Hope

Yesterday was a quite remarkable day, and everybody involved in the marches across the world should feel incredibly proud of their achievements. It was the first day that I, and a great many other people, were able to feel hopeful about the future in a long time. But while I don't doubt for a second that there will be days like that again... there will also be days like Friday.

So I thought I'd make a list of things that happened yesterday. And hopefully remind us that, as a wise man once said, "out of their evil must come something good."

• Thomas Boswell, in every major crowd in DC since JFK's inauguration, said he thought the Women's March was the biggest. It was unquestionably the biggest inauguration protest in history.
• It really was around the world.
• There were marchers on every continent, with an estimate of 3.3m to 4.2m in the US alone.
• Including Antarctica.
• This happened. 
• A picture of 42nd Street that day. 
• More people showed up for the march in Boston than did for the inauguration.
• More people were on the National Mall than there were for the inauguration. The Washington turnout was at least twice what was predicted. The crowd was so big, it was too big to actually march on the White House.
• Peter Capaldi was on the march in London.
• So was Daisy Ridley.
• As was Ian McKellen, who includes a message for us.
• Sadiq Khan was there.
• Melissa Benoist was in Washington.
• Secretary Kerry was, too.
• There were thousands of people outside Trump Tower, including a man playing The Imperial March.
• An aerial view of the march in Chicago, just in case I've not rammed home the point about how big this thing was.
• Here's another photo on a similar theme.
• Trafalgar Square, for good measure.
• On the day of the Muslim Ban, this happened.
• So did this.
• Here's another shot of JFK.
• Oh, here's a better one.
• Immigration lawyers were there to help. 
• Here, have another picture of them. 
• I mean, just take a look at everything in this thread.
• Theresa May staying silent and refusing to condemn Trump was a dark, dark moment. But Tory MPs and MSPs weren't afraid to speak out.
• And there were Republicans willing to do so too.

You know what? I've barely taken the smallest of chips possible off the iceberg, so do please send me any suggestions for additions to this list. Including from anything that may happen from the 21st January onwards. I see it as a permanent work in progress.