http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/12/31/british-parliament-to-debate-banning-donald-trump-as-petition-forces-government-to-respond/
“Coming to the UK is a privilege,” says a spokesperson for Home Secretary Theresa May, and Donald Trump may no longer have that privilege if petitioners and parliament have their way.
Ever since Trump called for banning Muslims from entering the United States, there has been a petition demanding that the Republican presidential candidate be banned from entering the United Kingdom.
The petition says:
The UK has banned entry to many individuals for hate speech. The same principles should apply to everyone who wishes to enter the UK.
If the United Kingdom is to continue applying the “unacceptable behaviour” criteria to those who wish to enter its borders, it must be fairly applied to the rich as well as poor, and the weak as well as powerful.
The petition went viral and received the required 100,000 signatures in under a month. In fact, it now has over 500,000.
After a UK petition reaches 100,000 signatures, the government must respond and a debate must be scheduled to discuss it in parliament.
That’s why a spokesperson for Home Secretary Theresa May released the following statement:
For good reasons the Government does not routinely comment on individual immigration and exclusion decisions.
The Home Secretary may exclude a non-European Economic Area national from the UK if she considers their presence in the UK to be non-conducive to the public good.
The Home Secretary has said that coming to the UK is a privilege and not a right and she will continue to use the powers available to prevent from entering the UK those who seek to harm our society and who do not share our basic values.
Exclusion powers are very serious and are not used lightly. The Home Secretary will use these powers when justified and based on all available evidence.
The Prime Minister has made clear that he completely disagrees with Donald Trump’s remarks. The Home Secretary has said that Donald Trump’s remarks in relation to Muslims are divisive, unhelpful and wrong.
The Government recognises the strength of feeling against the remarks and will continue to speak out against comments which have the potential to divide our communities, regardless of who makes them. We reject any attempts to create division and marginalisation amongst those we endeavour to protect.
In other words, UK lawmakers and government officials agree that Donald Trump is a bigoted hate monger and that doesn’t bode well for the billionaire mogul.
Parliament is now poised to set a date to debate the petition demanding to block Trump from entering the United Kingdom. If that happens, Trump could be the first presidential candidate in American history who is banned from visiting our longtime ally. And that is just embarrassing.
how's that gonna work out the president not allowed into our biggest allies country will they turn their backs on him at summit meetings and the UN, walk out when he spews??????? great judgement who's left for him to alienate making a country great is hard work when nobody talks to you but Putin. what an embarrassment this party is.
