HUNDREDS of people are expected to join a march in York tomorrow to protest against Brexit.

Protesters will gather in St Helen’s Square ahead of the march at 1pm. About 500 are expected to head along Davygate, Parliament Street, High Ousegate, Spurriergate and Coney Street before returning to St Helen’s Square.

Sally Sadik said she organised the rally, through social media, as she and many others felt the political chaos following the referendum showed a lack of planning and a need for reconsideration.

She said: “It’s really important we get our voices heard. The complete lack of post-Brexit plan shows there is no stability and this vote has encouraged an increase of racial hatred.

"People say it’s undemocratic to set up a protest against a majority vote, but I would say to that it was a very small majority and 1.1m voters now say they regret their decision to vote Leave due to the fact that the lies of the Leave campaign have now been exposed. I think that’s very telling. I don’t think you can say it’s a democratic vote when so many people are horrified at the result and it’s causing a generational divide.”

Speakers tomorrow will include York Central MP Rachael Maskell, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary candidate James Blanchard, and a speaker from the Green Party.

Miss Sadik, from Liverpool, studies English Literature at the University of York. Her family originate from Iraq and she said she was disappointed at the apparent rise in racial tension since the referendum result.

She said: “My dad came to this country about 30 years ago and worked as a doctor here for all that time as a consultant haematologist. It now feels like Britain is saying ‘we don’t want the contribution of immigrants’, and ‘Britain is better off alone’, when I know people like my dad and people who give so much to the NHS and society in general are immigrants. I know that’s not how the people of York feel.

“People have said to me ‘this is not my country, not who I am’, but this is what we are being billed as. We’re British, compassionate and understanding, and we are stronger together.

"The amount of support I have received has been amazing, not just from the student body, but from people of all ages, and that shows people are really terrified of the consequences of leaving the EU and what it will mean for their lives.”