Posted on 02/06/2017 12:41:25 PM PST by Pinkbell
LONDON — House of Commons Speaker John Bercow has announced that he intends to block US President Donald Trump from addressing Parliament when Trump visits the UK later this year.
It is customary for visiting presidents to address MPs and members of the House of Lords in Westminster Hall when making state visits to Britain.
As speaker of the House of Commons, however, Bercow is one of three people who has the authority to block visiting figures from doing this.
The speaker said on Monday afternoon that addressing Parliament was an "earned honour" and not an invitation that came automatically with a state visit.
He said:
"What I will say is this. An address by a foreign leader to both Houses of Parliament is not an automatic right. It is an earned honour. Moreover, there are many precedents for state visits to take place to our country which do not include an address to both Houses of Parliament. That's the first point.
"In relation to Westminster Hall, there are three key holders to Westminster Hall: the speaker of the House of Commons, the speaker of the House of Lords and the lord great chamberlain. Ordinarily we are able to work by consensus and the hall would be used for a purpose such as an address or another purpose by agreement of the three key holders.
"I must say to the honourable gentleman, to all who signed his early day motion and to others with strong views about this matter on either side of the argument, that 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...
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Lucky we aren’t judging your country on the basis of your virtue signalling leftist retards of which there are plenty in your own country’s legislature who boycotted Trump’s inauguration amongst other acts of petulance.
I agree with you. He won’t have to deal with their rent a mob protesters either.
Cancel the trip. Immediately
My dad helped supervise manufacture of supplies for you starting with Lend-Lease and my Italian-American uncles fought for your welfare as well, you would have gotten shellacked without the US lifeline.
The cigarette, or the funk group? :)
Does anyone really think President Trump will care?
On steps of the Parliment building with @TheresaMay_MP. Pussies inside won't let me speak. Screw'em we're going for fish and chips.
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LOL, you obviously haven’t been keeping up with current events if you think the Celtic parts of the UK are staunch Conservatives. Scotland in particular is riddled with anti American leftists, England and Wales voted Brexit, Scotland and Northern Ireland voted remain, and the FM of Scotland, a nationalist openly condemned Trump and is a huge proponent of mass Muslim immigration the EU and socialism. The English are the ones with common sense these days.
Mandela was a Communist who was welcomed by terrorist funding leaders including Arafat, Gaddafi, and Castro.
Screw these bastards.
Are Prince Charles and Prince Harry examples?
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