Protest against Trump's '˜Muslim ban' to take place in Brighton

The demonstration against the President of the USA is set to take place at 6pm tonight (January 30), outside Brighton Town Hall.

A Facebook event set up by Harriet Evelyn, Julia Esgate Christmas and Ooffii Hardwick said: “Donald Trump has imposed a ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US.

“That includes people who helped the US army. That includes people on holiday trying to get home via the United States. That includes people trying to be reunited with their dying parents.

“It also includes Britons with dual nationality. Theresa May has decided to ally herself with Donald Trump’s bigoted, misogynistic government. She has refused to speak out against Donald Trump’s Muslim ban - even when her own Members of Parliament are targeted. It is not only weak, it is a matter of national shame - disgracing our country across the world.

“Theresa May has betrayed her own people. That doesn’t mean we have to. Let’s stand in solidarity with those targeted by Donald Trump’s hateful government, including the people of this country, outside Downing Street and all over Britain.”

This morning (January 30), 1,700 people said they were going to attend the event, with a further 2,300 ‘interested’ in the demo.

This comes as an online petition, which had almost one million signatures this morning (January 30), was urging the government not to allow President Trump to make a ‘state visit’ to the UK. More than 10,000 of those signatures were from Brighton and Hove residents.