Brexit: Leave supporters to hold party on Friday night despite EU withdrawal delay

'It will either be a celebration if we leave on Friday or more likely a review of where we are and what we have got to do'

Leave supporters are planning to hold a party on Friday 29 March, despite Britain's withdrawal from the European Union already being delayed by at least two weeks.

The pro-Brexit organisation Leave Means Leave is reported to be holding its celebratory event in central London in three days' time - the date Brexit had been billed to take place.

Supporters of the group include Conservative MPs Jacob-Rees Mogg, John Redwood, Bernard Jenkin, Sir Desmond Swayne, John Baron, and Nigel Evans.

It comes after Theresa May agreed with the EU27 last week to extend the Article 50 negotiating deadline amid deadlock in Westminster over how to progress with Brexit.

If the prime minister's deal does pass the Commons, it is expected that Brexit will occur in two months' time on 22 May, giving parliament time to pass crucial legislation.

But if Ms May's agreement is rejected for a third time in the coming days, the EU set out plans for the UK's exit on 12 April - or a longer extension, forcing the the UK to participate in the European elections.

According to The Daily Telegraph, Leave Means Leave will be hosting its party at Milbank Tower - the location of the former Ukip leader Nigel Farage's celebrations on the evening of the EU referendum in 2016.

Invitations for the "Big Brexit Bash" have already been sent out to 200 individuals, the newspaper added, to "celebrate the UK leaving the EU".

The chairman of the organisation Richard Tice added: "It will either be a celebration if we leave on Friday or more likely a review of where we are and what we have got to do."

It will coincide with a rally in central London earlier on Friday that organisers claimed will be attended by "thousands", to "show the Westminster elite we must leave the EU without delay".

The Independent contacted Leave Means Leave about the event, but the organisation declined to comment.