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Trump to face protests by NHS staff when he arrives in London
Source: The Guardian
Trump to face protests by NHS staff when he arrives in London
US president’s visit to UK for Nato summit making Tories nervous about what he may say
Dan Sabbagh Defence editor
Sat 30 Nov 2019 06.00 GMT
Donald Trump arrives in London next week for a two-day Nato summit which will see him greeted on Tuesday evening by doctors, nurses and other NHS workers leading a protest of tens of thousands outside Buckingham Palace.
The protesters – aiming to highlight potential risks to the NHS in a future US-UK trade deal – will march from Trafalgar Square up the Mall, and gather at Canada Gate when Trump and other Nato leaders meet the Queen at a 6pm drinks reception.
It will mark the formal beginning of a short summit that has been in the diary for 18 months, but has ended up occurring at the closing stages of an election campaign, prompting jitters in No 10 – and making for Labour’s best hope of a comeback.
Boris Johnson pleaded with Trump not to wade into British politics in an interview on LBC: “It’s best when you have close friends and allies like the US and the UK … for neither side to be involved in each other’s election campaigns.”
Labour is preparing for something different, mindful of the fact Trump can rarely be relied upon to exercise discretion. The last time the US president was in the UK in June, he said that “everything is on the table” – including the NHS – in trade talks.
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US president’s visit to UK for Nato summit making Tories nervous about what he may say
Dan Sabbagh Defence editor
Sat 30 Nov 2019 06.00 GMT
Donald Trump arrives in London next week for a two-day Nato summit which will see him greeted on Tuesday evening by doctors, nurses and other NHS workers leading a protest of tens of thousands outside Buckingham Palace.
The protesters – aiming to highlight potential risks to the NHS in a future US-UK trade deal – will march from Trafalgar Square up the Mall, and gather at Canada Gate when Trump and other Nato leaders meet the Queen at a 6pm drinks reception.
It will mark the formal beginning of a short summit that has been in the diary for 18 months, but has ended up occurring at the closing stages of an election campaign, prompting jitters in No 10 – and making for Labour’s best hope of a comeback.
Boris Johnson pleaded with Trump not to wade into British politics in an interview on LBC: “It’s best when you have close friends and allies like the US and the UK … for neither side to be involved in each other’s election campaigns.”
Labour is preparing for something different, mindful of the fact Trump can rarely be relied upon to exercise discretion. The last time the US president was in the UK in June, he said that “everything is on the table” – including the NHS – in trade talks.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/30/trump-to-face-protests-by-nhs-staff-when-he-arrives-in-london
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