British Government 'may exclude' Donald Trump after 565,000 sign petition calling for UK entry ban

[Turborama]

Source: The Telegraph (UK)

Donald Trump could be banned from entering the UK after Theresa May, the Home Secretary, declared that she ‘may exclude’ people who are not ‘conducive to the public good’.

Banning entry to the UK for the US Republican presidential contender, who remains the frontrunner in the heated contest, has been called for by more than 560,000 people in a petition to the Government.

After reaching 100,000 signatures, the Government confirmed that the petition could be discussed in Parliament.

Now a spokesman for Mrs May has responded officially warning that Mr Trump’s comments, in which he called for a ban on Muslims entering the USA in the wake of the Paris terror attacks, were “divisive, unhelpful and wrong”.

Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/donald-trump/12074314/Government-may-exclude-Donald-Trump-after-565000-sign-petition-calling-for-UK-entry-ban.html

[MowCowWhoHow III]

1. I highly doubt any candidate for US president would be banned from the UK

That would be a massive bridge burning exercise with little potential upside.

[EV_Ares]

2. I don't thing that would be any problem. They have absolutely no respect for him & would not want

him & his hateful comments being made in their country.

[MowCowWhoHow III]

3. Realpolitik will prevail

[T_i_B]

16. Indeed

Let's just hope that America elects a sane President in 2016.

Although there clearly aren't many to choose from if you want a non-loony President.

And yes, British politics are well and truly f**ked as well right now.

[yeoman6987]

4. If he became president (God forbid)

They'd change their tune. Trump would stop all aid and exports and heck maybe even emports into and out of the U.K. We might even leave NATO over it. I wouldn't put it passed trump.

[Turborama]

7. The US doesn't send aid to the UK. lol

[ToxMarz]

8. But the teabaggers I'm sure don't know this, so I'm sure he would ban all aid. They would love it.

[Katashi_itto]

11. Results are in!!!

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[Katashi_itto]

20. I think I should alert on you.

[awoke_in_2003]

25. May as well...

I just alerted on you





Just kidding, of course.

[Katashi_itto]

33. :)

[randys1]

26. There should be a way to financially fine someone making an alert like this

[Angel Martin]

34. What a joke

The head of the Chinese Communist Party got a state visit to the UK in 2015. They even rolled out the Royal Family etc...

People in the UK are ready to ban candidates who haven't even been elected yet, and may never be.

But no problem with dictators that have a long record of human rights violations.

https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2015/country-chapters/china-and-tibet


Even the current Chinese "anti-corruption campaign" is mostly a disguised urge of political rivals.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/06/china-great-purge-150615051144914.html

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. Can we start a petition here????? n/t

[RKP5637]

28. I'll sign it for sure!!! n/t

[sorefeet]

6. I doubt the UK is going to

Kiss Trumps ass. He does not impress them and they don't want the hate in their country. And I'm sick of the hate in this country.

[RKP5637]

29. There is so much hatred in this country it's astounding. It seems hating is now vogue in

the US. It's immature and destructive.

[mwooldri]

9. Go do it, Theresa May.

You banned the person known as Michael Savage. Banning Trump would cause him some difficulties (I think Trump owns property in Scotland. .. objecting to an offshore wind farm... not to mention his relations with the local community. ...)

I don't think it will happen but hey it's free publicity for his presidential campaign.

[CTyankee]

18. but not the kind of publicity he would welcome, I would think, given his penchant for

being down on anybody who isn't as WASP-y as he is. It's the UK, not some country of Africa or Central America...aren't the Brits "his" people, so to speak?

[SoapBox]

10. I so wish we could exclude T.Rump.

He's bad, bad, bad for America.

[T_i_B]

15. Dont really see the need to call him "T.Rump"

When his surname is already a euphemism for farting!

I have friends who are very proud of having trumped in the lifts at Trump towers!

[farleftlib]

22. That's good to know

Thanks. Now instead of accusing someone of having a brain fart when they say something completely stupid, I can say they had a brain trump.

Donald trumps from more than one orifice.

[Fawke Em]

23. Must be a British euphemism.

Never heard it here.

But it's hilarious!!

[enlightenment]

12. I wonder if such a ban

would apply to May and Osborne (not to mention Cameron) - they sure as hell aren't "conducive to the public good" . . .

[chapdrum]

13. Wonder how many of the 565,000

voted against Cameron.
(Peripheral thought: Cameron will have been in office for 10 years. W was preznit for 8 years. Somebody votes for these craphounds [like Donnie].)

Wonder why there wasn't a similar petition against W and affiliated patriots.

[lobodons]

14. Hillary to go to the UK

Would set up a pretty interesting trip to the UK for Hillary to make this summer.

[Ned Flanders]

17. Remember when Dubya barred Camilla from the White House?

Because she was divorced.

http://wolfowitz-watch.blogspot.com/2005/03/sundaymirrorcouk-camilla-banned-from.html

[BumRushDaShow]

21. Savage Weiner was banned

and the ban re-upped 4 years ago. Trump would be in good company. Although I doubt they would ban him until maybe after he drops out...

[Jefferson23]

24. When has anything like this ever happened? I think it's great no matter the symbolism. K&R

[randys1]

27. What is important to take away from this is the hatred of Trump by PLANET EARTH will get him

MORE votes from baggers.

[Jefferson23]

30. It's important to stand up to people like Trump, regardless. n/t

[2naSalit]

31. after what he did to the locals

in Scotland when he took over their property and trashed that of those who adamantly opposed him and his shitty, over-the-top golf course, I could see banning him would be easy for many. On top of that, perhaps the people are hoping to help keep him from getting elected - by whatever means used - by showing that he doesn't get along with anyone off the continent.