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		</div><p>Thousands of protesters gathered outside Parliament as MPs began debating Donald Trump’s state visit to Britain.<br />
Anti-Trump chants were heard from Parliament Square before the debate, and appeared to die down as Labour MP Paul Flynn opened proceedings.</p>
<p>MPs were debating a petition signed by more than 1.85 million people, calling for the visit to be stripped of the trappings of a state occasion in order to avoid causing “embarrassment” to the Queen.<br />
They were also considering an alternative petition, backed by almost 312,000 signatories, demanding the state visit goes ahead.</p>
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<p>The Stop Trump coalition has called a nationwide day of action and dozens of protests have been co-ordinated by the One Day Without Us movement celebrating the contribution of immigrants to British society.</p>
<p>The rally in Parliament Square, which organisers claimed will attract more than 20,000 people, will be addressed by speakers including joint Green Party leader Caroline Lucas and comic Shappi Khorsandi.<br />
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<p>Calls for the state visit to be cancelled have been backed by London mayor Sadiq Khan, who hit out at the president’s “cruel and shameful” policies.</p>
<p>Khan said the controversial tycoon’s travel ban aimed at people from seven Muslim-majority countries, which has run into trouble in the US courts, and the suspension of refugee admissions were reasons not to be “rolling out the red carpet</p>
<p>Commons Speaker John Bercow has also become embroiled in the row after effectively banning Trump from addressing MPs and peers during his visit.</p>
<p>Trump is only the third US president to be given the honour of a state visit.<br />
Some believe Trump was invited too soon in his already highly controversial presidency.</p>
<p>Barack Obama only received an invitation after 758 days, while it took 978 days before his predecessor, George W Bush, was offered a state visit, compared with seven days for Trump.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the protest also reached other cities such as Manchester and Glasgow, where #stoptrump rallies were being held.</p>
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