Anti-Trump protesters are starting to arrive in London to demonstrate against the US President with up to 250,000 people expected to turn up to their 'carnival of resistance'.
The activists are heading to to the centre of the capital for a rally that will also feature a speech by Jeremy Corbyn, who snubbed last night's state banquet at Buckingham Palace.
Two groups – Stand Up To Trump and Stop Trump – are co-ordinating protest groups and Mayor Sadiq Khan has agreed to let agitators lampoon Mr Trump with a 20ft baby blimp and the other as a robot on a gold toilet.
They have laid on coaches to bring thousands of supporters to the capital, and claim up to a quarter of a million people will march from Trafalgar Square to Parliament Square.
However, a protest outside Buckingham Palace promising to 'wreck' a royal banquet in Mr Trump’s honour last night was a damp squib and attracted only about 300 supporters.
A shirtless protester clutching a 'Dump Trump' placard stands on a 20ft robot showing the US President on a golden toilet in Trafalgar Square today, where up to 250,000 people will gather
Anti-Trump protesters gathered outside Buckingham Palace but despite a promise to 'wreck' the state banquet only around 300 people turned up
Today the police have closed off roads all over central London again as Trump visits St James' Palace and Downing Street
Today a coalition of hard-Left activists and campaigners are preparing to paralyse part of central London in protest at the US President’s visit.
Organisers said the rally could be ‘the biggest demonstration in British history’, despite the Iraq war protest in London in 2003 attracting more than a million people.
Scotland Yard has put areas surrounding Buckingham Palace and Downing Street on ‘lockdown’ – with 10,000 officers deployed in a £25 million security operation – and has asked for reinforcements from other forces for the three-day visit.
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick last night said her officers will be ‘firm’ with those who break the law after a climate change protest in London early this year got out of control,
Activists have been given permission to protest today in Whitehall, just yards from Downing Street, while Mr Trump and Theresa May hold meetings with officials.
They will chant ‘Donald
