London Mayor Sadiq Khan has delighted protesters by giving permission for a six-metre orange inflatable depicting Donald Trump to be flown over London during the US president’s “working” visit next week.

During the three days, he’ll meet the Queen, dine with business leaders at Blenheim Palace and spend time at Chequers.

Will Trump be able to avoid looking skywards on Thursday during his sole day in the capital?

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British police have declared a "major incident" after two people were exposed to an unknown substance in the town, and are cordoning off places the people are known to have visited before falling ill. AP 5/51 3 July 2018 England celebrate after beating Colombia on penalties in their round of 16 match at the World Cup in the Spartak Stadium, in Moscow. AP 6/51 2 July 2018 Floral tributes left at Gorleston beach in Norfolk where a girl was fatally thrown from an inflatable on Sunday, as an MP calls for bouncy castles to be temporarily banned in public areas. PA 7/51 1 July 2018 A firefighter carries a water hose past sheep close to scorched moorland as it burns during a fire at Winter Hill, near Rivington. Reuters 8/51 30 June 2018 People march in central London to mark the 70th anniversary of the NHS. PA 9/51 29 June 2018 People look at the damage to the outside of a high-rise block in Wellington Way, Mile End, in east London, after a fire broke-out in a 12th floor flat. PA 10/51 28 June 2018 Prime Minister Theresa May holds up a Belgium football shirt given to her by Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel, center left, during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels. European Union leaders meet for a two-day summit to address the political crisis over migration and discuss how to proceed on the Brexit negotiations. AP 11/51 27 June 2018 The full moon rises behind burning moorland as a large wildfire sweeps across the moors between Dovestones and Buckton Vale in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester on June 26. Firefighters fought the blaze throughout the night and into the 27. Getty 12/51 26 June 2018 Prince William pays his respects during a ceremony commemorating the six million Jews killed by the Nazis in the Holocaust, in the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem. 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EPA 17/51 21 June 2018 Revellers watch the sunrise as they celebrate the pagan festival of Summer Solstice at Stonehenge in Wiltshire. The festival, which dates back thousands of years, celebrates the longest day of the year when the sun is at its maximum elevation. Modern druids and people gather at the landmark Stonehenge every year to see the sun rise on the first morning of summer. AFP/Getty 18/51 20 June 2018 Family members of those who died in Gosport War Memorial Hospital gather today after a public inquiry found that up to 650 patients died between 1989 and 2000 from lethal doses of opiate medication that was delivered “without medical justification” PA 19/51 19 June 2018 Former TV presenter John Leslie leaves Edinburgh Sheriff Court, he is accused of putting his hand down a woman's trousers as they danced at her hen night. PA 20/51 18 June 2018 Prime Minister Theresa May finishes speaking following visiting patients at the Royal Free Hospital in London. Ms May announced a new package of £20 Billion worth of funding for the NHS. Getty 21/51 17 June 2018 Competitors begin the race after a rolling start during round two of the 2018 Championship, the F1H2O UIM Powerboat World Championship Grand Prix of London, at the Royal Victoria Docks. Getty 22/51 16 June 2018 Fire fighters attend the scene of a second fire at Glasgow's School of Art four years after part of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed building was destroyed by fire. The blaze spread to nearby buildings including the Campus nightclub and O2 ABC music venue Christopher Flyvbjerg / SWNS.com 23/51 15 June 2018 Dean of Westminster, John Hall, accompanied by first wife Jane Hawking, watches as daughter Lucy Hawking, places flowers at the site of the internment of the ashes of Stephen Hawking in the nave Westminster Abbey. The world renowned physicist and author of A Brief History of Time, died early in the morning of 14 March 2018, at the age of 76. Professor Hawking's ashes will be laid to rest close to Sir Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin. Getty Images 24/51 14 June 2018 British singer Robbie Williams performs during the opening ceremony of the 2018 World Cup at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. REUTERS 25/51 13 June 2018 Prince Charles uses a power drill during a visit to the Owenkillew Community Centre in Gortin, as part of his tour of Northern Ireland. Getty 26/51 12 June 2018 England manager Gareth Southgate, his players and coaching staff pose for the official England squad photo ahead of traveling to the World Cup in Russia. The FA 27/51 11 June 2018 Play was suspended during the match between Lancashire and Essex as an Air Ambulance landed on the pitch after one of the spectators was taken ill on day three of the Specsavers County Championship, Division One match at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester. PA 28/51 10 June 2018 Marchers hold up banners as they gather to mark 100 years since women won the right to vote in the UK. Getty 29/51 9 June 2018 The parade makes its way up The Mall from Horse Guards Parade to Buckingham Palace, central London, following the Trooping the Colour ceremony, as the Queen celebrates her official birthday. PA 30/51 8 June 2018 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with British Prime Minister Theresa May at the G7 Leaders Summit in La Malbaie, Quebec. Rex Features 31/51 7 June 2018 Brexit Secretary David Davis, right, and International Trade Secretary Liam Fox leave 10 Downing Street. Prime Minister Theresa May held an emergency Brexit cabinet meeting in an attempt to resolve tensions over the UK's Irish border plan. Getty 32/51 6 June 2018 Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May welcomes Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Downing Street. Reuters 33/51 5 June 2018 British fashion designer and environmental campaigner, Dame Vivienne Westwood delivers an anti-fracking letter to 10 Downing Street in London. EPA 34/51 4 June 2018 New images issued by the Grenfell Tower Inquiry of the kitchen in flat 16 where the fire started on June 14 last year. Seventy-one people were killed after the fire tore through the housing block in Kensington. Grenfell Tower Inquiry/PA 35/51 3 June 2018 Bishop of Southwark Christopher Chessun and members of the public attend a commemoration service on the first anniversary of the London Bridge terror attack. Britain held a national minute of silence on June 3, one year on from the London Bridge terror attack that killed eight people and injured dozens more. AFP/Getty 36/51 2 June 2018 William Buick ridding Masar celebrates crossing the line and winning the Investec Derby race on Derby Day at Epsom Downs. Getty 37/51 1 June 2018 Traffic passes anti-Brexit signs on the County Derry/Londonderry Northern Ireland and County Donegal in the Irish Republic. Northern Ireland could be given joint EU and UK status and a 'buffer zone' on its border with the Republic, under new plans being drawn up by David Davis, according to reports. EPA 38/51 31 May 2018 Eleanor Crossey Malone displays an abortion pill packet after taking a pill as abortion rights campaign group ROSA, Reproductive Rights Against Oppression, Sexism and Austerity distribute abortion pills from a touring bus in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Flouting Northern Irish governmental laws which forbid the use of abortion pills the group are also protesting outside offices belonging to the main political parties in the province. Women in Northern Ireland have been prosecuted for buying abortion pills over the internet and it is illegal for a woman to have an abortion unless in special circumstances unlike the rest of the United Kingdom. The Republic of Ireland voted in favour of pro-choice last week in a referendum. Getty 39/51 30 May 2018 West Midlands Police officers carrying out scene searches near to where a 15-year-old boy was fatally stabbed in Wolverhampton. PA 40/51 29 May 2018 A view at Westminster Abbey from the medieval Triforium that is hosting an exhibition in London. The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries, set more than 16 meters, (52 feet) above the Abbey floor in the medieval Triforium, will open to the public for the first time on June 11, displaying over 300 treasures from the Abbey's collection which will tell the rich thousand-year history of the institution at Westminster Abbey. AP 41/51 28 May 2018 People enjoy the hot weather on Bournemouth Beach during bank holiday Monday in Dorset. PA 42/51 27 May 2018 Chris Ashton of the Barbarians scores against England at Twickenham. Getty 43/51 26 May 2018 Lightning strikes over the city of London. Reuters 44/51 25 May 2018 Rory Mcilroy took the clubhouse lead in to round three of the BMW PGA championship at Wentworth. Action Images via Reuters 45/51 24 May 2018 Alastair Cook batting against Pakistan during the first test match of the summer at Lord’s cricket ground, London. Getty 46/51 23 May 2018 Home Secretary Sajid Javid speaking at the annual conference of the Police Federation of England and Wales at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham. PA 47/51 22 May 2018 Felix, two,sits next to messages and flowers left in Manchester, ahead of the Manchester Arena National Service of Commemoration at Manchester Cathedral to mark one year since the Manchester attack. PA 48/51 21 May 2018 Marcio and Andreia Gomes, parents of Logan Gomes, arrive for a commemoration hearing at the opening of the inquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster, in London. Reuters 49/51 20 May 2018 Brackley Town celebrate after winning The Buildbase FA Trophy Final after they beat Bromley on penalties at Wembley Stadium. Getty 50/51 19 May 2018 Actress, Meghan Markle, reaches Prince Harry at the altar in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle for their wedding service. Getty 51/51 18 May 2018 Workers from the Covent Garden branch of TGI Fridays on a picket line outside the restaurant as they strike in a dispute over pay. Members of Unite are taking action on Friday in a row over tips and payment of the minimum wage. PA

The rotund bouncy baby is wearing a cute nappy and clutches a phone in one of its tiny hands.

Mayor Khan has fallen out with Trump in the past over the president’s inopportune comments about terrorism, so there’s no love lost there.

More than 10,000 people signed a petition asking for the inflatable to be allowed to fly, and the cost was raised through crowd funding. What better way to show that England is the home of free speech?

Right-wing commentators are appalled – one says the “carnival of resistance” planned by the Together Against Trump campaign is “pointless” and will “achieve nothing”. Nigel Farage reckons the Trump baby “makes London look ridiculous” and is “the biggest insult ever to a sitting US president”.

In fact, inflatable Trump is highly appropriate – remember Thomas Rowlandson and James Gillroy? – we’re world leaders at satire.

I can’t help thinking the Queen (in Windsor Castle) will be having a good laugh about inflatable Trump. Did she ever complain about her Spitting Image puppet? In fact, did any politician of any note?

The biggest problem with Trump baby is that Donald might like it and ask to take it home.