BRITAIN: Parliament To Debate Trump’s State Visit After Petition Campaign Gains 600,000+ Signatures [VIDEO]

The Telegraph reports:

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 600,000 people had by Sunday night signed a letter 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. The internet petition quickly smashed the 100,000 signatures needed to be considered for a debate in Parliament, with at one point more than a thousand people signing each minute.

However Downing Street sources confirmed that Mrs May will not be withdrawing her invitation to President Trump because it remains “substantially in the national interest”. Ruth Davidson, the leader of the Scottish Conservatives, said that the visit “could not possibly occur” while the travel ban is in place.

See the petition here. A similar petition launched last year sought to have Trump banned from the UK entirely.