{"id":111,"date":"2017-12-03T21:59:26","date_gmt":"2017-12-03T21:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stoptrump.org.uk\/?p=111"},"modified":"2017-12-03T21:59:26","modified_gmt":"2017-12-03T21:59:26","slug":"donald-trump-protest-biggest-uk-rally-in-history-planned-for-downing-street-amid-reports-of-uk-visit-in-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stoptrump.org.uk\/donald-trump-protest-biggest-uk-rally-in-history-planned-for-downing-street-amid-reports-of-uk-visit-in-february\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump protest: ‘Biggest UK rally in history’ planned for Downing Street amid reports of UK visit in February"},"content":{"rendered":"

Francesca Gillett, Evening Standard<\/em><\/p>\n

Huge numbers of people are planning to join a mass anti-Donald Trump protest outside Downing Street after reports he will visit the UK in February.<\/p>\n

The Stop Trump campaign issued a rallying cry on Sunday evening, urging people to join the demonstration in a bid to carry out a citizen’s arrest on the US President for incitement to racial hatred.<\/p>\n

It is hoped to become the “biggest demonstration in British history”, organisers said.<\/p>\n

On Sunday evening, less than an hour after a Facebook event of the protest was created, more than 1,000 people had pledged to go and more than 2,400 others said they were interested.<\/p>\n

Mr Trump\u2019s upcoming working visit is said to have been pencilled in for February 26 and 27 next year, according to sources reported in the Sunday Times.<\/p>\n

The timing of the visit has been arranged to coincide with the opening of a new US embassy, the newspaper said.<\/p>\n

The protest, which was announced on Sunday evening, was co-created and shared widely by journalist and author Owen Jones.<\/p>\n

\u201cPut the date into your diaries,\u201d organisers said. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf Donald Trump attempts to sneak into the UK to open the US Embassy on 26\/27th February 2018 and also pop into see Theresa May at Downing Street, he will be met by a million of us attempting a citizens arrest of him for incitement to racial hatred.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Stop Trump campaign, which was set up earlier this year after the president\u2019s controversial travel ban, said it saw a boost in support this week after Mr Trump shared three unverified anti-Muslim videos.<\/p>\n

Mr Trump retweeted the three clips which had been posted by the deputy leader of far-right group Britain First, Jayda Fransen. It sparked a massive global backlash and row with Prime Minister Theresa May, who said Mr Trump was \u201cwrong\u201d to share the tweets.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the Standard earlier this week, Stop Trump campaign organisers said more than a million people could take to the streets to protest his upcoming visit.<\/p>\n

The campaign had been reinvigorated by Mr Trump\u2019s retweets, with thousands registering online and pledging to join the protest in the wake of the incident.<\/p>\n

President Trump, 71, is set to visit Britain in early 2018 but Number 10 said no date has yet been set. Diplomats were reportedly discussing plans for a \u201cworking visit\u201d which would see him not stay with the Queen.<\/p>\n

According to the Times on Sunday, a working visit on February 26 and 27 has been in the diary for at least 10 days.<\/p>\n

In January, around 100,000 activists also took to the streets of London to demonstrate against gender inequality after President Trump’s inauguration.<\/p>\n

The same month, Whitehall was brought to a standstill as thousands of furious protester marched to Downing Street against the travel ban, which targeted visitors from seven Muslim-majority countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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