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London mayor OKs 'Trump Baby' blimp flying over Parliament during U.S. president's visit
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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbc.ca ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blimp; london; sadiqkhan
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Just swell.......................
1 posted on 07/05/2018 9:53:01 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

Hate trumps sanity.


2 posted on 07/05/2018 9:54:35 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Everything the Left is doing these days is driving supporters to the other side.

Keep it up, snowflakes!


3 posted on 07/05/2018 9:55:22 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=600><p>https://i.imgur.com/zXSEP5Z.gif)
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To: Sub-Driver

How juvenile.


4 posted on 07/05/2018 9:56:33 AM PDT by myerson
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To: Sub-Driver

Just show up at Nigel Farage’s place instead.


5 posted on 07/05/2018 9:58:04 AM PDT by Doctor DNA (This is not your grandfather's internet.)
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To: Sub-Driver

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


6 posted on 07/05/2018 9:58:32 AM PDT by Uversabound (Might does not make right, but it does enforce the commonly recognized rights of each succeeding gen)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum; GraceG
I agree, President Trump is going to need a bigger tent for all the people he is bringing over to Conservatism.

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. :)

7 posted on 07/05/2018 9:59:21 AM PDT by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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To: Sub-Driver
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.

... but then money was quietly exchanged and the Mayor's office began to see their point ...

8 posted on 07/05/2018 10:00:25 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If you beleive the dog, then take his advice.)
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To: Sub-Driver

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.


9 posted on 07/05/2018 10:01:28 AM PDT by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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To: \/\/ayne

It's superimposed on a real photo, but the blimp DOES look that way.


I think it's time to call in



10 posted on 07/05/2018 10:02:25 AM PDT by knarf (NO 17 year olds and very few 18 year olds are in a military combat zone .... for many reasons.)
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To: Uversabound

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.


11 posted on 07/05/2018 10:02:43 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If you beleive the dog, then take his advice.)
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To: RooRoobird20

The Brits won’t be laughing if American tourists start staying away and avoid buying British.


12 posted on 07/05/2018 10:03:48 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: Sub-Driver

Ban Khan and all his relatives from visiting the USA


13 posted on 07/05/2018 10:06:51 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Sub-Driver

14 posted on 07/05/2018 10:11:00 AM PDT by skimbell
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To: Sub-Driver

President Trump should meet with Nigel Farage.


15 posted on 07/05/2018 10:11:08 AM PDT by Architect of Avalon
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To: Sub-Driver

I see “symbolism over substance” has made it to England.


16 posted on 07/05/2018 10:12:25 AM PDT by FrankR ( Winners NEVER cheat, and Cheaters NEVER win.)
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To: Sub-Driver

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…


17 posted on 07/05/2018 10:13:01 AM PDT by mikrofon (Independence Day BUMP)
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To: Sub-Driver

The US needs to invade the UK and liberate the people.


18 posted on 07/05/2018 10:13:31 AM PDT by thoughtomator (Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 1)
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To: Sub-Driver

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.


19 posted on 07/05/2018 10:14:00 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: Sub-Driver

Juvenile...

Trump is the leader of Western Civilization, and this proves he’s having to drag the children along kicking and screaming.


20 posted on 07/05/2018 10:16:15 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
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