US President Donald Trump will not be allowed to address parliament when he visits later in the year.
Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, said Trump will not be welcome to address Parliament on his state visit to the UK because of his racist and sexist attitudes; INDEPENDENT UK reports.
The Speaker stressed that being invited to address Parliament was “not an automatic right” but “an earned honour”.
“Before the imposition of the migrant ban I would myself have been strongly opposed to an address by President Trump in Westminster Hall. After the imposition of the migrant ban by President Trump I am even more strongly opposed to an address by President Trump in Westminster Hall.”
Parts of the Commons erupted into rare spontaneous applause in support of Mr Bercow’s statement.
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