A petition on Parliament’s website calling for Trump to be banned from the United Kingdom drew more than 140,000 signatories, easily passing the 100,000 mark at which lawmakers have to consider it for debate.
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“In light of the recent statements made by the presidential candidate in the USA media, we have suspended sale of all products from the Trump Home décor range”, Landmark Chief Executive Officer Sachin Mundhwa said in an emailed statement.
GEORGE OSBORNE: … and I think the best way to defeat nonsense like this is to engage in robust democratic debate and make it very clear that his views are not welcome.
“We would not normally dignify such comments with a response, however on this occasion we think it’s important to state to Londoners that Mr Trump could not be more wrong”, the police force said in a statement.
I would invite him to come and see the whole of London and take him around the city except that I wouldn’t want to expose Londoners to any unnecessary risk of meeting Donald Trump.
“When Donald Trump says there are parts of London that are no-go areas, I think he is betraying a quite stupefying ignorance that makes him frankly unfit to hold the office of the president of the United States”.
Facebook said the list was based on how frequently a topic was mentioned in posts on the social networking site by its 1.5 billion active users across the world between January and December 2015.
David Cameron called Trump’s proposal “divisive and unhelpful”, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has stripped Trump of his status as business ambassador for Scotland, while senior politicians in France and Canada have spoken out too.
Admitting he may be regretting a pledge he signed earlier this year, Gov. John Kasich of OH said today it was possible he wouldn’t support Donald Trump if he won the Republican nomination.
Aberdeen’s Robert Gordon University said on Twitter on Wednesday it was revoking an honorary degree awarded to Trump in 2010 because he had “made a number of statements that are wholly incompatible with the ethos and values of the university”.
One former Trump business partner in Dubai, construction billionaire Khalaf al-Habtoor, told Reuters Trump had wrecked his prospects for successful future collaborations in the region. “We’re going to have tremendous problems”.
Libyan-American commentator Hend Amry compared the Republican presidential candidate to a, um, buttery pastry.
“We do try and focus more on what people do as opposed to the inimitable characteristic of who they are”, Lynch told reporters.
British police issued a rare rebuke after comments by Trump to USA network MSNBC claiming there were places in London “that are so radicalised that the police are afraid for their own lives”.
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Within less than 24 hours 205,000 Britons have signed a petition to forbid Donald Trump’s entry to the UK.
