The debate came after some 575,000 people signed a petition on the parliament’s website, with 43,000 supporting an alternative petition not to ban Trump.
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British lawmakers have begun to debate a call for Donald Trump to be banned from the United Kingdom over his remarks about Muslims – though the government is unlikely to bar the divisive Republican Party contender.
Last month, Trump provoked controversy with his comments that Muslims should be banned from entering the United States, after 14 people died in a shooting spree in California by two Muslims whom the Federal Bureau of Investigation said had been radicalized.
By British law, petitions which have more than 1,00,000 signatures must be considered for debate in the Parliament.
Flynn acknowledged that Trump’s remarks had caused “a great deal of upset”, but said “I think we might already be in error in giving him far too much attention”.
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.
Trump International Golf Links in Scotland said in a statement: “It is absurd that valuable parliamentary time is being wasted debating a matter raised as part of the American presidential election”.
TULIP SIDDIQ: His words are poisonous. It was gathered that many people were angered by the Republican presidential candidate’s proposal to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the United States in an attempt to combat extremism and terrorism. The debate did allow members of Parliament to vent their frustrations about Trump’s comments.
Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh, the SNP trade and investment spokeswoman, called for Mr Trump to be banned for making comments which “condemn a whole religion for the actions of a terrorist death cult [Islamic State]” and to direct his criticism elsewhere.
Conservative Paul Scully said that while people had been excluded from Britain for incitement or hatred, “I have never heard of one for stupidity and I’m not sure we should be starting now”.
The leader of the opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, said he would not bar Mr. Trump, even though it appeared that Mr. Trump has “a problem” with Mexicans and Muslims.
It believes that officials should use the Immigration Act 1971 to claim that Mr Trump’s presence is “not being conducive to the public good” and to stop him from coming to the UK.
At Monday’s debate, some MPs condemned the fact that it was being held at all.
Donald Trump has been branded a “fool”, “buffoon” and “wazzock” by British MPs.
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Jack Dromey, the shadow Home Affairs minister, said: “In the current febrile climate Isis needs Donald Trump and Donald Trump needs Isis”.
