Donald Trump has been branded a “fool”, “buffoon” and “wazzock” by British MPs.
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Tulip Siddiq, a Labour Party member and a Muslim, was among the minority arguing for Trump’s ban.
“Like most people, if you had told me when I first met him he wanted to be president I would have laughed out loud – but that doesn’t make his behaviour acceptable”.
“I think we might already be in error in giving him far too much attention”, said Flynn, who heads Parliament’s Petitions Committee.
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 also later said parts of London and Paris were so radicalized that the city’s police officers were afraid for their lives. The British Parliament is required to put an issue up for debate when its petition reaches more than 100,000 signatures.
APPHOTO LKW116: Big Ben in the Elizabeth Tower is seen through railings, at Britain’s Parliament buildings in Westminster in London, Monday, Jan. 18, 2016.
British lawmakers have called Donald Trump all manner of names during a debate on whether to ban him from entering the United Kingdom. Cameron has said he does not support banning Trump, claiming a visit would “unite the country” against Trump’s views.
Few politicians have been banned, although Britain turned away anti-Islam Dutch legislator Geert Wilders at an airport in 2009.
The evidence of Mr. Trump’s offenses included proposing a temporary ban on Muslim visitors or immigrants to the USA, his accusation that Mexico sends rapists and other bad elements of its society to the US, and his mocking of a disabled reporter.
“Just think what would happen in the current climate if he came… and preached that message of divisive hate”, said Jack Dromey, an opposition Labour Party spokesman on home affairs.
The House of Commons has revealed around 30,000 signatures on a pro-Donald Trump petition have been removed because of suspected fraud.
“I know we’ve had some examples of where people have been excluded from this country, I’ve heard of a number of cases where people have been excluded for incitement, for hatred – I’ve never heard of one for stupidity”, he said.
“Hate crime is being inflamed and stoked by the words that Donald Trump is using”, she said.
Ms Shah said she wouldn’t be calling for a ban but did want to challenge his rhetoric of “badness” by inviting him to West Yorkshire in a gesture of goodwill.
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She said was “a proud Muslim woman” and the Quran had taught her that “goodness is better than evil”. “But he is not free to be a fool in Britain”.
