JJ Anisiobi and Belinda De Lucy look ahead to Donald Trump’s imminent arrival in the UK for an unprecedented second state visit — a political spectacle colliding with protests from the ‘loonies and losers’ with little else to do.

Keir Starmer will be rehearsing his bravest face with Labour MPs mired in another grim week, though things aren’t much better for Tories tempted to flee their sinking ship.

So we ask: who wins the optics war as Westminster braces for sirens, pomp and plenty of shouting?

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