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Trump mayhem: Protesters vow to paralyse London during the President's visit with marches, a rude robot and THAT blimpHundreds of thousands of activists are preparing to paralyse London next week
They are planning a mass demonstration over Donald Trump's state visit
More than 20,000 police officers will be deployed at 20 separate events
Hundreds of thousands of activists are preparing to paralyse London with mass demonstrations during Donald Trumps state visit next week.
More than 20,000 police officers will be deployed at 20 separate events planned across the country in a security operation expected to cost about £18million.
The main protest will be held in central London on Tuesday with organisers claiming a quarter of a million will march from Trafalgar Square to Parliament Square. Scotland Yard has given them permission to protest just yards from Downing Street while the US President has lunch there with Prime Minister Theresa May.
Two groups Stand Up To Trump and Stop Trump are co-ordinating protest groups for what they are calling a carnival of resistance. They have laid on coaches to bring thousands of supporters to the capital from cities and towns across the UK.
A spokesman for Stand Up To Trump said: We will be bringing central London to a standstill. By the time he leaves he will know, and the world will know, that people here reject him and his toxic politics.
Stop Trump added: We will make it clear to the British Government its not OK to normalise Trumps agenda and the fear it has sparked.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7092859/Protesters-vow-paralyse-London-President-Trumps-visit-marches-rude-robot.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ico=taboola_feed
RainCaster
(10,857 posts)Keep your milkshakes at the ready.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,584 posts)at least none that he is aware of. Sure Donny, keep telling yourself that.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)msongs
(67,394 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,489 posts)The United States of Complacent America......
Thekaspervote
(32,754 posts)Tech
(1,770 posts)Hekate
(90,633 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I only wish we could be as active here.
global1
(25,240 posts)to protest Trump.
Demovictory9
(32,445 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Vdizzle
(383 posts)I am hoping that our British friends will realize it isnt worth the cost to deploy all the police and cancel on the orange shitgibbon. Make a statement that his presence is too disruptive for civilised society. *Note the British spelling of civilized*
Dem2theMax
(9,650 posts)and maybe let him wander around in one of the towers, and accidentally lock the door and lose the key?
More_Cowbell
(2,190 posts)"During last years visit, Mr Trump spent only a few hours in London and so avoided most of the protesters, although he did acknowledge he had been made to feel unwelcome and suggested he might never visit London again."
He'll be in London for a much longer time this time. I hope he hates every minute.
gordianot
(15,237 posts)Where is the next Churchill when you need them to check modern Fascism?
Liberal In Texas
(13,542 posts)Same provectures, the Ruskies.
SCantiGOP
(13,868 posts)Make it so.
sprinkleeninow
(20,235 posts)Love and miss you, Dad John. 😪
NBachers
(17,098 posts)Martin Eden
(12,863 posts)... because hundreds of thousands showed up to greet him.
Nothing compares to his record setting inaugural crowd or his rallies, but this was BIGLY.
calimary
(81,194 posts)Cha
(297,119 posts)that the Duchess of Sussex is "nasty"