Bercow's speech was met with a round of applause from MPs in the Commons, which in usual circumstances is banned practice. Veteran Labour MP Dennis Skinner stood up to say "well done" to the House speaker.
Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn tweeted shortly after the speech: "Well said John Bercow. We must stand up for our country's values. Trump's State Visit should not go ahead."
Corbyn's Labour colleague Harriet Harman tweeted saying it was a "proud moment" for the House of Commons. In a statement, Liberal Democrat party leader leader Tim Farron said: "Trump should be under no illusion. We are snubbing him."
Farron actually said:
"Speaking within Parliament is a rare honour, the highest honour we can offer. In the past we have hosted speeches from leaders in equality, justice and human rights from Mandela to Obama to Aung San Suu Kyi. Trump is not fit to shine their shoes.
Obama? LOL!
1 posted on
02/06/2017 12:41:25 PM PST by
Pinkbell
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To: Pinkbell
2 posted on
02/06/2017 12:42:26 PM PST by
Biggirl
("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
To: Pinkbell
Well you Brits don’t call us when your ass is in a sling well call it even
3 posted on
02/06/2017 12:42:42 PM PST by
al baby
(Hi Mom Its a Joke friends)
To: Pinkbell
They’re jealous and it shows. Just wait when they need him.
To: Pinkbell
I don’t know who Aung San Suu Kyi is, but Mandela and Obama are scoundrels.
5 posted on
02/06/2017 12:44:27 PM PST by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Pinkbell
Maybe the U.K. Needs a polite but firm spanking from the us
7 posted on
02/06/2017 12:44:36 PM PST by
SteveH
To: Pinkbell
My Grandfather was a Beefeater and went to school with Churchill.
Screw this MP!
8 posted on
02/06/2017 12:44:49 PM PST by
BBB333
(The power of TRUMP compels you!)
To: Pinkbell
Didn’t realize they sucked up this much to the American socialists. I probably should have.
9 posted on
02/06/2017 12:44:57 PM PST by
xzins
(Retired US Army chaplain. Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory.)
To: Pinkbell
Fine. Expel the British ambassador, withdraw from whatever trade talks are ongoing and begin withdrawing troops and tanks from Poland and the Baltics.
11 posted on
02/06/2017 12:45:19 PM PST by
JPX2011
To: Pinkbell
Well how about just skipping this visit entirely?
To: Pinkbell
Perhaps cancel the trip. They are now Londonistan. Sadly insane self destruction of countries by the left and Islam.
13 posted on
02/06/2017 12:45:36 PM PST by
Williams
(Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
To: Pinkbell
I’d return the Churchhill Bust.
14 posted on
02/06/2017 12:46:34 PM PST by
tennmountainman
("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance)
To: Pinkbell
Why bother even going when they openly applaud and support a snub of him? You know what they say about pay back....
To: Pinkbell
Bercow just committed ‘political suicide’...trust me, he will be ruined from now on...
16 posted on
02/06/2017 12:47:11 PM PST by
HarleyLady27
('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
To: Pinkbell
the parliamentarian speaks this rubbish WHILE HIS OWN COUNTRY IS SOLD OUT TO THE ISLAMONAZI INVASION with big parts of some UK major cities and university campuses almost off limits to normal Brits
Londonistan is sick and so is much of USA (just that we’re bigger so have a little bit more time buffer to deport, repatriate, return the Islamics that Obama snuck into our communities)
17 posted on
02/06/2017 12:47:19 PM PST by
faithhopecharity
("Politicans are not born, they're excreted." -- Marcus Tillius Cicero)
To: Pinkbell
Yeah, it’s an earned honor, like the Nobel Peace Prize...
18 posted on
02/06/2017 12:47:25 PM PST by
ltc8k6
To: Pinkbell
I bet he would have no problem at all with Abbas speaking.............
19 posted on
02/06/2017 12:48:11 PM PST by
Red Badger
(If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
To: Pinkbell
The UK is California without the nice weather. The British are fags.
21 posted on
02/06/2017 12:48:16 PM PST by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: Pinkbell
Immediately cancel all plans to go to England, President Trump.
23 posted on
02/06/2017 12:48:47 PM PST by
Lazamataz
(I hereby coin a new Internet acronym: NTOWY -- Not Tired Of Winning Yet.)
To: Pinkbell
Maybe PM May can bring him back into line......and it was Obama who told Britain, if they exited the EU, they may have to go to the back of the line...........This will not end well for those who oppose Trump.
24 posted on
02/06/2017 12:48:48 PM PST by
originalbuckeye
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
To: Pinkbell
26 posted on
02/06/2017 12:49:11 PM PST by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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