Brexit protest of 75,000 flags planned for Eurovision tonight
The IndependentSign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The flag of Europe will be handed out to audience members at this weekend’s Eurovision Song Contest final by activists staging an anti-Brexit protest. This year’s final is being hosted by Liverpool on behalf of Ukraine, which won the event last year amid Russian President Vladimir Putin’s illegal invasion. Liverpool for Europe hopes to replicate the scenes witnessed at the Last Night of the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 2019, when activists waved EU flags and some donned blue berets. Protesters wave EU flags during Last night of the Proms A senior Whitehall official said the biggest concern was the potential hacking of the voting system like last year, when police in Italy, where the contest was staged, said the Killnet hacker group targeted the first semi-final and grand final.
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