A go-slow protest at the way Brexit has been handled is expected to cause traffic chaos at locations throughout the UK later today.

The Brexit Protest and Direct Action Group UK, which now has 24,000 Facebook members, is scheduled to take its campaign to the A494 where it meets the A55 in Flintshire this evening.

Vehicles are scheduled to drive in convoy slowly along the dual carriageway between the  Deeside Industrial Park and the junction at  Ewloe , St David's Park and up Aston Hill.

It will take place at 7pm after the protesters gather at 6.30pm.

The go-slow is part of a series of actions across Britain in protest at the way the Government is handling Brexit.

Traffic on the A494 at Aston Hill on August Bank Holiday Monday. Picture: Ian Cooper
The Aston Hill where the Brexit go-slow protest is set to take place

A protest at Holyhead Port by group members is also set to go-ahead tomorrow evening (Saturday) at 10pm - although what form it will take is unknown at the moment.

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Here is a list of the other major roads set to be impacted:

Today (Friday, March 22):

  • A30 Cornwall - 3.30pm
  • A5/M54 Telford - 5pm
  • A303 to M5 Somerset - 5pm
  • M1 Derby/Nottingham - 6pm
  • A414 Felixstowe - 6pm
  • M6 Lancaster/Morecambe J34 to 35- 6.30pm
  • South Wales M4 around the Prince of Wales Bridge
  • M5/M4 between Avonmouth and Bath - 5.30pm

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Tomorrow (Saturday, March 23):

  • M62 Warrington Junction 9 - 11.30am

  • M62 Manchester Junction 18 - 12pm

  • M18 to the M1, Doncaster - 11.30am

The protests are aimed at pressuring the UK Government into resolving the chaos of Brexit.

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It comes as Prime Minister Theresa May makes make a last-ditch drive to persuade MPs to back her EU withdrawal plan after Brussels agreed to delay Brexit to May 22 if she can secure support from the Commons for the deal next week.


If MPs reject the Prime Minister's Withdrawal Agreement for a third time, the UK will have until April 12 to set out its next steps, with a longer extension on offer only if Britain takes part in European Parliament elections in May.

Ian Charlesworth, who is organising a protest against the handling of Brexit
Ian Charlesworth, who is organising protests against the handling of Brexit

Protest leader Ian Charlesworth, from Deeside, said: "What we have seen with how the Government has handled Brexit is unacceptable.

"After last night and what happened with the EU - our membership of the Facebook group went up by more than 1,000."

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