Trump - just not fringe or funny anymore !?!

Let him in, let him speak, let him describe his plans on how Muslims should be treated in America, let him vilify London as a Muslim ghetto…then prosecute the bastard in the London courts!

This is the petition if anyone else wants to sign Block Donald Trump from the UK

As far as I am concerned this man is guilty of hate crime and should be banned from entering the country like others have been for holding extremist views. It's bad enough the way he talks rubbish about the US, but to do it again about the UK is just beyond the pale.

That's a really good message from the ex-soldier durhamjen.

I'm undecided as to whether Trump should be banned from entering Britain. I don't believe he should be welcomed here by the government or any public body, or invited to speak at public functions. But I wonder if banning him raises the risk of him being portrayed as a victim just because he exercises his right to "free speech".

It may be a little complacent to think he is of no real significance. I believe he is polling way ahead of other Republican candidates and is certainly popular in some areas.

What shocked me was to hear on The Wright Stuff this morning two callers who enthusiastically supported what he had said. I don't think this is reflective of most British people's attitudes - at least I hope it's not - but still it concerned me.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/09/donald-trump-ireland-sinn-fein-terrorism

tompride.wordpress.com/2015/12/08/wounded-british-soldier-shuts-up-anti-muslim-racists-with-epic-message/

This is brilliant. The shame is he had to say it. Read it, then sign to keep Trump out.
On the other hand, if he came here, could he be arrested for incitement?

Oh I see - doh- get it now ;)

Yes, I'd urge anyone shocked by Trump's comments to sign. It is just a gesture of course- but it will get the message through somehow- the more people sign.

Also concerned about the rise of the front national in France, granjura.
Nearly a third of the vote is very worrying.

www.theguardian.com/books/2015/dec/08/jk-rowling-on-donald-trump-voldemort-was-nowhere-as-bad

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/09/petition-calling-for-donald-trump-to-be-banned-from-uk-signed-by-85000

Lots more signatures needed.

That's what I read, too, granjura. It was good of Trump to make her son in law want to live here, assuming she likes her son in law.

I misread the post also the first time I read it- her sil lives in the uk to avoid Trump (+ other factors).

Does that mean that Trump has done some good, Deeda?

I so hope others on GN will sign the petition to keep him out of Britain. It would be really great to get over 1 million and more indeed.

My American SiL cites Trump as one of the reasons he lives over here.

I hope you are going to tell your friends, DotM, that less than 1% of the US population are muslim, and a quarter of those are converts to Islam.
They do not live in impoverished ghettos but are spread all over the country. On average, they are better educated and slightly more prosperous than the average American. Or is that what they are worried about?

We have a law about hate crime, and muslims are denied entry into this country for saying far less than Trump has done.

I have a couple of US based friends who have said that they will vote for Trump. A common theme is worry over the number of illegal immigrants entering the US, a strong dislike for Obama and his policies including gun control amongst other things, and a conviction that the American way of life is being undermined by 'giving way' to the demands of Muslim activists who want to see their own belief system over rule the traditional values of the US.

There are two e-petitions on the government website, one to keep him out of Britain and one to allow him in.
The one to keep him out has over 300,000 signatures ; the other has less than 10,000.
It would be good to get over a million.

There is little respect in this neck of the woods for the Donald. He rode roughshod over local people to gain planning permission for his golf course with promises of a new hotel, houses and jobs. None have materialised. The course is known to locals as Trumpton! I was glad to hear that Nicola Sturgeon has removed Trump as a 'business ambassador ' for Scotland and news is just breaking that one of our local universities has stripped him of his honorary degree. As I said, no love lost here, in fact this is the kind of thing that appears in social media.

Although the man is a fool and a bigot, it is not him that worries me, it is the people applauding him. If he seriously wants to protect US citizens from violence he would do better to lock up every disaffected or nerdy teenager for they seem to be the ones doing all the shooting lately. This recent, (of many), gun massacre has got everyone panicking because it was done by 2 Muslims; would there have been the same panic if it had been 2 home grown murderers with a grudge and a gun? I think not. He doesnt realise how much he is laughed at in Scotland, the land he professes to love, in Scotland a Trump is a wet fart, how appropriate.

We all agree on this.

He'll never become president an d will go the way of all other failures.

And so say all of us!

They speak with forked tongue!

newsthump.com/2015/12/09/native-americans-call-for-ban-on-christians-entering-the-us/

I'm not very good at links and neither is my computer. Hope this works.

Yes, indeed, that strange barnett. It shows his complete lack of self awareness if he thinks it is a good look.
He has just been stripped of an honorary degree from Robert Gordon University. I have faith in the American people. They won't elect this eejit.