LONDON Donald Trump doesnt have many fans in Britains Parliament.
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A Birmingham Mail poll shortly after showed two thirds of Brummies wanted Mr Trump banned from the country.
Some 40,000 people have also signed a petition calling for Trump not to be barred, saying comments made on the US election trail do not concern Britain and citing possible complications to future US-British ties.
The debate was expected to last about three hours and took place in a packed Westminster Hall, the secondary debating chamber inside the Houses of Parliament. It ended without a vote. Tulip Siddiq with the Labor Party ran through a litany of Trump’s remarks that she found offensive, including his call that all Muslims be banned from entering the United States.
‘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 lawmaker Tom Tugendhat.
Only the Home Secretary Theresa May can issue an order banning entry into Britain and Prime Minister David Cameron has said that while Trump’s comments were divisive, he does not favour barring him.
“I draw the line with freedom of speech when it actually imports violent ideology which is what I feel is happening”, she said.
“This is no attempt to disrespect in any way Americans or the American state”, Paul Flynn, a Labour Party member of parliament, said as he kicked off the debate in committee. “But he is not free to be a risky fool in Britain”, Labour lawmaker Jack Dromey said, using an acronym for the Islamic State group.
Donald Trump has been accused of stoking hate crime in Britain as MPs held a debate about excluding the Republican presidential candidate from the country.
The Republican sparked widespread anger after demanding a block on Muslims entering the USA and claimed parts of London were “so radicalised” police were “afraid for their own lives”.
Labour MP Paul Flynn said Donald Trump’s prejudices should be met with British reasonableness. It qualified for parliamentary debate by collecting more than 100,000 signatures.
In doing so, the parliamentarians served up blunter criticisms than some of his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination have landed, labeling the 69-year-old “poisonous”, “a buffoon” and even a “wazzock” – British slang for “a stupid or annoying person”.
Corri Wilson, another SNP member said on Twitter that Trump’s comments were “deplorable”, but the Scottish communities where Trump had invested could not afford to lose the money.
A counter-petition calling for Trump not to be banned has gathered more than 42,000 signatures.
But Conservative MP for Gainsborough Sir Edward Leigh said taking such action would be counter to the ideals the United Kingdom is built on.
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Kelly had previously campaigned against the development of the Trump International Golf Links, a high-end golf resort in Aberdeen, Scotland, which repeatedly has brought the billionaire into conflict with locals.
