By: Alicia Cross
Source: popherald.com
In the end, the dozens of members of the British Parliament who spent an extraordinary three hours Monday debating about the front-runner for the Republican nomination for us president did not ban Donald Trump.
Parliament took up the topic after half a million people signed a petition call for Trump to be excluded after he called for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the U.S. Trump has also claimed that some areas of Britain are so radicalized that police fear for their lives.
Prime Minister David Cameron has called the outspoken tycoon’s remarks “divisive, stupid and wrong” but opposes a ban.
It received more than 576,000 signatures – more than five times the number required for MPs to consider sending the matter for debate in parliament.
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.
But while all but one used the forum to criticize Trump – especially his comments on Muslims – most felt a ban was unwise, and only risked making a martyr of the politician, and boosting his electoral prospects.
A counter-petition calling for Trump not to be banned has gathered more than 42,000 signatures.
“It is not acceptable for him to say, ‘We need to stop immigration of this sort until we understand what is going on.’ That is not acceptable for an aspirant world leader”.
Labour MP Paul Flynn opened the debate by revealing record numbers support the motion but he did not support a ban.
He told a debate in the Commons that Mr Trump’s views could lead to “serious” consequences if vulnerable young men who had been radicalised heard him. “Donald Trump is free to be a fool”, he admitted.
Cameron does not support banning Trump, saying a visit would “unite the country” against Trump’s views.
Conservative Edward Leigh argued that giving the property baron publicity “would only play into Mr Trump’s hands”.
However Philip Davies, Conservative MP for Shipley, said he could relate to Mr Trump’s fight against political correctness, and as a Yorkshireman, he applauds the presidential candidate’s straight-talking approach to politics.
“I believe it is for the American people to hold him to account”.
Trump, whose mom is Scottish, owns the Turnberry golf course in Scotland. If someone does bad, you do good in return..Donald Trump is free to be a fool. But using colourful language to level insults at Donald Trump came from all sides.
Brokenshire then went on to mention the pros of the debate that occurred in the parliament, as it allowed them members to express themselves with justice.