Piers Morgan, here’s why the Trump protests aren’t ‘endless hysteria’ | Wail Qasim
Tens of thousands of people gathered at Downing Street on Monday evening to protest against Donald Trump’s Muslim ban and Theresa May’s decision to cosy up to the new administration. Whitehall was packed with little room to move even before the official start time and the crowd only grew as the evening went on. Protests like that don’t happen very often, let alone with only 48 hours’ notice – such big numbers take not only outrage but a popular desire for action. People feel empowered to do something about Trump – that’s what Piers Morgan didn’t understand when he called the protest “endless hysteria” in an interview with Owen Jones on Good Morning Britain.
Morgan is concerned that while Trump may be wrong to have signed his executive order, protests against him and calls to cancel his state visit are hypocritical when the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Russia and China aren’t met with the same level of popular resistance. It’s true, far fewer people came out on to the streets against the leaders of these nations, but is it really surprising that the British public are more likely to scrutinise the US, given its own self-perception as a western liberal democracy?
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