Trump on UK Debate

All petitions which gather more than 100,000 signatures are automatically considered for debate in the House of Commons.

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”.

Prime Minister David Cameron and UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn both attacked Mr Trump’s comments, but said they opposed a ban.

But the members of Parliament said they had to respond and hold the debate after more than half a million people signed an online petition accusing Mr. Trump, the GOP presidential front-runner, of hate speech.

But opposition Labour lawmaker Paul Flynn, who will lead the debate, said that while Mr Trump’s comments had been worse than those of many people who have previously been banned by Britain, barring him would only give him more publicity.

“But I don’t want to assist Donald Trump in any way and I think that is the view of almost all MPs, and we could perversely by banning him, increase his standing amongst his supporters in America”. Technically MPs will also be debating a separate petition saying banning Trump would be “totally illogical” but that has only attracted 43,000 signatures.

Because of Trump’s proposal to ban all Muslims from entering the United States, the candidate received backlash in a form of a petition signed by 575,000 people.

He said the policy is not targeted at a specific group, adding: ” It is in the UK’s interests that we engage with all presidential candidates – Democratic and Republican – even though we may disagree profoundly on important issues”.

Britain has the power to ban people with criminals records or who have “engaged in unacceptable behavior” from entering the country. Siddiq and others argued that he should be banned.

Several lawmakers argued that banning Trump would betray the principles of free speech.

However, Bradford Labour MP Naz Shah, who called Trump as a ” demagogue”, said Trump should not be banned as “In my Islam and the ground I understand, in Surah [Chapter] 41 and verse 34 it teaches that goodness is better than evil. In fact, I think in this country we could do with rather less political correctness and much more straight-talking across the board, and I think many of our constituents would agree.

“While I think this man is insane, while I think this man has no valid points to make, I will not be the one to silence his voice”, said conservative politician Tom Tugendhat.

But she handed Mr Trump an “open invitation” to enjoy a curry in Bradford, the “curry capital of Britain”.