Donald Trump’s 'Tory toadies' left out in the cold as inauguration ceremony moves inside

Despite a 3,500 mile travel and braving freezing temperatures, the upwind has sidelined the plans of Suella Braverman, ex-Prime Minister Liz Truss, Priti Patel, and Tobias Ellwood

Donald Trump's right-wing British supporters person been near retired successful the acold aft the determination to determination his inauguration indoors near them without a spot astatine today's swearing-in.

Despite travelling much than 3,500 miles and braving freezing temperatures, the weather has present sidelined the plans of Suella Braverman, ex-Prime Minister Liz Truss, Priti Patel, and Tobias Ellwood.

The formed of "Tory Trump toadies" volition present beryllium unopen retired of the oath-taking that has been moved to the Capitol's Rotunda, which tin clasp lone a fewer 100 people. They volition alternatively beryllium forced to ticker today's ceremonial connected television.

The salient MAGA loyalists, including Laurence Fox and Ant Middleton, each travelled to Washington to be the inauguration connected the Capitol lawn. However, connected Friday, lone a fewer 100 of the 220,000 summons holders were told they would beryllium allowed wrong to spot Trump sworn successful owed to the weather. It is chartless wherever Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson volition present beryllium seated.

Former Home Secretary Braverman led the right-wing exodus to Washington, arriving connected Saturday clad successful a "Make America Great Again" hat. When asked if Trump had personally invited her, she deflected, saying, "I'm precise overmuch looking guardant to attending the rally tomorrow."

She dismissed her question companion Fox arsenic a coincidence, quipping, "We happened to beryllium connected the aforesaid plane." Meanwhile, erstwhile Prime Minister Truss faced wide ridicule aft posting a photograph of herself successful DC, besides successful a MAGA hat, with the caption: "The caller Donald Trump word can't travel soon enough. The West needs it."

She was pictured wearing a bluish overgarment and a reddish MAGA headdress with societal media users comparing her to Paddington Bear. Meanwhile, Fox tweeted: "It's truthful fantastic to beryllium here. The optimism is everywhere. We tin person this too. All you person to bash is talk up and believe. MAGA."

Among different notable attendees was ex-Special Forces worker Middleton, reportedly eyeing a Reform UK-backed bid for London Mayor. Middleton was joined by Labour defector Kate Hoey and Ian Paisley Jr., a longtime Trump household ally, astatine a enactment held adjacent to the White House connected Friday night.

For many, the travel has go an costly photo-op, with small to amusement but societal media posts and MAGA merchandise. The ceremony's relocation besides fueled speculation, with immoderate questioning whether the determination was prompted by information concerns alternatively than the freezing weather.

Washington-based Brit James Buckley said: "It's been an costly travel for Trump's Tory toadies. They indispensable beryllium fuming. To travel each this mode to spot him sworn successful lone to find retired they'll person the aforesaid presumption if they had stayed astatine home. Much cheaper."