Donald Trump UK visit: Jeremy Corbyn to speak at anti-Trump protests during UK President's state visit

Jeremy Corbyn will speak at the protest against Donald Trump's visit.

A spokesman for the Labour leader confirmed he would be attending the event on Tuesday.

Thousands of protesters are set to gather at 11am in Trafalgar Square before marching through central London.

Activists will head to a rally in Whitehall coinciding with Trump visiting Downing Street for Lunchtime.

It is thought Mr Corbyn will appear at the closing rally in Parliament Square.

The Labour leader's attendance at the rally follows his decision to boycott Monday night's state banquet.

Earlier on Monday, Mr Corbyn said in a tweet that the protest was a chance to "stand in solidarity with those he's attacked".

He wrote: "Tomorrow's protest against Donald Trump's state visit is an opportunity to stand in solidarity with those he's attacked in America, around the world and in our own country - including, just this morning, Sadiq Khan."

Around 34,000 people have said they are interested in the event on Facebook, with almost 9,000 saying they will attend.

In response, the Metropolitan Police will launch what they have called a “multi-faceted security operation” around Downing Street and parts of Whitehall.

The Trump baby blimp will also be flown for two hours on Tuesday while Mr Trump meets Theresa May.

The 20 foot-tall baby depicting president Trump as a baby in a nappy hit headlines last year when it flew over the capital during the president’s visit last year.

Protesters clashed on Monday as the president began his visit, with fans and anti-Trump campaigners meeting outside Buckingham Palace.

A group of fans assembled in front of a St George’s flag also began shouting “fake news” and “fifth columnists” at the row of media tents, before a shouting match broke out with passers-by.

Mr Trump already sparked political turbulence ahead of his first official state visit to the UK, by making comments on the Tory leadership race, Brexit and the Duchess of Sussex.

Speaking to reporters just before he left the US, he praised Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage, and rebuked London mayor Sadiq Khan, described the president on Sunday as "just one of the most egregious examples of a growing global threat.”

As he landed, Mr Trump fired off two tweets – incorrectly spelling the London mayor's name "Kahn" in one, and writing in another: "Sadiq Khan, who by all accounts has done a terrible job as Mayor of London, has been foolishly ‘nasty’ to the visiting President of the United States, by far the most important ally of the United Kingdom. He is a stone cold loser who should focus on crime in London, not me."

A spokesman for Mr Khan responded: "This is much more serious than childish insults which should be beneath the President of the United States.

"Sadiq is representing the progressive values of London and our country warning that Donald Trump is the most egregious example of a growing far-right threat around the globe, which is putting at risk the basic values that have defined our liberal democracies for more than 70 years."