{"id":37605,"date":"2020-10-23T14:40:06","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T13:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=37605"},"modified":"2020-10-23T14:40:06","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T13:40:06","slug":"say-no-to-chlorinated-chicken-anti-trump-protest-in-central-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/say-no-to-chlorinated-chicken-anti-trump-protest-in-central-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Say no to chlorinated chicken: anti-Trump protest in central London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Protesters are expected to hit London\u2019s Parliament Square mid-day tomorrow, Saturday 24 October, to campaign against a proposed UK\/US trade deal.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Metropolitan police are standing by to follow the demonstration, which has been organised by a mixture of celebrities, NHS staff and Sian Berry, the co-leader of the Green Party.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37635\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37635\" class=\"wp-image-37635 \" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/10\/Sk\u00e6rmbillede-2020-10-23-kl.-14.49.45-1024x491.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"316\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-37635\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/3620626801314638<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It is expected that hundreds of people will storm the streets of London in front of the Houses of Parliament, raising their voices against what they see as a threat to British &#8220;standards, services and democracy&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The deal, which is currently being negotiated, impacts a range of different sectors, such as the NHS and the UK food industries. It may result, protesters argue, in greater deregulation of food standards.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump has spoken out previously against EU regulations regarding chlorinated chicken, pigs injected with steroids and hormone-treated beef. UK critics worry about the impact on British farmers and consumers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On Saturday we&#39;re joining people around the UK to say <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StopTheUSTradeDeal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StopTheUSTradeDeal<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Chlorinated chicken and the NHS have made the headlines, but that&#39;s just the start of it. We tracked down some shipping containers to explain more \ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DuaX3SprtU\">pic.twitter.com\/DuaX3SprtU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Global Justice Now (@GlobalJusticeUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlobalJusticeUK\/status\/1318543524829286400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As Halloween is just around the corner protesters are being encouraged to show up in their most scary and effective Halloween costumes, to show the intensity of their anger.<\/p>\n<p>The protest will take action both online and offline, for those who do not feel safe to attend in person.<\/p>\n<p>Voice of London will be reporting from the protest tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Words: Yasmin Sakki | Subbing: Sam Tabahriti<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protesters are expected to hit London\u2019s Parliament Square mid-day tomorrow, Saturday 24 October, to campaign against a proposed UK\/US trade deal. 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