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British Gov’t Responds to Petition to Ban Trump: ‘Coming to the UK Is a Privilege…’
Mediaite ^ | 30 Dec 2015 | Josh Feldman

Posted on 12/30/2015 3:27:44 PM PST by mandaladon

The British government has finally responded to a petition demanding that Donald Trump be banned from the country. Yes, the British government has the authority to ban certain individuals from the country if the people in question could be considered a public danger or a harm to society.

The government petition website requires 10,000 signatures to get a government response and 100,000 signatures to be debated in Parliament. As of today, it has over 500,000 signatures.

The petition was drafted in reaction to Trump’s call for a Muslim entry ban in the U.S., which plenty of British leaders––including Prime Minister David Cameron––strongly condemned.

Well, today, the government responded, providing the viewpoint of Home Secretary Theresa May. Here’s the response in full:

For good reasons the Government does not routinely comment on individual immigration and exclusion decisions.

The Home Secretary may exclude a non-European Economic Area national from the UK if she considers their presence in the UK to be non-conducive to the public good.

The Home Secretary has said that coming to the UK is a privilege and not a right and she will continue to use the powers available to prevent from entering the UK those who seek to harm our society and who do not share our basic values.

Exclusion powers are very serious and are not used lightly. The Home Secretary will use these powers when justified and based on all available evidence.

The Prime Minister has made clear that he completely disagrees with Donald Trump’s remarks. The Home Secretary has said that Donald Trump’s remarks in relation to Muslims are divisive, unhelpful and wrong.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: 2016election; election2016; elections; kamerov; newyork; trump; uk; unitedkingdom
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Coming to the US is also a privilege !
1 posted on 12/30/2015 3:27:45 PM PST by mandaladon
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To: mandaladon

Are they really that dumb that they do not see the hypocrisy of their statement? LOL. They make the argument for us.


2 posted on 12/30/2015 3:28:55 PM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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3 posted on 12/30/2015 3:29:07 PM PST by DoughtyOne ((It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.))
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'Coming to the UK Is a Privilege...'

That's why you've let in hundreds of thousands of people who want to murder you.

4 posted on 12/30/2015 3:31:05 PM PST by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: mandaladon
The Home Secretary has said that coming to the UK is a privilege and not a right and she will continue to use the powers available to prevent from entering the UK those who seek to harm our society and who do not share our basic values.

Isn't this Trump's exact policy proposal?

5 posted on 12/30/2015 3:31:11 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: All

Choose wisely and remember who has stood beside you through the years (and who heaped contempt on you).


6 posted on 12/30/2015 3:32:30 PM PST by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: mandaladon
Is it time to forward consider deploying some, but not all, of our NATO air assets from the UK to Poland?

Might send a message about interfering in US political affairs.

7 posted on 12/30/2015 3:32:41 PM PST by InABunkerUnderSF (Gold, Platinum, Silver and Lead. Not necessarily in that order...)
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To: mandaladon
Yes,Britain (like the US) is a sovereign nation that can exclude any foreigner they wish.But before they ban Trump they might want to consider that there's a realistic possibility that in about 13 months he'll be President of the United States.
8 posted on 12/30/2015 3:33:13 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Obamanomics:Trickle Up Poverty)
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To: mandaladon

And yet Anjem Choudary is living large in the U.K., going on government-sponsored TV and saying things like: British law should be changed so that adulterers are stoned to death, people who insult Muhammad should be killed, Christians should pay the Jizya tax to Muslims and the Charlie Hebdo attacks were justified.


9 posted on 12/30/2015 3:33:19 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: mandaladon

Can’t wait for President Trump.


10 posted on 12/30/2015 3:34:09 PM PST by GeaugaRepublican (Angry yes, mad, no.)
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To: mandaladon

What one man views as privilege another views as punishment.


11 posted on 12/30/2015 3:35:10 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: mandaladon

Hard to believe at one time the British Empire controlled one quarter of the world.


12 posted on 12/30/2015 3:35:34 PM PST by ealgeone
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To: mandaladon

He owns a golf course im Scotland, correct?


13 posted on 12/30/2015 3:37:34 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I'm fed up.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Exactly.


14 posted on 12/30/2015 3:38:09 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I'm fed up.)
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To: mandaladon

Who wants to go to the uK, anyway?


15 posted on 12/30/2015 3:39:06 PM PST by 353FMG
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To: mandaladon

A couple World Wars ago, they were happy to see us. See us now? We’re the same ones that told you to get snuffed a couple hundred years ago. Play nice.


16 posted on 12/30/2015 3:39:32 PM PST by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: mandaladon

So, summarizing, the Home Secretary agrees with Trump.


17 posted on 12/30/2015 3:40:44 PM PST by kaehurowing
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To: ealgeone

Trump doesn’t seem to forget insults. We don’t need the UK anyway. They don’t pull their way in Nato, and they are dead weight economically.

Trump will for sure find a way for repaying the insult from Londonistan.

Lets see how they do without a friend in the White House.

Go Trump, UP the British Butt.


18 posted on 12/30/2015 3:41:21 PM PST by Zenjitsuman (A)
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To: mandaladon

This could mean the British Isles are now part of the Caliphate and could lead to U.S. airstrikes somewhere in their future.


19 posted on 12/30/2015 3:43:15 PM PST by DJ Taylor (Once again our country is at war, and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
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To: mandaladon
she will continue to use the powers available to prevent from entering the UK those who seek to harm our society and who do not share our basic values.

These are the people that perfected the art of drawing and quartering and allow muslims into their country. Like we are interested in their high brow lectures.

20 posted on 12/30/2015 3:43:41 PM PST by plain talk (wages he means minimum wage=)
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