British MPs v Donald Trump… who won?

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump motions to his daughter, Ivanka Trump, as she takes the podium at a campaign rally in Concord, New Hampshire on January 18, 2016. Donald Trump had earlier past year called for temporary and immediate ban on all Muslims and their families living in the United States of America, coupled with his proposed ban on internet to curb the activities of ISIS.

“I’m not sure that he’s going to be terribly anxious about this debate”, said Conservative MP Sir Edward Leigh.

The unique – and largely rhetorical – debate took place in a side chamber of the Parliament building and could do little to actually ban the billionaire.

Trump calls for “complete shutdown of Muslims entering” U.S. It has received more than 574,000 signatures.

Some parliamentarians expressed support for Trump, while others slammed him.

She said Trump was a danger to public safety and her constituents were anxious, as hate crimes had risen in line with the rise of such rhetoric.

The event was scheduled after a petition to bar Trump from the country drew more than 560,000 signatures in the wake of a proposal by the former Atlantic City casino tycoon to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the US to protect against terrorism. His words are not comical. His words are not amusing. They risk inflaming tensions between vulnerable communities.

In its response to the petition to ban Trump, the Government said it “does not routinely comment on individual immigration and exclusion decisions”.

“In the race to become the next president, he’s been gaining support with a political manner that can be described as blunt directness”, Davies said. I think our best plan would be not to give him the accolade of martyrdom in that way.

“The US remains our most important bilateral partner”, he said.

Parliament is debating a petition to ban him.

The British Home Secretary has the power to ban a non-EU national from entering the United Kingdom on the grounds of national security, if she thought that they are likely to incite racial hatred or considered to be “not conducive to the public good”. She told the BBC that she wanted the ban enacted in order to be consistent with previous bans on incendiary figures, such as Koran-burning pastor Terry Jones.

Prime Minister David Cameron has been among those speaking out against the ban, despite saying Britain would “unite against” Trump if he did ever visit.

But a debate among lawmakers on calls to ban Trump from the country revealed little appetite to close Britain’s doors to the provocative Republican U.S. presidential contender.

“I don’t think Donald Trump should be allowed within 1,000 miles of our shores”, he added.

He has already been stripped of his status as a Scottish business ambassador and his honorary degree from Scotland’s Robert Gordon University.

Sarah Malone, executive vice president of Trump International Golf Links, said: “It is absurd that valuable parliamentary time is being wasted”.