British MPs debate whether to ban Trump for ‘hate speech’

But a debate among lawmakers on calls to ban Trump from the country revealed little appetite to close Britains doors to the provocative Republican U.S. presidential contender. Lawmakers were forced to take up the motion when a petition seeking to ban Trump garnered the requisite 100,000 signatures.

Yesterday’s debate was called after more than 570,000 people signed a petition entitled “Block Donald J Trump from United Kingdom entry”.

Prime Minister David Cameron has also previously spoken against a ban while Cabinet minister Chris Grayling warned giving Mr Trump the “oxygen of publicity” helps rather than hinders him.

“The great danger by attacking this one man is that we can fix on him a halo of victimhood” and boost his popularity among supporters, Flynn said.

“On that point of 1.6 billion Muslims [in the world], thank God there aren’t 1.6 billion Trumps”.

Meanwhile, Mr. Cameron announced on Monday that Muslim women who fail to learn English to a high enough standard could face deportation from Britain.

“I draw the line on freedom of speech when it actually imports violent ideology, which I feel is happening”, she said.

“The legislation exists to protect the public and the people of Britain from individuals such as this”, said lawmaker Tulip Siddiq, referring to the British Home secretary’s power to ban risky individuals from the country. Trump has been noted for his utterances, and verbal wars on social media, debates and rallies, against his opponents from his party and the Democratic party.

Another Conservative MP, Philip Davies, said more politicians should be like Mr Trump.

Ahead of the debate a statement came from Sarah Malone, executive vice president of Trump International Golf Links in Scotland, saying that the debate was a waste of time.

Donald Trump would like me banned from America.

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the South Carolina Tea Party Coalition Convention in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on Saturday.

Ms Shah said she wouldn’t be calling for a ban but did want to challenge his rhetoric of “badness” by inviting him to West Yorkshire in a gesture of goodwill.

Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the opposition Labour Party, also said Trump should be allowed to come to Britain, and offered to take him to a mosque in Corbyn’s London constituency.

Mr Trump has threatened to withdraw millions of pounds of investment from Scotland where he owns the Turnberry golf course in Ayrshire and the Trump global resort at Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire.

But Mr Scully said: “I have heard of a number of cases in which people have been excluded for incitement or for hatred”.

She added: “It is absurd that valuable parliamentary time is being wasted debating a matter raised as part of the American presidential election”.