Joe Biden’s inauguration marks the start of a new chapter in the UK’s “special relationship” with the US following a turbulent and chaotic period under Donald Trump.
Both Theresa May and then Boris Johnson sought to keep close ties with the White House, but President Trump’s erratic behaviour made that difficult and occasionally embarrassing.
Ultimately, following the violent scenes at the Capitol, the Prime Minister was forced to denounce a president he had repeatedly praised.
– January 2017
Prime Minister Theresa May becomes the first foreign leader to meet new US President Donald Trump for talks, just a week after his inauguration, and they are pictured in Washington holding hands as they walk.
A Black Lives Matter protest in London in July. More than 260 towns and cities held protests in June and July â from Monmouth in south Wales to Shetland in Scotland. Photograph: Guy Bell/Rex/Shutterstock
Black Lives Matter UK will be releasing more than £100,000 to black-led organisations across the country by the end of the month, as protesters pledge to build on last yearâs anti-racism demonstrations.
The campaign group received £1.2m in donations via a GoFundMe appeal, following widespread protests last summer.
It registered as a community benefit society in September under the name Black Liberation Movement UK, which it had to do before it could receive the donations.