AP, London :
Hundreds of people have protested in Scotland’s largest city to protest against President Donald Trump’s visit to the U.K.
Pensioners, students, families and activists from a wide variety of pressure groups attended the demonstration in Glasgow.
Emily Bryce, from Stirling, proudly carried a homemade banner written in Gaelic, as recognition of Trump’s Highland roots, which translates as “Donald Trump, son of the devil.”
The 67-year-old Bryce said “it’s a disgrace that (British Prime Minister) Theresa May has allowed Trump to visit the U.K. and to meet the queen.”
Police estimated the crowd in Glasgow’s St. George Square at less than 1,600 people.
Despite the widespread anti-Trump feeling, there was overwhelming agreement that the U.K. protests aren’t anti-American.
Jonathon Gillies, a 27-year-old bar worker from Glasgow, said that “nobody here is against Americans. They are welcome to come here anytime. It’s just Trump we have a problem with.”
Tens of thousands of protesters are swarming the streets of central London to protest Donald Trump’s first visit to Britain as U.S. president.
Aerial views broadcast on British media showed densely packed crowds filling the shopping district near Oxford Circus before a rally at Trafalgar Square.
Organizers of the Together Against Trump mass demonstration estimated that more than 100,000 protesters had joined the march by mid-afternoon Friday.
Protesters chanted “Donald Trump’s not welcome here.” Among them was actress Laura Carmichael, who played Lady Edith Crawley in TV Series Downton Abbey.
The Together Against Trump march followed the Women’s March earlier Friday, when protesters banged pots and pans and sang songs like “We Are Family” amid a carnival atmosphere.
There were numerous signs poking fun at Trump, including “No Fan of Fake Tan Man” and “How Dare You Combover here.”
The lawyer who represents adult film star Stormy Daniels has joined thousands of protesters at a central London protest march against U.S. President Donald Trump.
Michael Avenatti said he wanted to send a message to “our brothers and sisters here in the U.K. and around the world that not all Americans support this president, there’s millions of Americans that are outraged by his conduct and by his behavior.”
Avenatti said he was invited to Friday’s demonstration and also wanted to be there to represent nearly 140 mothers and children who remain separated by Trump’s immigration policies.
Trump started a four-day visit to the U.K. on Thursday.
The lawyer added: “This family separation has no place in the world, let alone in the United States of America. It’s an absolute outrage.”
Daniels has said she had sex with Trump in 2006, when he was married. Trump has denied it.
Tens of thousands of people are marching in central London in the first wave of a whirlwind of protests against the visit of U.S. president Donald Trump, accusing him of torture, misogyny and racism.
Carrying placards reading “Dump Trump,” and “Can’t comb over sexism,” joyous crowds blew whistles before starting from Portland Place heading toward Oxford Circus. The main protest is set to begin later Friday
Phil Bond, 65, a musician, says that he knows that it is unlikely that the demonstrations will make any difference to the president, but he believes people in the United States will notice. He says he just wants to add “my little drop of water to the 50 gallons.”
Many protesters used humor to convey their opposition. One sign read “Trump wears poorly tailored suits,” while another proclaimed: “Overcomb Brexit.” One man was selling rolls of “Trump toilet paper” emblazoned with a picture of the president
More protests are planned in Windsor, where the Trumps will meet the queen later, and in Scotland, where the president plans to spend the weekend at one of his golf courses.
Hundreds of people in London have crowded under a balloon depicting Donald Trump as a screaming baby as protests across the U.K. accompanying the U.S. president’s arrival got underway.
