Thousands of protesters took to the streets of London this morning to send President Trump a message upon his arrival: An emphatic, "You're not welcome here" kicked-off with a giant, orange, tweeting, baby balloon courtesy of Mayor Sadiq Khan. After that, Brits got quite creative in their protest signs. Take a look at their warm welcome.<doc-sep>On Friday, July 13, Londoners took to the streets to protest Donald Trump's visit to the U.K.. According to rally organizers, more than 250,000 people came to the event, making it one of London's biggest protests in several years. Most notably, the demonstration — organized by the Stop Trump Coalition — featured a giant Trump-baby balloon, which was approved by London's Mayor Sadiq Khan earlier this month. Khan, who has been outwardly critical of Trump, noted that he was a supporter of "the right to peaceful protest," adding that such a protest can take many forms. In addition to the oversize blimp, protesters took to the streets equipped with an array of colorful and "cheeky" signs, all of which sent a pretty clear message: President Trump was not welcome in London. There were some Harry Potter references to be seen, and a few Star Wars-themed signs as well. Plenty of posters incorporated British terminology, while others put a play on the slogan "God save the Queen." Some protesters brought their own versions of the Trump-baby balloon, and there were some actual babies who also joined the resistance. Ahead, check out some of the wittiest signs from the event. Getty Images Getty Images Let us slide into your DMs. Sign up for the Teen Vogue daily email. Want more from Teen Vogue? Check this out: Londoners Protest President Donald Trump's Visit With a Giant Lookalike Blimp<doc-sep>LONDON—The first protestors began assembling on Portland Place, just outside the BBC’s London headquarters, on Friday morning. They carried signs. “FEED HIM TO THE CORGIS,” said one. “TANGERINE TYRANT,” read another. “BOLLOCKS TO TRUMP.” “IKEA HAS BETTER CABINETS.” “TRUMP IS A TOSSER.” “I HAD TO FIX MY PRINTER FOR THIS.” The people gathering to march in protest of President Trump’s U.K. visit had serious intentions, namely to stand up against a leader who’s remarkably unpopular in Britain. But that didn’t mean the tone was totally somber. As the first march of the day, the #BringTheNoise rally, began at 12 p.m., crowds of mostly women carried placards and banners sporting a variety of messages, each more irreverent than the last. “SUPER CALLOUS FRAGILE RACIST SEXIST LYING POTUS,” blared one. “HANDS OFF DONALD,” read another, the words superimposed over a picture of Queen Elizabeth with a red cross over her lower half. One more polite sign, painstakingly crafted on pale-blue paper with floral appliqués and Liberty-print lettering, read “NASTY ENGLISH LADIES AGAINST TRUMP’S MISOGYNY, RACISM, HOMOPHOBIA, ABLEISM, TRANSPHOBIA, ISLAMOPHOBIA.” Yves Herman / reuters As far as pastimes go, there are few things that thrill the British more than the art of creative profanity. It’s a tradition that dates back at least to Shakespeare. So Trump’s visit to the U.K. presented the opportunity for many to protest, but also to exercise a little national pride while doing so. Kate Bottley, a vicar who wore her clerical collar on the march, carried a sign that read “I CAME HERE TO DRINK TEA AND FIGHT FASCISM AND I’VE JUST FINISHED MY TEA.” The slogan was a reference to a quote from the British sitcom The I.T. Crowd, she said, but also an attempt to keep things dignified. “You know that things are bad when the clergy are getting grumpy about it,” she said. “But one of the things that’s amazing about today is how peaceful it is. There’s a lovely, celebratory atmosphere. It’s really brought people together.” As the earlier women’s march moved down Regent Street toward Trafalgar Square, protestors began gathering for the day’s main event, a larger and more charged assembly of people. The tone, though, remained jovial. One marcher dragged along a speaker blasting the Sex Pistols’ “God Save the Queen.” Among protestors marching for Palestine and a group of women dressed in red gowns and white bonnets as a nod to The Handmaid’s Tale, a man carried a sign saying, “GO HOME YOU RACIST COCKWOMBLE.” A group of a dozen people in green gowns with white sashes pulled a display case inside of which was a wax model of Oprah Winfrey wearing a campaign rosette. “OPRAH FOR PRESIDENT 2020,” the case read, and in smaller letters, “IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, BREAK GLASS.”<doc-sep>London (CNN) As US President Donald Trump took tea with the Queen in the exalted halls of Windsor Castle on Friday, tens of thousands of people thronged the streets of central London, in a huge and colorful demonstration against a visit that aroused deep opposition in the UK. "Stupid, callous, fragile, racist, narcissistic POTUS," declared one man's sign. The play on words from a "Mary Poppins" song was one of the less profane declarations of dissent. Another placard read: "Don't worry! This protest is just fake news!" For those who hadn't prepared their insults at home, piles of placards emblazoned with anti-Trump messages -- such as "Dump Trump" and "World's #1 Racist" -- lay banked by Oxford Circus underground station for anyone to pick up. Others left their wit aside, wearing face masks printed with a simple message: "Trump stinks." Police in the city did not give an estimate on the turnout, but at one point said they were forced to close off Trafalgar Square, where protesters were headed for an evening rally, as it had nearly reached capacity. Organizers claimed 250,000 turned out to voice their opposition to Trump, and while there is no way to verify that figure, it was clear that this was one of the biggest demonstrations in London since 1 million people rallied against the Iraq war in 2003. Protesters listed a litany of grievances about the US President, from his attitude toward women to his hard-line policies such as family separations of migrants at the US border and the ban on travel from some Muslim-majority countries. Julia Lalla-Maharaj, a women's rights activist, marshaled the crowds with a loudspeaker. "Resist!" she cried. "We have had enough. We have got to stand up because now is the time." Julia Lalla-Maharaj led a crowd to chant against Trump. Chants rang out from the waiting crowds. "Say it loud, say it clear, Donald Trump's not welcome here," and "Hey ho, hey ho, Donald Trump has got to go." 'It's all so totally offensive' Despite the vitriolic slogans and chants, the mood was festive, rather than aggressive, as Londoners enjoy a long run of sunshine. People of different ages and ethnicities, families, mothers with strollers, retirees and wheelchair users all joined the march. Three-and-a half-year-old Buster Dugdale with his mother, Beth Evans. Three-and-a-half-year-old Buster Dugdale from London, already on the sixth protest of his young life, danced among the bubbles sprayed by Palestinian protester Bashar Bahlawan, 23, wearing an outsized T-shirt declaring "Choose love." Buster's mother, Beth Evans, supports the "Help Refugees" aid organization and said it was important to show her opposition to Trump's policies. The Rev. Ian Welch says Trump is a regressive. The Rev. Ian Welch, a Church of England vicar from St. Andrew's Church in Mottingham, southeast London, was there with his wife and a friend. Welch said he was dismayed that the UK government had welcomed Trump to the country. He said he turned out to the protests in solidarity with others who felt Trump was a reactionary and regressive force. "The way that he's spoken about Islamic people, the way he's spoken about Mexicans crossing the border, his attitudes towards women and gay people -- it's all so totally offensive. He's broadcasting poisonous attitudes towards the community, so I think we all have felt we needed to organize to keep idealism alive and to make sure that message of hate isn't embraced by people," he said. Founders of the "Pink Protest" -- 26-year-old Alice Skinner, a political illustrator and activist, and 24-year-old Grace Campbell -- carried a homemade banner playing on the "special relationship" between the UK and US that Trump and UK Prime Minister Theresa May regularly tout. Alice Skinner says Trump sends a bad message to girls. Skinner said: "Trump is basically everything we think is wrong with the world and he's not welcome here in London." She questioned the message Trump sent to girls and young women through his comments and women's allegations against him. Des Kay, 67, from southwest London, made an eye-catching dinosaur entirely from reclaimed materials, an artistic commentary on Trump's "prehistoric policies." "We have got to look at a future world which isn't dependent on taking 4% of your money to put into arms," he said, referring to Trump's call for NATO allies to double defense spending targets. A protest sign playing on words from a 'Mary Poppins' song. Two male Trump supporters holding "MAGA" placards -- a reference to the Trump campaign slogan "Make America Great Again" -- stood to one side as the crowds assembled for the march. They declined to speak to CNN but one said they were not there to make trouble. Other Trump and anti-Trump supporters were seen in a shouting match outside a nearby pub. 'I think Trump's a nightmare' While many of the protesters were from London, others had traveled from farther afield to make their voices heard. John Malone, a 65-year-old retired teacher from Bristol, came on a chartered bus from the southwestern city to join the protest. "I'm here because I think Donald Trump is the most destructive force in the world today," he said. Malone last joined a protest in 2003 to try to stop the Iraq war. "Nothing has moved me as much since then except Trump." The Hofford family from Hong Kong attends the protest. The Hofford family, from Hong Kong, came to demonstrate while visiting family in London. Jacques Hofford, 9, who was on his first protest, held aloft a "Dump Trump" sign. "I think Trump's a nightmare," said Alex Hofford, Jacques' father. "It's really affecting everybody. He's just kicked off a trade war against China and it's really destabilizing for everyone." Crowds rally in Trafalgar Square, where a giant banner reads: "Build bridges not walls." At the rally in Trafalgar Square, opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn got perhaps the biggest cheer of the evening. "Our message to our visitor is: We are united in our hope for a world of justice, not division," he declared. "We are united in our hope to end racism and misogyny, we are united in hope for all our diversity."<doc-sep>
Today has seen an estimated 100,000 people take to the streets of central London to protest against Donald Trump's first official visit to the UK. Despite the serious issues which compelled protesters to march including the President's controversial views on immigration, stances on abortion, views on climate change, comments about ethnic minorities and much else, the general mood surrounding today's activism has been one of positivity, celebration and unity. Congregating at Portland Place and marching down to Trafalgar Square for a rally, the "Bring the Noise" march saw protesters chanting "Donald Trump's not welcome here." And it wasn't the only protest against the President's UK visit today, either. The morning saw a dedicated women's march followed by a drag march in which some dressed as the president and others dressed up to celebrate all sexualities. Meanwhile, a giant 20-foot blimp baby POTUS floated above Parliament Square. Of course, any protest is an opportunity to get creative with placards. Here, we've rounded up the best, the brightest and the down-right funniest of the day. See the best signs in our gallery below: The best anti-Trump placards from the London protests Show all 14 1 /14 The best anti-Trump placards from the London protests The best anti-Trump placards from the London protests Time for a break-up? Harriet Hall The best anti-Trump placards from the London protests Sometimes simplicity works best. The best anti-Trump placards from the London protests There’s no place for Trump's other policies in our society. Harriet Hall The best anti-Trump placards from the London protests Many were quick to point out that in the UK, Trump means 'fart'. Harriet Hall The best anti-Trump placards from the London protests Some people were looking out for The Queen Harriet Hall The best anti-Trump placards from the London protests There's a Mean Girl's quote for every occasion Harriet Hall The best anti-Trump placards from the London protests There were a lot of hair references at the march toupée. Sorry, today. Harriet Hall The best anti-Trump placards from the London protests Frack off. The best anti-Trump placards from the London protests Try and read this out without singing it... Harriet Hall The best anti-Trump placards from the London protests A message all Brits will understand. Harriet Hall The best anti-Trump placards from the London protests Simple, and to the point Harriet Hall The best anti-Trump placards from the London protests We don't entirely understand this one, but we do rather like it Harriet Hall The best anti-Trump placards from the London protests The Inbetweeners sends a hilariously petulant message Harriet Hall The best anti-Trump placards from the London protests Never underestimate Cher Horowitz Harriet Hall The protesters certainly made their voices heard.