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HuffPostUK: Tens Of Thousands Sign Petition Demanding Trump Be Blocked From Addressing Parliament [View all]
HuffPostUK - Tens Of Thousands Sign Petition Demanding Trump Be Blocked From Addressing Parliament
MPs and peers are also demanding the US president should not be given the honour during his state visit to the UK.
Kevin Schofield
30/04/2025 03:24pm BST
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A group of MPs and peers have already urged the Speakers of the House of Commons and House of Lords to turn down any request for Trump to address them while he is here.
It has now emerged that a petition on the change.org website echoing that demand has attracted 43,000 signatures in just a week.
The petition has been set up by philanthropist and campaigner Corin Dalby. He said: “President Trump has shown a consistent disregard for democratic values.
“He has made troubling remarks about the UK and its institutions, and is unable to clearly condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine – which all UK political parties have strongly opposed.
“The UK parliament should not provide a platform to a figure whose actions and words are so at odds with the principles we hold dear.”
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MPs and peers are also demanding the US president should not be given the honour during his state visit to the UK.
Kevin Schofield
30/04/2025 03:24pm BST
/snip/
A group of MPs and peers have already urged the Speakers of the House of Commons and House of Lords to turn down any request for Trump to address them while he is here.
It has now emerged that a petition on the change.org website echoing that demand has attracted 43,000 signatures in just a week.
The petition has been set up by philanthropist and campaigner Corin Dalby. He said: “President Trump has shown a consistent disregard for democratic values.
“He has made troubling remarks about the UK and its institutions, and is unable to clearly condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine – which all UK political parties have strongly opposed.
“The UK parliament should not provide a platform to a figure whose actions and words are so at odds with the principles we hold dear.”
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