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This is simply astounding. Never, in the history of the US has a president been held in such low regard (well, maybe since Washington)
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/pol...r-and-be-banned-from-uk-mps-say-a3706201.html
Conservative MP Peter Bone asked Ms Rudd: "Wouldn't the world be a better place if the Prime Minister could persuade the President of the United States to delete his Twitter account?"
Mr Flynn, Labour Newport West MP, later said of Mr Trump: "He has disgraced himself again and again, and he worries us because his impulsive finger is on the nuclear button.
"If he's allowed to come to this country now, he should be treated as anyone else who breaks the law, and charged with inciting racial hatred.
"The Government should withdraw the invitation."
Fellow Labour MP Naz Shah (Bradford West) said Theresa May as home secretary had "banned people from entering this country, individuals who had promoted organisations peddling the hate-filled ideology of fascism".
She added: "Not only has the commander in tweet done this, he has defended it, publicly chastising the British Prime Minister for her comments.
"Putting aside the question of a state visit, should he even be allowed to enter our country, because unprecedented actions require unprecedented responses?"
Mr Doughty said in his opening address that the President's planned state visit to the UK should not go ahead.
He said: "We have the president of the United States sharing - with millions of followers - inflammatory and divisive content...originally shared by a convicted criminal, who represents a vile and fascist organisation.
"In sharing it, Trump has proven himself to be either racist, incompetent, unthinking or all three."
Labour's Diane Abbott took the floor shortly after, condemning the president's tweets as "offensive to all decent British people."
She continued: "Whilst on this side of the house, we appreciate the importance of realpolitik, we would also call on the Government to make clear that it gives no support whatsoever to the distasteful views of the 45th president on race, immigration and Muslim communities internationally.
"To do anything else would be a front to voters on all sides in this country."
Dennis Skinner, MP for Bolsover, called Mr Trump a "fascist president" and criticised the Government's alleged inaction, saying: "words are not enough".
He said: "Given what we already known about this fascist president, words are not enough. Action is needed: cancel the state visit."
Chris Bryant, a former Labour Cabinet minister under Tony Blair and MP for Rhondda, said: "[The President's actions] were deliberate and intentional.
"Even after he said he was wrong, the President stood by Britain First...You cannot stand up to this kind of action - horrible racism - or pretend to do so and then invite the man in through the front door.
"The Prime Minister, while she was Home Secretary, said homophobes and racists will be arrested in this country.
"That's what should happen now and the Home Secretary knows it - just say it."
Steve Double, the Conservative MP for St Austell and Newquay, asked the Home Secretary if she "shared [his] view that, rather than making America great again, the President's actions actually reflect badly on his office and undermine the very principles the US was founded on?"
Yvette Cooper, Labour MP for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford, said: "Our peoples have stood together against far-right extremism and Muslim extremism...
"But the President of the United States has just given Britain First a rocket boost in promoting hatred in our country.
"We cannot roll out a red carpet for the president to sow discord in our own communities... We know where the spread of extremism leads."
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/pol...r-and-be-banned-from-uk-mps-say-a3706201.html
Conservative MP Peter Bone asked Ms Rudd: "Wouldn't the world be a better place if the Prime Minister could persuade the President of the United States to delete his Twitter account?"
Mr Flynn, Labour Newport West MP, later said of Mr Trump: "He has disgraced himself again and again, and he worries us because his impulsive finger is on the nuclear button.
"If he's allowed to come to this country now, he should be treated as anyone else who breaks the law, and charged with inciting racial hatred.
"The Government should withdraw the invitation."
Fellow Labour MP Naz Shah (Bradford West) said Theresa May as home secretary had "banned people from entering this country, individuals who had promoted organisations peddling the hate-filled ideology of fascism".
She added: "Not only has the commander in tweet done this, he has defended it, publicly chastising the British Prime Minister for her comments.
"Putting aside the question of a state visit, should he even be allowed to enter our country, because unprecedented actions require unprecedented responses?"
Mr Doughty said in his opening address that the President's planned state visit to the UK should not go ahead.
He said: "We have the president of the United States sharing - with millions of followers - inflammatory and divisive content...originally shared by a convicted criminal, who represents a vile and fascist organisation.
"In sharing it, Trump has proven himself to be either racist, incompetent, unthinking or all three."
Labour's Diane Abbott took the floor shortly after, condemning the president's tweets as "offensive to all decent British people."
She continued: "Whilst on this side of the house, we appreciate the importance of realpolitik, we would also call on the Government to make clear that it gives no support whatsoever to the distasteful views of the 45th president on race, immigration and Muslim communities internationally.
"To do anything else would be a front to voters on all sides in this country."
Dennis Skinner, MP for Bolsover, called Mr Trump a "fascist president" and criticised the Government's alleged inaction, saying: "words are not enough".
He said: "Given what we already known about this fascist president, words are not enough. Action is needed: cancel the state visit."
Chris Bryant, a former Labour Cabinet minister under Tony Blair and MP for Rhondda, said: "[The President's actions] were deliberate and intentional.
"Even after he said he was wrong, the President stood by Britain First...You cannot stand up to this kind of action - horrible racism - or pretend to do so and then invite the man in through the front door.
"The Prime Minister, while she was Home Secretary, said homophobes and racists will be arrested in this country.
"That's what should happen now and the Home Secretary knows it - just say it."
Steve Double, the Conservative MP for St Austell and Newquay, asked the Home Secretary if she "shared [his] view that, rather than making America great again, the President's actions actually reflect badly on his office and undermine the very principles the US was founded on?"
Yvette Cooper, Labour MP for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford, said: "Our peoples have stood together against far-right extremism and Muslim extremism...
"But the President of the United States has just given Britain First a rocket boost in promoting hatred in our country.
"We cannot roll out a red carpet for the president to sow discord in our own communities... We know where the spread of extremism leads."
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