IN PICS: The best protest signs from Madrid’s anti-Brexit march

There were children with painted faces hoisted high on the shoulders of their parents; there were men in wigs; there was even a flamenco guitar, poems by Seamus Heaney and even a real Scot called Hamish on the pipes.

And held high above the heads of the crowd – 400 people according to organizers –  were the protest signs.

Photo: Eurocitizens

Photo: FIona Govan / The Local

A delegation from the Spanish party Volt which will field candidates in the EU elections in May. Photo: Fiona Govan/ The Local. 

Rosemary believes David Cameron should be held to account. Photo: Fiona Govan/ The Local. 

Michael Harris  (pictured above), the president of Eurocitizens, a lobby group fighting for European citizens’ rights in the face of Brexit and the group responsible for organizing the event, gave a rousing speech and led the crowd in choruses of chants. “¡Derechos sí, Brexit no!” and “Bollocks to Brexit” were the big crowd pleasers.

Charles Olsen, a poet, wants to protect the right of Freedpm of Movement. Photo: Fiona Govan/ The Local.