretty major companies up and down the country and indeed from abroad who are very interested in commemorative ware for it," explains company director David Lockett.

"It does keep the industry buoyant and keeps places like this going," he adds.

But here in Stoke on Trent it's not only UK royals and politicians who are being immortalised in clay. At Bairstow Manor Pottery the world's most famous political figure, U.S. President Donald Trump, is the subject their latest Toby Jug. Standing at 10 cm tall this limited edition of the divisive American leader holds his finger in his trademark hand gesture.

"He's an ideal choice to do. Basically whether you love him or hate him someone always buys these kinds of things," explains the company's painter, Daniel Smith.

Founded in in 1930s, Bairstow Manor Pottery has become world famous for its satirical representations of political leaders. In the company's own nod to Brexit they have put Theresa May next to a British lion and are calling the model "Brexitannia".

"We do all the political pieces like the Prime Ministers, we do a series of mini Prime Ministers, and we sell those in the House of Commons," says Smith.

But although Brexit egg cups and Prime Ministers on lions might seem like a bit of fun, Tom Reynolds from the British Ceramics Confederation says these witty works also reflect genuine concerns over what Britain's exit from Europe could mean for the industry.

"50 per cent of our exports go to the European Union and so we need to keep tariff free and barrierless trade with the EU. The other is that the EU provides protections against dumped Chinese imports, so we need to make sure that those protections are still in place after the UK leaves the European Union," he says.

According to figures from the British Ceramics Confederation the UK Ceramics Sector produces 200 billion pounds worth of sales annually - 550 million of which come from exports.

But while the future for Britain post Brexit remains unknown, the current political situation is providing plenty of inspiration for the country's potters.

Stoke-on-Trent, U.K. - 22 February 2018

1. Tilt down of blue and white Willow pattern pottery at the Spode Heritage Centre in Stoke-on-Trent

2. Close of Brexit Ware 'Weeping Willow' plate, containing symbols representing Britain's exit from the EU, including a miniature Big Ben

3. Pull focus on Brexit Ware egg cups reading (English) "HARD BREXIT", "SOFT BREXIT"

4. Wide of Harriet Coles, creator of Brexit Ware, entering the Blue Room at the Spode Heritage Centre and picking up one of her plates

5. Close of Brexit Ware plate containing symbols representing Britain's exit from the EU

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Harriet Coles, Brexit Ware creator

"The imagery is just channelled through me being worried about the whole thing, I was quite disturbed during the campaigning, I didn't understand what was going on. And at the end when the vote came through my whole world turned upside down and I had to think it through. And I suppose it's a kind of art therapy. I'm coming to terms with the whole process."

7. Close of Coles pointing to image of storm clouds brewing over Britain, then German Chancellor Angela Merkel watching over events as they unfold on plate

8. Close of Coles pointing to image of Big Ben being propped up - a symbol of Westminster being shaken by the outcome of the referendum

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Harriet Coles, Brexit Ware creator

"There were reports of MPs clustered in groups in the corridors of Westminster straight after the vote and it felt to me as if, right at the heart of politics Big Ben had taken a bash, so I painted it fallen over."

10. Close of Coles pointing to image of refugee and child in an enclosure south of Calais and the gap between the coasts of Britain and north western Europe

11. Pull focus from egg cup reading (English) "SOFT BREXIT" to egg cup reading (English) "HARD BREXIT"

12. SOUNDBITE (English) Harriet Coles, Brexit Ware creator

"People need to laugh. The first thing, the Willow pattern plate, was looking at the whole thing and the experience, it was a bit of an outpouring of emotion, but the egg cups are just sort of: 'Oh goodness me this is a long run isn't it, let's have a good old giggle'."

13. Pull focus on stamp on back of plate reading (English) "Weeping Willow, H. Coles, Brexit Ware, Made in Stoke on Trent, UK"

14. Various of pottery worker at Edwards and Lockett in Stoke on Trent putting "Soft Brexit" transfer onto Brexit Ware egg cup

15. Wide of David Lockett, Director at Edwards and Lockett, taking Brexit Ware egg cups out of kiln after they've been fired

16. Mid of Brexit Ware egg cups in kiln

17. Various of pottery worker at Edwards and Lockett in Stoke on Trent putting transfer onto commemorative Royal Wedding mug for upcoming wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

18. SOUNDBITE (English) David Lockett, Director, Edwards and Lockett

"We've got a lot of interest from some pretty major companies up and down the country and indeed from abroad who are very interested in commemorative ware for it (the Royal Wedding). One of the drawbacks being, it's whether we can really compete with what's coming in from the Far East. I think we can because the general public, including the public in the Far East, want British made product because of the quality and the craftsmanship that's involved in the production of it."

19. Various of commemorative mugs for upcoming wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

20. SOUNDBITE (English) David Lockett, Director, Edwards and Lockett

"I think people tend to just keep them and hand them down, I mean don't get me wrong I think a lot of the stuff that's on the market ends up in a car boot sale. But it does keep the industry buoyant and keeps places like this going."

21. Mid of four "Brexitannia" jugs, showing British Prime Minister Theresa May, by Bairstow Manor Pottery in Stoke on Trent

22. Wide of shelves containing numerous political figures turned into Toby Jugs at Bairstow Manor Pottery in Stoke on Trent

23. Tilt down from jug of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

24. Various of painter at Bairstow Manor Pottery Daniel Smith putting stamp onto new limited edition jug of US President Donald Trump

25. SOUNDBITE (English) Daniel Smith, Painter, Bairstow Manor Pottery

"We do a lot of political satire and a lot of political memorabilia and things like that. So he's an ideal choice to do. Basically whether you love him or hate him someone always buys these kinds of things."

26. Wide of Smith putting Donald Trump jug into kiln

27. Various of Donald Trump and "Brexitannia" jugs in kiln

28. SOUNDBITE (English) Daniel Smith, Painter, Bairstow Manor Pottery

"Basically we do all the political pieces like the Prime Ministers, we do a series of mini Prime Ministers, and we sell those in the House of Commons. And this was an idea we had to put Theresa May as "Brexitannia". It's got all the information on it. Boris (Boris Johnson MP, British Foreign Secretary) on the back of course. So it's very interesting to do pieces like this."

29. Brexit bulldog pottery next to Winston Churchill driving a tank

30. Pull focus on Brexit bulldog pottery reading (English) "Out! 23/6/2016, Cheers Juncker"

31. Set up Tom Reynolds, Commercial and Public Affairs Director, British Ceramics Confederation,

32. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Reynolds, Commercial and Public Affairs Director, British Ceramics Confederation

"50 per cent of our exports go to the European Union and so we need to keep tariff free and barrierless trade with the EU. The other is that the EU provides protections against dumped Chinese imports, so we need to make sure that those protections are still in place after the UK leaves the European Union."

33. Mid of pottery showing former British Prime Minister David Cameron

34. Pull focus on British bulldog wearing hat reading (English) "Brexit"

LEADIN

Pottery has been used to mark historical moments for centuries - and now UK potters are turning clay into everything from Brexit to Donald Trump

STORYLINE

The distinctive blue and white of the Willow pattern - a Chinese inspired design developed by English ceramic artists and found on tableware throughout the world.

However look closer at this particular china and you may notice a few subtle differences. In amongst the tranquil birds and weeping willows you'll see storm clouds brewing over Britain, Westminster's Big Ben falling over and the 12 stars of the EU flag reconfiguring.

This is what the designer Harriet Coles is calling Brexit Ware - a range of pottery she created following Britain's referendum on membership of the EU which resulted in the decision to leave.

"At the end when the vote came through my whole world turned upside down and I had to think it through. And I suppose it's a kind of art therapy. I'm coming to terms with the whole process," she says.

Coles says that if you go into any regional museum in Britain you'll find 'political pottery' poking fun at figures such as Napoleon or celebrating events such as the end of the Crimean war. So Brexit felt like another significant point in British history which needed to be marked.

Within her Willow pattern plate she's created images such as a refugee with a child in an enclosure south of Calais, German Chancellor Angela Merkel watching over events and Westminster being shaken by the result of the referendum.

"There were reports of MPs clustered in groups in the corridors of Westminster straight after the vote and it felt to me as if, right at the heart of politics Big Ben had taken a bash, so I painted it fallen over," Coles explains.

Despite being open about her fears regarding Brexit, not least for its impact on the pottery industry, there's also plenty of humour behind Coles' Brexit Ware. These tongue in cheek egg cups, decorated with "Hard Brexit" and "Soft Brexit", were so popular that 400 sold in less than 4 weeks when they were first released.

"The Willow pattern plate, was looking at the whole thing and the experience, it was a bit of an outpouring of emotion, but the egg cups are just sort of: 'Oh goodness me this is a long run isn't it, let's have a good old giggle'," says Coles.

Although Coles is based in Buckinghamshire, her Brexit Ware is manufactured in Stoke-on-Trent, widely regarded as the home of British pottery. Today she's displaying her works in the city's Spode Heritage Centre, whose 'Blue Room' of Willow pattern works provided her inspiration for Brexit Ware and whose staff act as Cole's consultants.

However the decorating and firing process takes place at nearby ceramic printers and decorators Edwards & Lockett.

But Brexit isn't the only major historical moment being marked at this business. Edwards & Lockett also created a range of mugs and plates to commemorate the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

"We've got a lot of interest from some pretty major companies up and down the country and indeed from abroad who are very interested in commemorative ware for it," explains company director David Lockett.

"It does keep the industry buoyant and keeps places like this going," he adds.

But here in Stoke on Trent it's not only UK royals and politicians who are being immortalised in clay. At Bairstow Manor Pottery the world's most famous political figure, U.S. President Donald Trump, is the subject their latest Toby Jug. Standing at 10 cm tall this limited edition of the divisive American leader holds his finger in his trademark hand gesture.

"He's an ideal choice to do. Basically whether you love him or hate him someone always buys these kinds of things," explains the company's painter, Daniel Smith.

Founded in in 1930s, Bairstow Manor Pottery has become world famous for its satirical representations of political leaders. In the company's own nod to Brexit they have put Theresa May next to a British lion and are calling the model "Brexitannia".

"We do all the political pieces like the Prime Ministers, we do a series of mini Prime Ministers, and we sell those in the House of Commons," says Smith.

But although Brexit egg cups and Prime Ministers on lions might seem like a bit of fun, Tom Reynolds from the British Ceramics Confederation says these witty works also reflect genuine concerns over what Britain's exit from Europe could mean for the industry.

"50 per cent of our exports go to the European Union and so we need to keep tariff free and barrierless trade with the EU. The other is that the EU provides protections against dumped Chinese imports, so we need to make sure that those protections are still in place after the UK leaves the European Union," he says.

According to figures from the British Ceramics Confederation the UK Ceramics Sector produces 2 billion UK pounds' worth of sales annually - 550 million of which come from exports.

But while the future for Britain post Brexit remains unknown, the current political situation is providing plenty of inspiration for the country's potters.

Stoke-on-Trent, U.K. - 22 February 2018

1. Tilt down of blue and white Willow pattern pottery at the Spode Heritage Centre in Stoke-on-Trent

2. Close of Brexit Ware 'Weeping Willow' plate, containing symbols representing Britain's exit from the EU, including a miniature Big Ben

3. Pull focus on Brexit Ware egg cups reading (English) "HARD BREXIT", "SOFT BREXIT"

4. Wide of Harriet Coles, creator of Brexit Ware, entering the Blue Room at the Spode Heritage Centre and picking up one of her plates

5. Close of Brexit Ware plate containing symbols representing Britain's exit from the EU

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Harriet Coles, Brexit Ware creator

"The imagery is just channelled through me being worried about the whole thing, I was quite disturbed during the campaigning, I didn't understand what was going on. And at the end when the vote came through my whole world turned upside down and I had to think it through. And I suppose it's a kind of art therapy. I'm coming to terms with the whole process."

7. Close of Coles pointing to image of storm clouds brewing over Britain, then German Chancellor Angela Merkel watching over events as they unfold on plate

8. Close of Coles pointing to image of Big Ben being propped up - a symbol of Westminster being shaken by the outcome of the referendum

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Harriet Coles, Brexit Ware creator

"There were reports of MPs clustered in groups in the corridors of Westminster straight after the vote and it felt to me as if, right at the heart of politics Big Ben had taken a bash, so I painted it fallen over."

10. Close of Coles pointing to image of refugee and child in an enclosure south of Calais and the gap between the coasts of Britain and north western Europe

11. Pull focus from egg cup reading (English) "SOFT BREXIT" to egg cup reading (English) "HARD BREXIT"

12. SOUNDBITE (English) Harriet Coles, Brexit Ware creator

"People need to laugh. The first thing, the Willow pattern plate, was looking at the whole thing and the experience, it was a bit of an outpouring of emotion, but the egg cups are just sort of: 'Oh goodness me this is a long run isn't it, let's have a good old giggle'."

13. Pull focus on stamp on back of plate reading (English) "Weeping Willow, H. Coles, Brexit Ware, Made in Stoke on Trent, UK"

14. Various of pottery worker at Edwards and Lockett in Stoke on Trent putting "Soft Brexit" transfer onto Brexit Ware egg cup

15. Wide of David Lockett, Director at Edwards and Lockett, taking Brexit Ware egg cups out of kiln after they've been fired

16. Mid of Brexit Ware egg cups in kiln

17. Various of pottery worker at Edwards and Lockett in Stoke on Trent putting transfer onto commemorative Royal Wedding mug for upcoming wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

18. SOUNDBITE (English) David Lockett, Director, Edwards and Lockett

"We've got a lot of interest from some pretty major companies up and down the country and indeed from abroad who are very interested in commemorative ware for it (the Royal Wedding). One of the drawbacks being, it's whether we can really compete with what's coming in from the Far East. I think we can because the general public, including the public in the Far East, want British made product because of the quality and the craftsmanship that's involved in the production of it."

19. Various of commemorative mugs for marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

20. SOUNDBITE (English) David Lockett, Director, Edwards and Lockett

"I think people tend to just keep them and hand them down, I mean don't get me wrong I think a lot of the stuff that's on the market ends up in a car boot sale. But it does keep the industry buoyant and keeps places like this going."

21. Mid of four "Brexitannia" jugs, showing British Prime Minister Theresa May, by Bairstow Manor Pottery in Stoke on Trent

22. Wide of shelves containing numerous political figures turned into Toby Jugs at Bairstow Manor Pottery in Stoke on Trent

23. Tilt down from jug of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

24. Various of painter at Bairstow Manor Pottery Daniel Smith putting stamp onto new limited edition jug of US President Donald Trump

25. SOUNDBITE (English) Daniel Smith, Painter, Bairstow Manor Pottery

"We do a lot of political satire and a lot of political memorabilia and things like that. So he's an ideal choice to do. Basically whether you love him or hate him someone always buys these kinds of things."

26. Wide of Smith putting Donald Trump jug into kiln

27. Various of Donald Trump and "Brexitannia" jugs in kiln

28. SOUNDBITE (English) Daniel Smith, Painter, Bairstow Manor Pottery

"Basically we do all the political pieces like the Prime Ministers, we do a series of mini Prime Ministers, and we sell those in the House of Commons. And this was an idea we had to put Theresa May as "Brexitannia". It's got all the information on it. Boris (Boris Johnson MP, British Foreign Secretary) on the back of course. So it's very interesting to do pieces like this."

29. Brexit bulldog pottery next to Winston Churchill driving a tank

30. Pull focus on Brexit bulldog pottery reading (English) "Out! 23/6/2016, Cheers Juncker"

31. Set up Tom Reynolds, Commercial and Public Affairs Director, British Ceramics Confederation,

32. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Reynolds, Commercial and Public Affairs Director, British Ceramics Confederation

"50 per cent of our exports go to the European Union and so we need to keep tariff free and barrierless trade with the EU. The other is that the EU provides protections against dumped Chinese imports, so we need to make sure that those protections are still in place after the UK leaves the European Union."

33. Mid of pottery showing former British Prime Minister David Cameron

34. Pull focus on British bulldog wearing hat reading (English) "Brexit"

Rival rallies were held at Parliament Square in London on Saturday over the UK's Brexit impasse.

Police appeared to scuffle with some of the protesters.

Both pro and anti-Brexit protesters had gathered at the site.

London - 7 September 2019

1. Police pushing man down

2. Various of police scuffling with protesters, facing off against protesters behind barricade

3. Pro-Brexit supporters with red flare

4. Police on horseback monitoring protest

5. Sign reading "No rest until our stolen Sovereignty is fully restored, WTO Brexit"

6. Tilt up on sign reading "3 cheers for the 1% RIP Democracy" to protesters

7. Protesters chanting (English) "Bye Bye EU"

8. Angry protester shouting (English) "You're the racist, you're the racist"

9. Police separating pro- and anti- Brexit supporters

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Launa Bachelor, pro-Brexit protester:

"Well, we should have a general election. Obviously we can purge all the traitors and then we should just... if it has to be a World Trade Organization with no deal, so be it. I mean if we could get a deal, that probably would be better. But you know if not, that's fine. That's what should happen now."

11. Elderly man with medals

12. Mid of police on horseback

13. Wide of pro-Brexit protest

14. Wide of large group of anti-Brexit protesters

15. Various of anti-Brexit protesters

16. SOUNDBITE (English) Tracy Stone, anti-Brexit protester:

"I haven't been to a demonstration for a very long time but I'm beginning to feel that really bad things happen when good people don't do anything. And this is an opportunity and a time for me to come and show how I feel and to enjoy the solidarity of other people who think that Brexit represents a small mindedness, a kind of meanness of spirit that doesn't want to be associated with this country."

17. Sign depicting drawing of House of Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg lying down on bench during parliamentary session, which drew criticism at the time

18. SOUNDBITE (English) Jane Smith, anti-Brexit protester:

"I would prefer the election, I guess, after the date that Boris could still screw it up basically."

19. Various of protest

Pro- and anti-Brexit demonstrators crowded the streets around Parliament on Wednesday as Britain bid farewell to outgoing leader Theresa May and prepared to welcome Boris Johnson as the country's next prime minister.

A double-decker red bus circulated around London with a giant photo of Johnson, reading: #WeAreWatchingYouBoris.

Two giant banners were stretched out in Parliament Square, demanding a people's vote on Brexit.

"Put it to the people," one read in large capital letters which could be read from the skies.

"We think that the final decision on Brexit should be given to everyone," said Kirsty O'Brien, one of the organizers.

Other demonstrators used humour to send their message.

Dressed as a clown and wearing a Johnson mask, one man mocked the incoming prime minister's strategy and famous positivity.

But Brexiteers were equally visible and held large red signs reminding Johnson of the referendum voting results.

Those in favour of Brexit held signs reading "believe in Britain" and "we voted leave."  

Pro-Brexit protester Elena Dobson said it was "ridiculous" Brexit had taken this long.

"He better do what he said he would do which is to take us out of the EU on the 31st of October come what may," she said.

London - 24 July 2019

1. Various of a bus passing by with a Daily Mirror avert picturing Boris Johnson reading (English): "#WeAreWatchingYouBoris, Johnson impersonator on top

2. Wide of demonstrator wearing clown costume and Boris Johnson mask UPSOUND (English): "The King is dead, long live the clown."

3. Tilt down from clown to sign mocking Johnson's positivity

4. Various of People's Vote campaign group banner being stretched out in Parliament Square

5. Demonstrators waving to media helicopter filming

6. Helicopter

7. Demonstrators as seen from below banner

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Kirsty O'Brien, People's Vote campaign group:

"We think that the final decision on Brexit should be given to everyone via people's vote. So today, on the day that Boris Johnson becomes prime minister we are demanding to be heard and asking for a people's vote."

8. Various of pro-Brexit demonstrators protesting in front of Parliament

9. Various of Elena Dobson, pro-Brexit demonstrator

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Elena Dobson, teacher and pro-Brexit demonstrator:

"He better do what he said he would do which is to take us out of the EU on the 31st of October come what may. We did vote for this more than three years ago now. It's ridiculous that it has gone on this long. So, I just want him to honour the commitment that was made."

11. Pro-Brexit demonstrators chanting UPSOUND (English): "We love you Boris"

Reactions were mixed among leave and remain protesters after Britain's Parliament voted Thursday to seek a delay of the country's departure from the European Union - a move that will likely avert a chaotic withdrawal on the scheduled exit date of March 29.

Hundreds of protesters were seen demonstrating outside London's Parliament on Thursday, with pro-Brexit supporters carrying placards reading "Leave means leave" and anti-Brexit campaigners holding up EU flags.

Remain supporter Val Astles told the Associated Press that delaying the EU departure was "good news," adding "we needed a delay."  

Another anti-Brexit supporter, Peter Beagan, said he thinks the UK needs a much longer extension, stressing that he did not think Prime Minister Theresa May's deal would ever be approved in Parliament.

Members of the UK Indpendence Party, UKIP, were present to voice their opposition against a delayed departure.

Before the vote took place, UKIP leader Gerrard Batten said, "if Parliament now votes to ask for an extension to Article 50, then that will be the basic betrayal of the referendum and the British people who voted to leave."

He added, "What they (the governemnt) will do is they will ask for an extension to Article 50 on the basis that this can be extended indefinitely so eventually the whole referendum can be overturned."

Footage from after Thursday's vote showed one UKIP member swearing at remain campaigners, and police at the scene working to maintain calm.

With Brexit due in 15 days and no divorce deal yet approved, the House of Commons voted 413-202 to ask the bloc to put off Britain's exit until at least June 30.

The official result was initially announced as 412-202, but was later amended to 413 in the official voting list.

Power to approve or reject the extension lies with the EU, which has signaled that it will only allow a delay if Britain either approves a divorce deal or makes a fundamental shift in its approach to Brexit.

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London - 14 March 2019

1. Tilt down of UK Parliament building and protesters

2. UKIP supporters demonstrating

3. UKIP supporter with umbrella

4. Close of umbrella

5. Close of man wearing cap with text reading (English) "Make Britain Great Again"

6. Various of UKIP leader Gerrard Batten

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Gerrard Batten, leader of UKIP (commenting before Thursday's Parliament vote on a potential delayed Brexit departure):

"I was quite surprised that the margin was so narrow last night (referring to Parliament vote on whether to reject no-deal Brexit, taking place on Wednesday) - only four votes. If Parliament now votes to ask for an extension to Article 50, then that will be the basic betrayal of the referendum and the British people who voted to leave."

8. Various of UKIP placards

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Gerrard Batten, leader of UKIP: (commenting before Thursday's Parliament vote on a potential delayed Brexit departure):

"What they (the UK government) will do is they will ask for an extension to Article 50 on the basis that this can be extended indefinitely so eventually the whole referendum can be overturned. And my task is to organise UKIP so that we turf those people out of Westminster and we get new MPs in, who actually are patriotic and believe in their own country."

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10. Protesters outside Parliament

11. Tension between leave and remain protesters ++CLIENTS NOTE: INCLUDES SWEARING DURING TENSION BETWEEN REMAIN AND LEAVE PROTESTERS++

12. SOUNDBITE (English) Niall McCrae, pro-Brexit protester:

"My view is that the 29th of June is problematic, as long as that, because that would mean we would have to be competing in the EU, the European Parliament elections. That's what I think. Because I was thinking the delay might be to the end of May but end of June is going to give the government a lot of problems."

13. EU and UKIP flags

14. SOUNDBITE (English) Niall McCrae, pro-Brexit protester:

"We're still left with arch-remainers threatening to stop Brexit altogether by, for example, saying that, demanding that we revoke Article 50."

15. Leave and remain protesters

16. SOUNDBITE (English) Val Astles, anti-Brexit protester:

"Yeah, that's good news (that MPs on Thursday voted by a majority to seek a delay to the EU departure); we needed a delay. It's just how we use it and also as well whether the EU lets us have the delay and how long it's for."

17. EU flag

18. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Beagan, anti-Brexit protester:

"I think we need a much longer extension than that to achieve anything really apart from endless goes at (UK Prime Minister) Theresa May's deal, that I don't think will ever pass, and if it did it would be please no one in this country. It would be a disaster."

19. Pro-Brexit protester chanting UPSOUND (English) "Shame on You" toward car leaving

20. Police clearing area

21. Police and protesters

'DOGS DINNER' ANTI-BREXIT PROTEST AT UK PARLIAMENT

With "porky pies" and Eton Mess on the menu, dozens of dogs dressed in EU colours shared "a dog's dinner" in London on Sunday (10 MARCH 2019), outside the UK Parliament, in protest over Brexit.

Billed as the "world's biggest dog's dinner", the event was organised by Wooferendum, a campaign group supporting calls for a second referendum on Britain's withdrawal from the European Union.

Among other speakers was Femi Oluwale, the spokesperson Our Future Our Choice, who said most people who voted for Brexit will feel betrayed as what they were promised in campaigns promoting Brexit will not materialise.

Another anti-Brexit advocate, Jason Hunter, called the public vote on the withdrawal in 2016 "a 'fraudorendum', calling on the House of Commons not to honour its results.

On Tuesday, British lawmakers will yet again vote on the prime minister's Brexit deal.

London, 10 March 2019

1. Wide of dogs and owners at dining table set up in park near the UK Parliament

2. Can with dog food and label reading (English): "Brexit dog's dinner"

3. Man feeding dogs from plate

4. Brexit dog's dinner menu displayed

5. Various of dogs dressed in EU colours

5. Dogs dressed in EU colours by photo of Jacob Rees-Mogg, MP and pro Brexit campaigner

6. UK flag

7. Dogs and mask of UK Prime Minister Theresa May on a stick and dog peeing on it

8. Mask of UK Prime Minister Theresa May on a stick

9. Daniel Elkan, founder of Wooferendum on the stage

10. Various of people watching

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Daniel Elkan, founder of Wooferendum:

"So today we've staged the biggest ever dog's dinner. And that's because in Parliament at the moment things are a dog's dinner. It's just a shambles. You know, half the country didn't want Brexit in the first place. And now we're having it forced on the people. Theresa May is trying to threaten no deal or her deal. It's not democratic. Why shouldn't people have another say? So the dogs have been here barking out having that dog's dinner. And we want to send a message to the politicians that this is not good enough. We need a people's vote."

12. Tilt up from dog to anti-Brexit campaigners dancing

13. Femi Oluwale, spokesperson Our Future Our Choice, speaking

14. Dog wrapped in EU flag

15. SOUNDBITE (English) Femi Oluwale, spokesperson Our Future Our Choice:

"One of the common factors is that among those vote for Brexit is that they live in areas that have had very little investment from Westminster, who the political class is thoroughly left behind. They voted for things to get better because the political class needed a good kicking. And this Brexit is only going to make them poor. If you look at areas like Sunderland, that has thirty five thousand jobs in Sunderland rely on a Nissan factory, that sends 70 per cent of its cars to mainland Europe. Those jobs go. It's simple. It doesn't make sense for that factory to stay there if it is cheaper to manufacture on the continent. So if Brexit is going to do that then he will the vote for Brexit because they saw it as their final chance that their last hope of things getting better - that is a complete betrayal and a tragedy that we should all be extremely angry at."

16. Jason Hunter, anti-Brexit campaigner and one of the trio 3 blokes in a pub, speaking

17. SOUNDBITE (English) Jason Hunter, anti-Brexit campaigner and one of the trip 3 blokes in a pub:

"The Electoral Commission have successfully prosecuted all of the major campaign groups. We've had significant foreign influence, significant foreign money coming into the referendum campaigns. The Leave leadership has sat in parliamentary select committees, admitted that they lied to people.  That's not democracy in the 21st century. That's a 'fraudorendum'. And the results should not be respected by anybody in the House of Commons behind me."

18. Various of UK parliament and flag

With "porky pies" and Eton Mess on the menu, dozens of dogs dressed in EU colours shared "a dog's dinner" in London on Sunday, outside the UK Parliament, in protest over Brexit.

Billed as the "world's biggest dog's dinner", the event was organised by Wooferendum, a campaign group supporting calls for a second referendum on Britain's withdrawal from the European Union.

Among other speakers was Femi Oluwale, the spokesperson Our Future Our Choice, who said most people who voted for Brexit will feel betrayed as what they were promised in campaigns promoting Brexit will not materialise.

Another anti-Brexit advocate, Jason Hunter, called the public vote on the withdrawal in 2016 "a 'fraudorendum', calling on the House of Commons not to honour its results.

On Tuesday, British lawmakers will yet again vote on the prime minister's Brexit deal.

London - 10 March 2019

1. Wide of dogs and owners at dining table set up in park near the UK Parliament

2. Can with dog food and label reading (English): "Brexit dog's dinner"

3. Man feeding dogs from plate

4. Brexit dog's dinner menu displayed

5. Various of dogs dressed in EU colours

5. Dogs dressed in EU colours by photo of Jacob Rees-Mogg, MP and pro Brexit campaigner

6. UK flag

7. Dogs and mask of UK Prime Minister Theresa May on a stick and dog peeing on it

8. Mask of UK Prime Minister Theresa May on a stick

9. Daniel Elkan, founder of Wooferendum on the stage

10. Various of people watching

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Daniel Elkan, founder of Wooferendum:

"So today we've staged the biggest ever dog's dinner. And that's because in Parliament at the moment things are a dog's dinner. It's just a shambles. You know, half the country didn't want Brexit in the first place. And now we're having it forced on the people. Theresa May is trying to threaten no deal or her deal. It's not democratic. Why shouldn't people have another say? So the dogs have been here barking out having that dog's dinner. And we want to send a message to the politicians that this is not good enough. We need a people's vote."

12. Tilt up from dog to anti-Brexit campaigners dancing

13. Femi Oluwale, spokesperson Our Future Our Choice, speaking

14. Dog wrapped in EU flag

15. SOUNDBITE (English) Femi Oluwale, spokesperson Our Future Our Choice:

"One of the common factors is that among those vote for Brexit is that they live in areas that have had very little investment from Westminster, who the political class is thoroughly left behind. They voted for things to get better because the political class needed a good kicking. And this Brexit is only going to make them poor. If you look at areas like Sunderland, that has thirty five thousand jobs in Sunderland rely on a Nissan factory, that sends 70 per cent of its cars to mainland Europe. Those jobs go. It's simple. It doesn't make sense for that factory to stay there if it is cheaper to manufacture on the continent. So if Brexit is going to do that then he will the vote for Brexit because they saw it as their final chance that their last hope of things getting better - that is a complete betrayal and a tragedy that we should all be extremely angry at."

16. Jason Hunter, anti-Brexit campaigner and one of the trio 3 blokes in a pub, speaking

17. SOUNDBITE (English) Jason Hunter, anti-Brexit campaigner and one of the trip 3 blokes in a pub:

"The Electoral Commission have successfully prosecuted all of the major campaign groups. We've had significant foreign influence, significant foreign money coming into the referendum campaigns. The Leave leadership has sat in parliamentary select committees, admitted that they lied to people. That's not democracy in the 21st century. That's a 'fraudorendum'. And the results should not be respected by anybody in the House of Commons behind me."

18. Various of UK parliament and flag

European Union nationals living in Britain weren't allowed to vote in the EU referendum three years ago, but they'll get their chance to pass judgment on Brexit next week when the UK takes part in elections for the European Parliament.

The result of next week's election won't directly affect Brexit. But it will be interpreted as a test of public sentiment - almost a mini-referendum - and could sway politicians to take a harder or softer course as Britain heads for the exit door.

That makes this the most high-profile European election in Britain in years - but it shouldn't be happening. The U.K. was due to have left the EU by now.

Instead, British politicians are deadlocked over departure terms and Brexit has been postponed from March 29 until Oct. 31 while they try to sort out the mess. So Britain is taking part, and the contest here is dominated by candidates promising either to speed up Brexit or throw it into reverse gear.

Pro-European parties are eager to attract votes from EU citizens, who can vote in European polls though not in U.K. national elections.

That's why a former finance minister of Poland could be found recently standing outside a suburban London subway station, thrusting anti-Brexit leaflets at tired commuters. Jan Vincent-Rostowski, a London-born economist who served in a center-right Polish government between 2007 and 2013, is a candidate for the newly former pro-EU party Change UK.

"I thought that was something I could bring to the campaign, being both a British citizen - a Londoner born and bred - but also a Polish citizen who has done his bit in politics elsewhere," Vincent-Rostowski said.

Chipper and polite - "Can I give you a leaflet madam?" - he got a reasonably warm reception in suburban Ealing, a diverse London district that voted 60% for remaining in the European Union. Several Poles recognized him, stopping to chat or film him on their phones.

Hedwig Hegtermans has lived in Britain for two decades, but she didn't have a vote when the country decided in 2016 to leave the European Union. She's determined to have her say on Brexit now.

An election for the European Parliament being held this month in all 28 EU member states - including the not-yet-departed U.K. - is giving Hegtermans - a Dutch citizen and member of The 3 Million, a lobby group for EU citizens in Britain - and other Europeans in Britain the chance to pass judgment on the Brexit decision that left their lives in limbo.

Like other non-U.K. EU nationals, she was not eligible to vote in Britain's EU membership referendum three years ago - and like them she saw her automatic right to live and work in Britain whipped away by the Brexit decision. (The British government says all 3 million EU citizens in Britain can stay, but they have to apply for "settled status" through a somewhat glitch-prone new registration process).

"We did not have a vote in the referendum, we could not voice anything while we were the people who will be affected the most," Hegtermans said.

She said the May 23 election to fill the U.K.'s 73 seats in the 751-seat EU legislature "is one way for us to let our voices (be) heard."

But this is a heated and bad-tempered election. Both of Britain's main parties - the governing Conservative and opposition Labour - are bracing for a hammering as voters frustrated by the Brexit impasse turn to parties promising either a definitive break with the EU or a chance to remain in the bloc.

Thousands of Brexiteers across the country are flocking to rallies for the new Brexit Party led by former U.K. Independence Party leader Nigel Farage, who accuses the government of betraying Brexit and wants Britain to walk away from the bloc even if there is no divorce deal to smooth the way.

Among pro-Europeans, Change UK is competing for votes with the centrist Liberal Democrats and environmentalist Greens. All support holding a new referendum that would include the option of remaining in the EU.

EU elections in Britain generally have a low turnout. At the last EU election in 2014, it was 35%.

EU citizens also must navigate a U.K. voter-registration process that requires them to fill out a form declaring that they do not plan to also vote in their home country.

The deadline for registration passed on May 7. It's likely some Europeans will show up at polling stations only to be turned away.

Others may stay away out of a common U.K. malaise: Brexhaustion.

Europeans in London expressed a mix of enthusiasm and resignation at the prospect of an election that - three years after the vote to leave the EU - is dominated by Brexit.

"As a Polish citizen, I would love Britain to stay in the European Union," said 32-year-old Kate Staron. "So definitely I will vote and try to make some difference. .. I encourage everyone else to go and vote as every vote is important."

Marcel Wojtyniak, a 25-year-old data analyst also from Poland, wasn't so sure.

"I think there's a lot of exhaustion on the subject," he said.

"I'm personally against it, I don't think there will be much benefit in it. I don't really get involved with that discussion that much any more because it feels like it is pretty much over."

London - 14 May, 2019

1. Jan Vincent-Rostowski, Change UK candidate for London and former Polish finance minister, handing out leaflets for the EU election UPSOUND (English):  

Vincent-Rostowski: "Vote Change UK."

Pedestrian: "I have one of these already."

Vincent-Rostowski: "That's okay. You've already got one? Oh, that's fine. Thank you very much. Can I give you a leaflet, madam, to vote stop Brexit and Vote Change UK? Thank you."

2. Another canvasser handing out leaflets

3. Various of Vincent-Rostowski handing out leaflets

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Jan Vincent-Rostowski, Change UK candidate for London and former Polish finance minister:

"To stop Brexit, to stop Brexit because Brexit is an extremely bad idea. Since the referendum it's been proved to be an even worse idea than we knew it to be then. It's been redefined by the Brexiteers as something completely different from what people voted for or certainly completely different than a majority would have voted for, in other words it's been redefined as a no-deal Brexit. And of course on top of that the world has changed. Donald Trump has been elected, the idea of going out into a free trade global world, globalised world is something that just about might have made sense in June of 2016. it certainly doesn't make sense after the 7th November 2016."

5. Cutaway of Change UK sign

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jan Vincent-Rostowski, Change UK candidate for London and former Polish finance minister:

"We're definitely appealing to them (EU citizens living in the UK) and one of the reasons why I'm standing, I thought that was something I could bring to the campaign as being both a British citizen, a Londoner born and bred but also a Polish citizen who has done his bit in politics elsewhere."

7. Set up of Tim Bale, professor of politics at Queen Mary University of London

8. Close up of poll

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Tim Bale, professor of politics at Queen Mary University of London:

"Well, I think at this election we're going to see the two main parties' support bleed away to minor parties, if they can be called minor parties. The Brexit party will get a lot of Conservative voters, the Lib Dems look like they are going to pick up quite a lot of former Labour voters. Those two parties - the Brexit party and the Lib Dems - will probably be the big winners, and the Conservative party and Labour will be really having to look at themselves in the mirror and say 'what are we going to do about this?'."

10. Cutaway

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Tim Bale, professor of politics at Queen Mary University of London:

"And I think obviously if European citizens mobilise sufficiently then that's going to be good for the Remain parties, particularly the Liberal Democrats."

12. People walking in street

13. Set up of Hedwig Hegtermans, member of The 3 Million, a lobby group for EU citizens in Britain

14. Cutaway of badges

15. SOUNDBITE (English) Hedwig Hegtermans, member of The 3 Million lobby group:

"So it may be the very last time that EU citizens can vote here.  And I also think a lot of EU citizens now opted to vote for a UK candidate. I myself as an example, I always voted for a Dutch candidate, but now I will be voting for a UK candidate."  

(Question: "Why did you make that decision?")

"I made that decision because I felt because of Brexit first of all we did not have a vote in the referendum, we could not voice anything, and we will be the people who will be affected the most, so this is one way for us to let our voices heard is by voting for a pro-EU country (means candidate) and a pro Remain (country)."

16. Various of people in street

17. SOUNDBITE (English) Kate Staron, embassy worker from Poland:  

"I'm concerned about my future and everybody else's future and I see Brexit as something bad. But again it is what it is and we need to hope for the best. So definitely I will vote and try to make some difference, at least by this, by voting, so I encourage everyone else to go and vote, as every vote is important."

18. SOUNDBITE (English) Marcel Wojtyniak, data analyst from Poland:  

"I'm personally against it, I don't think there will be much benefit in it. I don't really get involved with that discussion that much any more because it feels like it is pretty much over.  It's, as I said before, it feels like once in a while someone revives the whole subject, and says what if we cancel Brexit because of this or that. I don't really see that happening as the government stated several times that they are not interested in that happening or entertaining the idea, so I kind of treat it as a done deal and I try to move on."

19. Campaigner for Change UK handing out leaflets

Britain's Parliament voted Thursday to seek a delay of the country's departure from the European Union, a move that will likely avert a chaotic withdrawal on the scheduled exit date of March 29.

With Brexit due in 15 days and no divorce deal yet approved, the House of Commons voted to ask the bloc to postpone Britain's exit until at least June 30.

Power to approve or reject the extension lies with the EU, whose officials have said they will only allow a delay if Britain either approves a divorce deal or makes a fundamental shift in its approach to Brexit.

In a historic irony, almost three years after Britain voted to leave the EU, its future is now in the bloc's hands.

By law, Britain will leave the EU on March 29, with or without a deal, unless it cancels Brexit or secures a delay.

While the Parliament vote gives Prime Minister Theresa May some breathing space, it was still humbling for a leader who has spent two years telling Britons they were leaving the bloc on that date.

Lawmakers have twice rejected her EU divorce deal - and also ruled out leaving the EU without an agreement.

Withdrawing without a deal could mean major disruptions for businesses and people in the UK and the 27 remaining countries.

But there was some good news for May, as lawmakers rejected an attempt to strip her of control over Brexit.

They defeated by the narrowest of margins an opposition attempt to let Parliament choose an alternative to May's rejected divorce deal and force the government to negotiate it with the EU.

The House of Commons defeated the idea by just two votes, 314-312, leaving May least temporarily in charge of the Brexit agenda.

Lawmakers also voted to rule out the idea of holding a second Brexit referendum - at least for now.

By a decisive 334-85 vote, they defeated a motion that called for another vote by the public on whether to stay in the EU or leave.

Campaigners for a new referendum are divided over whether the time is right to push for a second Brexit vote.

The vote didn't prevent lawmakers from trying again later to get Parliament's support for another referendum.

Postponing Brexit gives May some respite, amid a crisis that has shredded her authority and obliterated her control of a fractious Conservative minority government.

On Wednesday, a dozen government ministers abstained rather than support May's bid to keep a no-deal Brexit as an option, while another voted against, and resigned.

Despite the rebuffs and the political chaos, May has signalled she will try a third time to get backing for her agreement next week.

She is seeking to win over opponents in her own party and its Northern Irish political ally, the Democratic Unionist Party.

Alan Wager, a researcher at the U.K. in a Changing Europe think tank, said May faced a struggle to overturn a 149-vote margin of defeat in Parliament this week.

"It's still really difficult to see how the numbers stack up for Theresa May, but she's giving it one more go", he said.

If the delay is approved next week, May hopes to use it to enact legislation needed for Britain's departure.

She has warned Brexit supporters who oppose her deal that if no withdrawal agreement is passed in the coming days, the only option will be to seek a long extension that could mean Brexit never happens.

London - 14 March 2019

++DUSK SHOTS++

1. Various of activists watching House of Commons Brexit vote on their mobile phones

2. Wide of man holding placard reading (English) "To Delay is to Betray"

3. Close of placard

++NIGHT SHOTS++

4. Wide exterior of UK Parliament

5. Wide set-up shot of political analyst Dr Alan Wager

6. Wide of media encampment on College Green across from Parliament

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Alan Wager, political analyst at UK In a Changing Europe:

"So what we now know for near-certain is that Britain won't be leaving on this day the 29th of March that everyone expected Britain to be leaving the European Union. There's going to be an extension to the process at least probably to the 30th of June. And that depends - how long the extension lasts will depend on whether MPs pass (Prime Minister) Theresa May's deal or reject it another time. So that's the big debate going on in the UK here."

8. Various of parliament

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Alan Wager, political analyst at UK In a Changing Europe:

"So MPs will be voting again on Theresa May's deal and it won't have changed at all. The whole (EU) Withdrawal Agreement, the whole future declaration will be exactly the same. The only difference will be time, MPs will now know what they can't do and what they can do. They'll know that the pressure is on. They have no other alternative but-  apart from a long extension to pass this deal. So the main problem Theresa May's had is a whole load of her MPs that were very pro-Brexit that said this version of Brexit wasn't hard enough, wasn't Brexit enough. They're now going to be faced with a very clear choice of her deal or a very very long extension and potentially Brexit being kicked into the long grass and that's the choice now facing a whole load of MPs in this place."

10. Close-up of Parliament

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Alan Wager, political analyst at UK In a Changing Europe:

"So, as a result of the votes tonight Theresa May will be very happy. It sets up a very clear choice for her. The other alternative tonight was for there to be an attempt by the legislature, the House of Commons to take control of Brexit, to take back control from the Executive. And that's not happened tonight by two votes, the legislature were unable to say let's try and vote on different options to Theresa May's deal, we don't like her deal but we might like something else. They haven't done that. The choices now remain is:  Theresa May's deal or big question mark."

12. Cutaway

13.SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Alan Wager, political analyst at UK In a Changing Europe:

"Well, tonight the idea of a second referendum was roundly rejected because MPs are so worried about the fact that, about trying to overturn this referendum result from 2016. And a lot of the people that are campaigning for a referendum said let's not do it now. They think that the only chance of getting a referendum is when all other options have gone off the table and have died, then MPs might reach for the second vote."

14. Onlookers outside parliament

15. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Alan Wager, political analyst at UK In a Changing Europe:

"Another element that Theresa May will be saying is if you don't pass my deal we're going to have to fight these European elections and a lot of MPs particularly in her Conservative party are worried about fighting these European elections because they're worried about one man, (UK politician and leading Brexiteer) Nigel Farage coming back into those European elections and cutting their vote in half. So, all those pro-Brexit people in the country would vote for a proper Brexit party if Brexit is delayed and that's the big issue for a lot of Conservative MPs is this fear of a pro-Brexit party coming and taking all their votes."

16. 'Vote UKIP' sign

17. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Alan Wager, political analyst at UK In a Changing Europe:

"If Theresa May's vote fails I think it is likely the European Union are going to suggest a pretty long extension. (European Council President) Donald Tusk has come out and said OK guys if you if you don't have a deal we're going to give you a long, long extension of Article 50 to sort this out so that's become clear in the last few days. The EU 27 would all have to agree and they are not all united. But because they're not united they'll take the lead from Donald Tusk who's saying a longer extension is the only way forward if Britain doesn't have a deal."

18. Various of  EU and UK flags