“I’d actually like to go back to the old times of Tudor England. I’d put the heads on pikes. I’d put them at the two corners of the White House as a warning to federal bureaucrats."

“I think there was a boiling point when they put up those fences. It was a final breaking point for most students.”

Protesters, very few of whom were wearing face coverings, began to walk up the Strand soon after 6pm, chanting “freedom” and “no more lockdown”.

"Neither side is going to concede. Time to clean the guns, time to hit the streets.”

"He can’t even put his heart into these lies," journalist Molly Knight said.

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The environmental campaigner was mimicking a tweet Mr Trump wrote about her last year.

"Reduced me to tears", David Lammy said.

"They want her, she needs them, you look cold, you look heartless. This is affecting people’s mental health.