Trump protests - as it happened: Thousands demonstrate as US president plays golf in Scotland
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Your support makes all the difference.Thousands of demonstrators protested across the country as Donald Trump’s UK visit turned from talks with the Prime Minister and the Queen to golf.
The US president flew to Glasgow Prestwick airport on Friday night for a two-day private stay at his Turnberry golf resort, as the protests entered their third day.
People marched in Edinburgh from the Scottish Parliament to the Meadows, waving placards with messages including “Dump Trump” and ”Love Trumps Hate,” as part of a so-called “Carnival of Resistance”.
Meanwhile, demonstrators gathered outside the Turnberry course in Ayrshire, where demonstrators shouted: “No Trump, no USA, no KKK, no racist USA!”
Police were still investigating on Saturday after Greenpeace flew a paraglider with a banner bearing the message “Trump well below par” above the resort on Friday evening, despite restrictions on the airspace above the course.
In London, a “Welcome Trump” procession joined with a ”Free Tommy” march, to form a group of several hundred who demonstrated in support of the US President and the far-right leader.
The Metropolitan police separated the group from antifascist protesters and placed restrictions on when and where the demonstrators could gather.
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Jeremy Corbyn has responded to an allegation by international trade secretary Liam Fox, who said protesters against Donald Trump’s visit were “an embarrassment to themselves”.
The Labour leader told the BBC: “I think his remarks are frankly embarrassing — for a cabinet minister to say that.
“He lives in a democracy where people have a right to free speech, a right to demonstrate and a right to express themselves.
“There were hundreds of thousands of people on the streets yesterday in London. What they were doing was asserting their diversity, asserting their support for women's right, for human rights, their opposition to racism and misogyny ... I think they've got every right to say that and every right to do that. Surely we should be proud to live in a society where there is dissent."
Dr Fox said earlier today: “I don’t think that the protesters were an embarrassment to the Government, I think they were an embarrassment to themselves.
"I think that when you have the president of the United States … greeted with signs that say: ‘Go home, we hate you,’ I don’t think that represents the genuine good manners and hospitality of the British people.”
Police in Scotland are still trying to find the person who flew an anti-Trump banner above the US president's Ayrshire golf resort.
Assistant Chief Constable Mark Williams told the BBC: “Clearly that was a concern, it was a concern to us and to the security around the president and there’s no doubt that the individual responsible for piloting that powered parachute put themselves in danger as well as result of that.
“There is an exclusion zone in place, it is a criminal offence to breach that.”
Greenpeace has said it was important for the US President to see a demonstrator “in the flesh” rather just seeing them on television.”
Demonstrators in Edinburgh have reached the Meadows – a park in the centre of the city – after marching from the Scottish Parliament.
Organisers of the Edinburgh estimate around 50,000 have attended the event, while the police say around between 10,000 and 12,000 joined the protest.
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Supporters of the English Defence League (EDL) have clashed with antifascists in Whitehall
Campaigners for the release of jailed former EDL leader Tommy Robinson have been involved in a scuffle with an antifascist group near Parliament.
Police quickly broke up the altercation and no arrests were made.
Supporters of Mr Robinson, who is currently in prison after being convicted of contempt of court, have joined supporters of US President Donald Trump's supporters demonstrating in Whitehall.
Assistant Chief Constable Mark Williams has said that the planned protests over the past two days in Glasgow, Dundee and Edinburgh have taken place with no arrests.
A union leader was attacked after speaking at a counter-protest to a rally in support of Donald Trump and Tommy Robinson in London.
Anti-fascism campaigners Hope Not Hate have said Steve Hedley, senior assistant general secretary of the RMT, was assaulted by supporters of the US president and jailed far-right leader Robinson.
Witnesses said a mob ambushed two men at the Westminster Arms pub in central London in a targeted attack.
Smashed glass was strewn across the pavement outside the establishment on Storey's Gate, and pictures showed Mr Hedley with a bandaged head and bloodied face.
The Met could not immediately comment on Mr Hedley's attack.
The force said 12 people had been arrested as part of the demonstrations - eight were arrested on suspicion of assault at Storey's Gate.
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Trump has increased the amount of time he has spent playing golf during his presidency with a round at his Turnberry course in Scotland.
Before his UK visit, Mr Trump had spent 125 days at his golf properties during his presidency, according to NBC News, but the precise number of times he has actually played golf is difficult to track as trips have mainly been weekend private visits.
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