33 Facts About Steve Bray

Steven Nicholas Bray was born on 26 June 1969 and is a British Liberal Democrat activist from Port Talbot in South Wales who, in 2018 and 2019, made daily protests against Brexit in College Green, Westminster.

Steve Bray is variously known as Stop Brexit Man, Mr Stop Brexit, or the Stop Brexit guy.

In May 2024, Steve Bray disrupted Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's announcement of a July election with D:Ream's song "Things Can Only Get Better", a song used extensively by the Labour Party during its 1997 election campaign.

Steve Bray was banned from every street around Whitehall and Parliament.

Steve Bray was the unsuccessful Liberal Democrat candidate for the Cynon Valley constituency in the 2019 general election.

Steve Bray was born in June 1969, and was originally from Splott in Cardiff, South Wales.

When Brexit became a major political issue, Steve Bray found himself at odds with many of his friends.

Steve Bray has worn a European Blue jacket, and a blue top-hat with a yellow hat-band.

Steve Bray has a cape made up from a Union Jack sewn into an EU flag.

Steve Bray was incensed, leaving Port Talbot and travelling to London to protest.

Steve Bray later said he had never attended a demonstration prior to beginning his Brexit protest.

When Steve Bray spotted a team arriving, he walked over, and as the live interview began, appeared in the background of the shot, displaying his posters.

Steve Bray then walked off before the team could ask the police to remove him.

Steve Bray stood close by and shouted 'Stop Brexit' over a loudhailer, interfering with the sound track.

Steve Bray was not deterred, and raised the EU flag on a 5-metre-high pole, which could be seen waving behind the presenter.

Steve Bray returned at 11 the following morning and stated he would continue to do so until another referendum were called.

In January 2019, Steve Bray moved into an apartment opposite the Westminster home of Conservative Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg.

Steve Bray was the Liberal Democrat candidate for the Cynon Valley constituency in the 2019 general election.

The Liberal Democrat leader, Jo Swinson, noted that Steve Bray was a passionate campaigner and should not be seen as a joke candidate.

Steve Bray described the Conservative victory in the 2019 general election as "devastating".

Armed with a portable stereo, Steve Bray took to blaring out the national anthem of the former USSR along Whitehall.

However, by December 2020, Steve Bray was back in usual anti-Brexit attire and attempting to heckle the Prime Minister by means of a megaphone, some distance from 10 Downing Street.

In June 2021, Steve Bray spotted the Conservative MP Lee Anderson having a drink seated outside the Red Lion pub in Westminster.

At the Labour Party Conference in September 2021, a complaint was filed with Brighton and Hove City Council about the noise Steve Bray was making in playing the Anthem of Europe on his speaker system outside the conference.

On 26 October 2021, Steve Bray demonstrated, with a toilet, outside the gates of Downing Street after MPs voted down an attempt by the House of Lords to toughen up the approach to the discharge of raw sewage into rivers and coastal waters.

In May 2022, Conservative MP Marco Longhi called for Steve Bray to be "locked up in the Tower [of London] with a loudspeaker playing "Land of Hope and Glory" on repeat at maximum volume" because of the disruption he causes.

Steve Bray added that staff in his Westminster office could not hear "distressed constituents on the phone" because of the loud music that Bray played.

Steve Bray described the police powers introduced in the Act as "fascist" and an attack on the right to protest.

On 7 July 2022, at the request of actor Hugh Grant, Steve Bray played the Benny Hill theme tune "Yakety Sax" following the announcement by Boris Johnson that he was resigning as prime minister.

Steve Bray denied the claim and posted a video of the full exchange online, saying that he had previously made the same comment to Jacob Rees-Mogg and Dominic Raab.

Steve Bray then had a physical altercation with an attendee and was escorted off the premises while continuing to protest.

In May 2024, Steve Bray disrupted Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's announcement of a July election with D:Ream's song "Things Can Only Get Better", a Labour Party theme song during its 1997 election campaign.

Steve Bray was banned from every street around Whitehall and Parliament.