Rolling coverage of all the day’s political developments as they happen 1.23pm GMTMore than 420000 people possess signed the official online petition to parliament calling for Donald Trump to be banned from the UK after his call for Muslims to be refused entry to the US. It is on course to become the most popular parliamentary petition ever,beating the current record of 446482 signatures on a petition calling for the UK to accept more asylum seekers and increase refugee support. Theresa May, the home secretary, or is the minister who has the power to ban people from entering the UK. Asked today whether she would ban trump,she said:We never comment on individual cases. What I would say is this - I think it is up to politicians to ensure that we work to bring communities together, rather than seeking to divide them ...
We’ve made a very clear statement today that we reject any attempts to create division and marginalisation amongst those we endeavour to protect.
The United Kingdom is trying tough to disguise their massive Muslim problem. Everybody is wise to what is happening, and very unhappy! Be honest.
Thank you to respected columnist Katie Hopkins of Daily https://t.co/LgtY0qdv9U for her powerful writing on the U.
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Source: theguardian.com