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sang, others chanted “Build bridges not walls”. Some chatted about squeezing in a trip to Primark before the journey home.
Some pushed newborn babies in prams, others leant on walking sticks. And the banners... they were genius. “Girls just want to have fun-damental human rights,” one read. “We will overcomb,” said another. Some were beautifully designed, others were felttipped on cardboard nappy cartons.
The words were funny, smart, clever and strong. Like the women who held them. Thousands of men marched too. I walked with my ten-year-old daughter Eve. Some will regard it as a waste of her time and mine. After all, who the Americans elect is none of our business.
But the march wasn’t just about Trump. It was to show solidarity in the face of all the challenges that women face.
Ordinary women on the wrong end of lewd remarks and sleazy “banter”.
Because if a president thinks that’s acceptable, then others will follow. MORE than two million people took to the streets worldwide yesterday to demonstrate against Donald Trump.
The global protests against the new US President, organised and led by women, attracted throngs of celebrities and politicians.
In London an estimated 100,000 marchers included singer Pixie Lott, Mayor Sadiq Khan and actress Emma Thompson.
British actress Emma Watson, singers Cher and Katy Perry and Scarlett Johansson joined the protest in America.
Protestors took to the streets of Liverpool, Manchester, Lancaster, Leeds and Edinburgh, while a reported 100,000 people attended the event in central London.
Beginning at the American Embassy in the capital, the march snaked around the streets before finishing with a party atmosphere rally in Trafalgar Square on Mr Trump’s first full day in the Oval Office.
Placards on the London march included the slogans “grabbing misogyny by the balls”, “grab him by the tax returns” and “dump Trump, no racism”.
One took the mickey out of the president’s hairstyle with “We shall overcomb”. During Mr Tru Trump’s presidential campaign a 20005 2005 tape recording
came to liight light of him bragging to TV host Billy Bush about groping women, saying he could “grab them by the p***y” because of his celebrity status. Holding a sign saying “my p***y is not up for grabs” 32-year-old Kim McInally, from Brighton, said: “Yesterday was seen as the official start of fascism coming back.” Irish peace activist Margaretta D’Arcy, 83, said: “We need to be left alone to have peace and prosperity without America coming in and messing up the world world.” Speakers at the rally in Trafalgar Squa Square included Labour MP Yvette Coo Cooper, comedian Sandi Toksvig and Wo Women’s Aid boss Polly Neate. C Chants including “this is what de democracy looks like” and “sexist Tr Trump has got to go” were sung. Labour MP Harriet Harman, who was j oined by British playwright Bonnie Greer, said: “This is a very important antidote to feeling passively disempowered and a sense that things are going