Donald Trump branded a ‘buffoon’ by British MPs
After the shootings in San Bernardino, Calif., last month, Mr. Trump urged a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on”.
Corbyn said it would be better to engage with Trump, who has made inflammatory comments about Mexicans, gay people, women, Muslims and other groups, than exclude exclude him from the country.
“We give him the role of martyrdom, which can seem to be an advantage among those that support him”, the lawmaker warned.
Labour MP Paul Flynn opened the debate by revealing record numbers support the motion but he did not support a ban. This is a man who is extremely high profile, involved in the American show business industry for years and years, a man who is interviewing for the most important job in the world.
“His words are not comical. His words are poisonous”, said the Labor Party’s Tulip Siddiq.
In a three-hour debate in Parliament Monday, members took to the floor to argue for or against denying Trump access to the United Kingdom.
The petition sought to ban Trump from Britain under powers which the interior minister has to exclude any individual if it is “conducive to the public good”.
Boxer Mike Tyson was blocked in 2013 because of his conviction on rape charges in 1992.
Few politicians have been banned, although Britain turned away anti-Islam Dutch legislator Geert Wilders at an airport in 2009. Wilders later sued and won the right to come to Britain.
“Let’s, as this House, send a very clear message to British Muslims that we value you, we value your contribution, and we will take this petition very seriously”, MP Dr. Sarah Woollaston said of Trump’s controversial comments on Muslims in the U.S. Donald Trump is free to be a fool.
“Isis needs Donald Trump and Donald Trump need Isis”, said Dromey in his speech in favor of the ban, as reported by The Guardian.
“What I will be doing today is asking that Theresa May exercise constancy in her approach to people who preach hatred”, Scottish National Party lawmaker Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh, who is in favour of a ban, told BBC Radio on Monday.
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the South Carolina Tea Party Coalition Convention in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on Saturday. “He is not free to be a unsafe fool on our shores”.
“Until now, Turnberry has been unable to attract the huge investment required to secure its future and industry chiefs have applauded Trump International Golf Links, Scotland, which has attracted tens of thousands of much-needed overseas visitors to the region”.
The call to ban Trump received more signatures than any other listed on the site, and multiple British news outlets reported lines out the door of members of the public hoping to get in.