Farage leads march on London against Brexit 'betrayal'

Arch eurosceptic Nigel Farage led a hundred anxious Brexit backers Saturday through the mud of England's industrial northeast towards London, demanding certainty that Britain leaves the EU this month.

The 270-mile (435-kilometre) march from Sunderland to the capital's parliament will conclude on March 29 - the date Britain was scheduled to pull out of the European Union after nearly half a century.

But lawmakers' refusal to back the divorce deal Prime Minister Theresa May struck with Brussels has put Britain's divorce from the EU in some doubt.

May will try this week to push her pact through the divided House of Commons for a third time.

If it is approved, the prime minister will ask the remaining 27 EU leaders to sign off on a Brexit deadline extension through June to allow parliament to pass the necessary legislation.

Another rejection of the deal and May will be forced to seek a longer delay that some EU leaders have said could last through the end of next year.

"Sunderland is very symbolic. It was the Sunderland result on the night of the (2016 Brexit) referendum that made us think -- wow, this is going to happen," Farage said before setting off on the march in a brand new...