Monday, January 30, 2017

Parliament Set to Debate Donald Trump's UK State Visit after Petition to Cancel It Gets More Than 800,000 Signatures


THE TELEGRAPH: Donald Trump's state visit to the UK is expected to be debated in Parliament after senior Conservatives joined hundreds of thousands calling for it to be cancelled.

More than 800,000 people had by Sunday night signed a petition calling for the visit, which is due to take place in the Summer, to be abandoned because of the risk it will "embarrass" the Queen.

Senior Conservatives joined Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour leader, in calling for the visit to be suspended while Mr Trump's controversial immigration ban is in place. » | Steven Swinford, Deputy Political Editor and Ben Farmer | Sunday, January 29, 2017