UK
citizens don’t welcome the Donald
One
million sign petition to cancel Trump's UK state visit
AFP January 30, 2017
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The
online petition says the planned state visit "would cause
embarrassment" to Queen Elizabeth II
The online petition says the planned state visit
"would cause embarrassment" to Queen Elizabeth II (AFP Photo/BEN
STANSALL)
London (AFP) - A
petition demanding Britain cancel a planned state visit by US President Donald
Trump passed one million signatures on Monday, following outrage over his
travel ban on mainly Muslim countries.
"Donald Trump
should be allowed to enter the UK in his capacity as head of the US government,
but he should not be invited to make an official state visit because it would
cause embarrassment to Her Majesty the Queen," the petition on
parliament's website says.
"Donald Trump's
well-documented misogyny and vulgarity disqualifies him from being received by
Her Majesty the Queen or the Prince of Wales."
Parliamentary
petitions can be signed by anyone with a British postcode and those doing so
are asked if they are a UK resident or citizen. Such petitions must be
considered by lawmakers if they attract more than 100,000 signatures.
Last January
parliament debated banning Trump from Britain following a petition signed by
nearly 600,000 people, after the then White House candidate promised to
drastically restrict US entry to people from Muslim countries if he became
president.
Trump on Friday signed an executive order
suspending the arrival of all refugees for at least 120 days, Syrian refugees
indefinitely -- and barring citizens from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan,
Syria and Yemen for 90 days.
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