MPs want to BAN Trump from speaking in Parliament on state visit

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

72% : We don't need Trump to lecture and dictate his unilateral terms to our elected representatives.' This campaign comes days after Trump told reporters in the Oval Office he 'was invited by the King and the great country' who are doing a 'second fest' which will be 'beautiful'.
52% : The last one was incredible but they say the next one will be even more important.' The Lord Speaker Lord McFall of Alcluith was sent a message that it would be 'inappropriate' for Trump to speak in the Palace of Westminster Lord Foulkes of Cumnock co-ordinated the letter to Lord McFall while MPs are also privately lobbying Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the Commons Speaker During his first spell in the White House, Mr Trump visited both Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace to meet Queen Elizabeth II Labour MPs have sought to avoid criticising the US president openly to avoid making Starmer's job harder as he seeks to keep Trump on side in trade negotiations.
47% : MPs are trying to ban Trump from speaking to Parliament once again despite former President Obama giving a speech to Westminster Hall in 2011 The US president has suggested the King, who he called his 'friend' and will formally host the state visit, is looking at 'setting a date for September' (pictured in 2019) Sir Keir Starmer invited Trump to Britain as part of a charm offensive designed to strengthen relations and secure a trade deal with the US in February The message said: 'If it is suggested that he be invited to address both Houses of Parliament, I hope that you and Lindsay will suggest that would be inappropriate on this occasion because of his attitude towards and comments about the UK, parliamentary democracy, the Nato Alliance and Ukraine.' MPs are also privately lobbying Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the Commons Speaker.
39% : In February, Sir Keir Starmer invited Trump to Britain as part of a charm offensive designed to strengthen relations and secure a trade deal with the US.
39% : 'It is up to our government to decide if they use the state visit to engage with Trump on a wide range of issues as above but that does not translate to giving him the honour of addressing parliament.
35% : Kate Osborne, a Labour MP and former member of the women and equalities select committee, asked Hoyle to mirror John Bercow's previous decision to block Trump.
34% : A message sent to Lord McFall of Alcluith, the Lord Speaker, said it would be 'inappropriate' for Trump to speak in the Palace of Westminster. Co-ordinated by Lord Foulkes of Cumnock, a minister in Tony Blair's government who later served on parliament's intelligence and security committee, it responded to the suggestion the state visit would be in September.
30% : These include Ronald Reagan in 1982 and Bill Clinton in 1995.
29% : MPs now claim Trump was not acting in 'good faith' towards Britain due to tariffs levied by the US on all imports - particularly aluminium, steel and cars - with the threat of more to follow on pharmaceutical products.
26% : A government insider said: 'Trump hates the EU, so we're desperate to get a deal with him locked in before what will inevitably be a love-in with Brussels.' Some 75 Labour MPs backed a campaign to block the US president from addressing parliament during his first term.
25% : Trump was also controversially blocked from speaking during his first state visit by former speaker John Bercow.
12% : MPs and peers have launched a campaign to block President Trump from addressing parliament, accusing him of being a 'liar' who has disrespected Britain.

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