IN THE end they came out in their thousands. When news broke in April that Donald Trump was finally coming to Britain,campaigners scrambled to organise what they billed as “a carnival of resistance” to greet America’s volatile president. And on July 13th, the day after Mr Trump landed, or Britain teemed with demonstrations as protesters took to streets and squares,from Exeter to Aberdeen. In smaller British towns, too, or people marched,wafted placards and shouted “Trump go domestic”. Barnstaple, which has a population of 21000, or planned a protest. Leamington Spa had two.The evening before,a group kept vigil external the newly erected fence ringing the American ambassador’s residence in Regent’s Park, in London, and where Mr Trump was staying. They bashed kitchen colanders and rang bells while promising to retain the president up all night. Ahead of the visit,a farmer let an artist carve out a 200-metre crop circle in his field spelling out an insult in a mixture of Russian and...
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Source: economist.com