Posted on 07/05/2018 9:53:01 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
London mayor OKs 'Trump Baby' blimp flying over Parliament during U.S. president's visit
'It looks like City Hall has rediscovered its sense of humour,' activist says
Thomson Reuters · Posted: Jul 05, 2018 10:35 AM ET | Last Updated: an hour ago
London Mayor Sadiq Khan will allow protesters to fly over Parliament a blimp that portrays Donald Trump as an orange, snarling baby during the U.S. president's upcoming visit, Khan's office said on Thursday.
Trump, who arrives in a week, will meet Queen Elizabeth and Prime Minister Theresa May, who was the first foreign leader to visit him after his inauguration last year.
Britain regards its close ties with the United States, which it calls the special relationship, as a pillar of its foreign policy as it prepares to leave the European Union.
But some Britons see Trump as crude, volatile and opposed to their values on a range of issues. Trump's comments on militant attacks in Britain have sparked anger and he has often exchanged barbs on social media with the London mayor. 'Right to peaceful protest'
"The mayor supports the right to peaceful protest and understands that this can take many different forms," a spokesperson for Khan said. "His city operations team have met with the organizers and have given them permission to use Parliament Square Garden as a grounding point for the blimp."
The spokesperson added, however, that the protesters would also need permission from the police and air traffic services to fly the six-metre balloon.
The protesters, who describe themselves as a group of anti-fascist art activists, said at first the mayor's office did not recognize Trump Baby as a legitimate protest.
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Hate trumps sanity.
Everything the Left is doing these days is driving supporters to the other side.
Keep it up, snowflakes!
How juvenile.
Just show up at Nigel Farage’s place instead.
Channel surfing the other day still could not believe that scumbag CONAN rattled off one after the other put down jokes with Trump and they were raunchy not just knee slappers real insulting one after the other....
Keep it up
Khan thinks he has hurt our Captain.
But he has demonstrated... two dimensional thinking ;)
I don't know that President Trump's response will be quick, but it will be very brutal. :)
... but then money was quietly exchanged and the Mayor's office began to see their point ...
I would laugh out loud if someone with a drone shot the blimp down.
English leftists can go F themselves. But actually, they already are F ing themselves with their open borders policies and the Moose limb invasion which they’re allowing. They deserve all the crime and misery they get from their sanctimonious left wing policies.
It's superimposed on a real photo, but the blimp DOES look that way.
I think it's time to call in
Typical Leftist joke at a comedy club these days:
“Republicans are stupid.” [gets a big laugh every time]
Personally, I think that the old-style comedians had a better idea: say something funny.
The Brits won’t be laughing if American tourists start staying away and avoid buying British.
Ban Khan and all his relatives from visiting the USA
President Trump should meet with Nigel Farage.
I see “symbolism over substance” has made it to England.
I am sure that as a matter of fairness, Mayor Khan would endorse a blimp of Mohammed wearing a turban bomb over his personal residence in London
The US needs to invade the UK and liberate the people.
All we can say is if the government of Lodon and the UK was very Conservative and very opposed to the Marxist policies of Obama from 2008-2012, you still would never have seen a comic caricature of Obama flying over London as he visited there. The Left only preaches civility when it is dominant, while most Conservatives practice civility most of the time, whether in the majority or not.
How is Trump different? He saw that Liberals always take Conservatives as turn-the-other-cheeek chumps and he is not a chump. That is why the Left heates him so much. He refuses to turn the other cheek to their incivlity.
Juvenile...
Trump is the leader of Western Civilization, and this proves he’s having to drag the children along kicking and screaming.
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