These are the funniest tweets from the UK protests against Donald Trump’s travel ban
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets last night to protest against US President Donald Trump's ban on visitors from seven Middle Eastern countries.
Controversy has brewed in the UK over whether Trump should come on a state visit. He has been invited, but more than one million people have signed a petition saying the invite should be revoked.
Read more: Now Ford has spoken out against Donald Trump's travel ban
Last night, Londoners protested against Trump outside 10 Downing Street, but campaigners also filled the city centres of Leeds, Manchester, Glasgow, York, Newcastle, Oxford and Cambridge.
Here are the best signs and tweets from the demonstrations:
Trump, of course, was pummelled with abuse
Heinous insults on the streets of London #MuslimBanprotest #MuslimBan pic.twitter.com/T5huWErebS
— HeardinLondon 💚 (@HeardinLondon) January 30, 2017
#MuslimBanprotest pic.twitter.com/dYXfnoXg8n
— TechnicallyRon (On all the platforms) (@TechnicallyRon) January 30, 2017
https://twitter.com/SabineCornic/status/826163162420477952
#MuslimBan #MuslimBanprotest #RefugeesWelcome #DumpTruck #alllivesmatter #sheffieldprotest silence is compliance so I wasn't silent! pic.twitter.com/hxD8frQEC4
— Mary Murray (@MaryMurrayBrown) January 30, 2017
But the Cambridge protest seemed more civilised
love this sign in Cambridge protests #StandUpToTrump pic.twitter.com/snwy1OZcq5
— Charlot King (@queencharlot) January 30, 2017
Scotland was true to form as well
protest – Scottish style, Glasgow, George Square 1/ #MuslimBan #StandUpToTrump pic.twitter.com/3CZgoelMIN
— Lorna Gordon (@bbclornag) January 30, 2017
She does not say this lightly. #ScotlandAgainstTrump pic.twitter.com/lcdurvorgS
— Jamie Ross (@JamieRoss7) January 30, 2017
A sign at a #TrumpBanProtest in Scotland pic.twitter.com/qgYCWEo9h5
— Julia Macfarlane (@juliamacfarlane) January 30, 2017
Dundee, ya beautiful big bastard. #MuslimBan #RefugeesWelcome #ScotlandAgainstTrump (HT @YoorWullie) pic.twitter.com/Ofrjdh8AkD
— Alan Ferrier (@alanferrier) January 30, 2017
Creatives were out in force
This is my favourite one here #StandUpToTrump pic.twitter.com/oekT8wFdo4
— Ben 🏴🚩 (@frenchdisko_) January 30, 2017
Just one of many reasons that #ILoveTheUK.
pic-via @tommacjones #StandUpToTrump and #StayInHisFacepic.twitter.com/o0XiR9gwbF— Bonnie Greer (@Bonn1eGreer) January 30, 2017
Some people were not cool with how TV and reality have started to blur
https://twitter.com/JHenryHardy/status/826130704727683072
But others wished our favourite film characters would take the helm
And of course, my absolute fave #StandUpToTrump pic.twitter.com/f3uyHlRrR1
— Kim Sheehan (@Kimlovesfilms) January 30, 2017
History was, of course, a big theme
The left protest about Trump, but they're strangely silent about King Raedwald's invasion of Northumbria in AD 616
— Andy Riley (@AndyRileyish) January 31, 2017
But one important public figure was left out of the action
I've been locked inside during the Trump protest – not because of my safety; they're worried I'd join in. #StandUpToTrump
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) January 30, 2017