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- British lawmakers held an all-day debate on Monday to argue the topic of banning presidential candidate Donald Trump from entering their country.
- Most of the parliamentarians had harsh words for Mr. Trump but felt that a ban was going too far.
- The debate came around after a petition to ban Donald trump from the country gathered over half a million signatures.
- The British Parliament is required to debate all petitions that garner more than 100,000 signatures.
- The debate was non-binding and no vote was held after.
London (CNN) Donald Trump is used to being the one doing the tough talk.
But on Monday the Republican presidential hopeful was on the receiving end of the harsh words — with no opportunity of rebuttal — as British MPs made their disdain for him clear during a parliamentary debate on whether to ban him from the country.
In doing so, the parliamentarians served up blunter criticisms than some of his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination have landed, labeling the 69-year-old “poisonous,” “a buffoon” and even a “wazzock” — British slang for “a stupid or annoying person.”
“I don't think Donald Trump should be allowed within 1,000 miles of our shore,” Jack Dromey, the Labour Party's shadow home affairs minister, told the assembled MPs.
The debate was triggered by a public petition launched in the wake of Trump's call to ban Muslims from the U.S., which called on the British parliament to ban Trump from the country for hate speech.
It received more than 576,000 signatures — more than five times the number required for MPs to consider sending the matter for debate in parliament.
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But the debate was non-binding, with no vote taken at the end, and was always going to be used by MPs as an opportunity to vent their thoughts on the divisive Republican under the protection of parliamentary privilege, which legally shields them from accusations of defamation or slander.
And vent they did.
‘No valid points to make'
“The person you're dealing with may be a successful businessman. He's also a buffoon and has the dangerous capability of saying the most obscene or insensitive things to attract attention,” said Gavin Robinson, an MP for the Democratic Unionist Party.
Victoria Atkins, an MP for the ruling Conservative Party, said Trump's “comments regarding Muslims are wrong.”
“His policy to close borders if he is elected as president is bonkers. And if he met one or two of my constituents in one of the many excellent pubs in my constituency, then they may well tell him that he is a wazzock.”
Her fellow Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat said he thought Trump was “crazy” and had “no valid points to make,” while Labour MP Tulip Siddiq said his “poisonous” words risked “inflaming tension between vulnerable communities.”
Debate ‘fueling publicity machine'
About 50 of the UK's 650 members of parliament were present for the debate. But while all but one used the forum to criticize Trump — especially his comments on Muslims — most felt a ban was unwise, and only risked making a martyr of the politician, and boosting his electoral prospects.
“I've heard of a number of cases where people have been excluded for incitement, for hatred,” said Conservative MP Paul Scully.
“I've never heard of one for stupidity, and I'm not sure that we should be starting now.”
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The Brits will kiss Obama and Clinton’s butts but they better remember Trump has a lot of his personal business there too.
Because he will not take any crap from anyone! I can bet right now he gets in and from day 1 he will get back at the UK on all fronts. They are screwed without us with what they have allowed with opening their doors to ALL refugees! Sorry Mate.
You leave me a little confused. Immigration laws are at the strictest they have ever been. We are critiscised for not taking alot of refugees. Thank heavans for that bit of water around us.
Don
I agree with Mr. Trump
The mayhem, that is accruing in Europe, by letting the garbage in, that is destroying a Continent. I do not understand, I had always thought, that the Brits, had it together. Apparently, I was wrong again. How about we make a, “Lend-Lease” in return. Of course we will send them, all of our garbage. However, the UK has to keep, the shit. We do not want it back! What would Winston Churchill do, in these turbulent times? I think he would kick-ass, and have a shot of, “Johnnie Walker Red Label”.
The idea that Trump could ever become President is ludicrous!!!