john sobel free and the home of the brave. john sobel, bbc news, washington.been protests in towns and cities across britain this evening against the plans for a state visit by president trump. earlier, the uk government had sought to clarify the position of british passport holders in relation to the us travel ban. ministers said travellers with uk passports would not be affected, as our political correspondent ben wright reports. an invitation to protest — theresa may's decision to roll out the red carpet for president trump tonight drew a backlash to her door. there are plans for a state visit later this year. no way! it shouldn't be a state visit, because it would be embarrassing to the queen and also to the rest of the uk. we want trade with everybody else, but we want trade with people who have values and things that we support, and certainly trump's leadership of america is not going along those lines. the scale of the protest we're seeing is not the kind of people who want to smash things up or, you know, any kind of extreme views. what you are seeing

we've been speaking about this with the bbc north america editor, john sobel. about this with the bbcerica editor, john sobelm about this with the bbc north america editor, john sobel. if we had been talking a year ago, two yea rs had been talking a year ago, two years ago, we would have said, you know what? on january 20, 2017, years ago, we would have said, you know what? onjanuary 20, 2017, we would be witnessing the election of president—elect trump, our viewers would have thought we had taken leave of all of our senses. it is an extraordinary moment, and if you look back at the process, from george washington onwards, there's been a sense of continuity, democrat to do much —— democrat republican, republican and democrat, i think the 45t h republican and democrat, i think the 45th president of the united states represents a break from some of that, because what he has done, he has upended political normality in the way he has campaigned and in the way he has been since he won that election last november, and i think we are in for a very unpredictable time. he talks about draining

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