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| Over 350,000 petition to ban Trump from UK | |
| 2015-12-11 | |
Trump, who owns two golf courses in Scotland which he visited earlier this year, called for a complete shutdown of Muslims entering the U.S. "until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on". His comments followed last week's deadly shooting spree by two Muslims in Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,. The number of signatories to the petition was growing fast but Britannia's finance minister George Osborne said on Wednesday that Trump should not be banned from the country. In the past, people have been banned from entering Britannia for fostering hatred that might provoke inter-community violence. The petition says: "If the United Kingdom is to continue applying the 'unacceptable behavior' 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 the powerful." It was launched by Suzanne Kelly, a Scottish-based campaigner and longtime critic of Trump's latest golf course in Aberdeenshire. Aberdeen's Robert Gordon University said on Twitter on Wednesday it was revoking an honorary degree awarded to Trump in 2010 because he had "made a number of statements that are wholly incompatible with the ethos and values of the university". Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon also stripped Trump of his role as a business ambassador for Scotland, a spokeswoman for her Edinburgh-based government said in a statement. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #12 Trump could ban all immigration and that would not be in violation of the constitution. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2015-12-11 19:46 |
| #11 that petition outta be a no-fly list to America |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-12-11 18:54 |
| #10 true. without strong borders a country cannot stand perhaps he is a bit about shifting the goal posts so that the left can move a little bit away from their unrealistic idiocy in that regard without losing their core vote maybe Trump is thus a Hillary plant? Does she have enough money to buy him? |
| Posted by: anon1 2015-12-11 18:43 |
| #9 Actually it's good to see the left decide they actually want to start controlling the border at last... |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2015-12-11 18:21 |
| #8 If Trump did indeed ban all muslims from entering the US that would send a powerful message that the US is not going to tolerate any more sh*t from that quarter. however, would he be able to actually do it? no. The reason is it would violate the constitutionally guaranteed freedom of religion So activists would fight him in the courts, and even if he was able to pass the legislation it could not be enforced - every single case would have a volunteer pro bono lawyer to fight it all the way up to the supreme Trump knows this unless he is stupid - and you do not make a pile of wealth by being stupid. So he knows. my question is -- why did he say what he did? Not to win voters... although there is a large swell of anger against Islamist terror attacks, even if it did get him over the line it would hobble his presidency and those same people that voted him in to ban muslims from entering would turn on him and hate him for not being able to. So that is not what it is about. my guess is he is doing it to create a buffoon persona that draws the idiot bigots away from the GOP It gives the democrats, liberals and the moderate and reasonable republicans a figure to hate. Then, when it is time to run against Hilary for real, the republicans will bring forth Jeb Bush the reasonable candidate who will look much better compared to Trump -- hopefully neutralising some of the hate-Bush-left. That should help them run against Hillary However be prepared for disappointment - that means Jeb Bush is going to do nothing about the real war on terror, which is the war on Islamist fascism i think Trump is all about triangulation and setting the boundaries to help the real candidate in positioning |
| Posted by: anon1 2015-12-11 17:57 |
| #7 It would be easy enough to get a quarter million digital signatures for almost anything. Just appeal to the emotions of uninformed teams and top it off with Muslims. I'm surprised they couldn't whip up higher numbers to be honest. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2015-12-11 11:51 |
| #6 Are there 350,000 Muslims in the UK who signed this petition? From what I heard, not so many Brits are too enthused about multiculturalism and the Muslim home invasion. If Hitler were not opposed during WWII, the Brits would be speaking German today. In some ways the present Islamic threat is more insidious and dangerous. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2015-12-11 10:22 |
| #5 In the past, people have been banned from Britannia for...... |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-12-11 08:42 |
| #4 First the Scots wanted to jettison the UK. Now they want to jettison Trump. Who is next? Jordan Speith? |
| Posted by: Spomong Bourbon8696 2015-12-11 08:40 |
| #3 Better to be respected than loved, and if not respected, feared. And if you don't 'believe' that, just look how the Islamists are operating in the West and all the accommodation paid to them by the ruling caste. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-12-11 08:36 |
| #2 If only Trump invested in building mosques instead of golf courses would he be welcome. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2015-12-11 06:54 |
| #1 They are so behind the times. They will learn the hard way. They have done this before with other Americans. |
| Posted by: Dale 2015-12-11 06:54 |