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William Ben
It will go very well as the UK have a number of things in common such as reduced globalization, fed up with PC gone mad, need for good paying full time jobs, reduced immigration, sovereignty of domestic issues, stopping further progressive liberalism and social engineering.
Only the progressives and hard core liberalists will have issues as they can apparently live on unicorn sightings and sunny ways as most of us need a good job to live.
It will be very successful I expect the U.K. Will have awesome trade agreements soon with the US.
Expect the riots from the alt left liberalist Yahoo!'s though
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David Raymond Amos
@Agnes Day Many a true word is said in jest.
Methinks the fancy folks with German forefathers and Donald the Yankeedoodle Dandy Prez with the same sort of kin should have a little Pow Wow about our Native Land and file # T-1557-15 in the Federal Court of Canada in particular N'esy Pas Mr Prime Minister Trudeau "The Younger"
Methinks the fancy folks with German forefathers and Donald the Yankeedoodle Dandy Prez with the same sort of kin should have a little Pow Wow about our Native Land and file # T-1557-15 in the Federal Court of Canada in particular N'esy Pas Mr Prime Minister Trudeau "The Younger"
David Raymond Amos
@thomas stewart With all due
respect to your "Presbyterian" upbringing many Conservative claim to be
religious too. On the other hand I am not. That said I doubt that the
lawyer commonly known as "Honest Abe" of the GOP was a closet liberal.
However I do know for certain that Trudeau "The Elder" and his cohorts
made wage slaves of us all as soon as they changed the mandate of old
R.B. Bennett's precious Bank Of Canada then started borrowing from private banksters and sinking
the country with huge deficit budgets saddled with compound interest
N'esy Pas???
David Raymond Amos
@David Raymond Amos OH OH MY
MY It did not take your malicious minions long to block me this time
N'esy Pas Hubby Baby Lacriox and Minister Joly?
David Raymond Amos
@David Raymond Amos BTW as per my MO I already blogged and Tweeted about your obvious malice
In the "Mean" time before this comment section closes why not say Hey a couple of fancy lawyers for me. One lawyer Davey Baby Johnston is the Queen's Vice Regal Representative in my Native Land and of course the Governor General's daughter Alex Johnston is just one of YOUR many lawyers N'esy Pas? Tell the sneaky lawyers to expect another call and email ASAP You all know why EH?
David Raymond Amos
@John Morrison Nope I would
call the majority who bothered to sign such dumb thing merely mindless
fools following the rhetoric of the Pied Piper George Soros and his many
minions.
Do tell do any Brits remember Black Wednesday???
Do tell do any Brits remember Black Wednesday???
David Raymond Amos
@David Raymond Amos Why does
CBC allow me to register my indignation towards its political malice
practiced against me but deny me the opportunity to prove that I ran for
public office five times and disclose the reasons why I am suing the
Queen???
Trump and the Crown: Brits unsettled over U.S. president getting royal treatment
Planned state visit subject of protest, U.K. Commons debate today
By Nahlah Ayed, CBC News Posted: Feb 20, 2017 5:00 AM ET
Queen Elizabeth and U.S. President Donald Trump's state
visit was debated in the U.K. House of Commons on Monday. (Dominic
Lipinski and Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
Forget the news conference for a moment. One of Donald Trump's most scrutinized performances is still to come — possibly by summer's end — and it will involve the Queen.
In contrast to last week, the U.S. president's performance in the upcoming state visit to the United Kingdom will, presumably, be highly scripted according to exacting protocol.
But it has inspired much more than raised eyebrows: protests, petitions, a move to sack the Speaker of the House of Commons and a police warning the visit could require thousands of officers on the streets.
The crown jewel of official visits is a highly coveted affair. There is no higher honour for a visiting head of state.
And so, for the critics here, there is no higher offence than offering one to Donald Trump.
Debate and protests today
Their objections stem from possible "embarrassment" to Queen Elizabeth over Trump's comments about women and over his attempt to ban citizens of certain Muslim countries from entering the U.S.
Even the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, added his voice Sunday to those calling for the red carpet to be pulled out from under the U.S. president because of the so-called migrant ban.
'I don't think Trump deserves to be allowed out of the U.S.A., to be honest.' - Chris Bryant, Labour MP
The matter was debated in the Commons Monday, and thousands of people gathered outside Parliament to show their displeasure.
The government, however, has ruled out a recall. It says Trump has accepted the invitation delivered last month in Washington by Prime Minister Theresa May on behalf of the Queen (of course, on the advice of the government). The quicker-than-usual invitation "reflects the importance of the relationship," it said in a statement.
'Desperate for friends'
Critics are unconvinced.
"You don't normally invite somebody 'round for Christmas with your relatives the first time you meet them,"
Chris Bryant, a Labour MP and former minister who once oversaw state visits, said in an interview.
"Because we're leaving the EU, [Theresa May] is desperate for friends.… I don't think Trump deserves to be allowed out of the U.S.A., to be honest."
British Prime Minister Theresa May and U.S.
President Donald Trump met at the White House in late January. (Kevin
Lamarque/Reuters)
But it says Trump's "well-documented misogyny and vulgarity disqualifies him from being received by Her Majesty the Queen or the Prince of Wales."
1.85 million signatures
Any petition signed by 100,000 people is automatically referred for a Commons debate (though not usually a vote).
This one attracted 1.85 million signatures.
A competing petition, also to be debated today, says Trump should be invited for a state visit, "because he is the leader of a free world and U.K. is a country that supports free speech."
That one received more than 311,000 signatures.
Elaborate affairs
State visits, which are often organized here to help strengthen a relationship, are different from official visits in that the Queen is the host. They are such elaborate affairs they're planned well in advance.
"In the case of the American president, they've taken place usually in the first two or three years of a presidency," said Charles Anson, a former press secretary for the Queen.
But he added "there's room for pragmatism and visits can happen more quickly."
Trump received his invitation a rare one week after his inauguration. No exact date has been set, but it's reportedly to be late summer or early fall.
Mugabe, Suharto among past guests
The Queen has seen 109 state visits in her 65 years on the throne, including from controversial figures ranging from Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe, to Indonesia's Suharto, to Italy's Silvio Berlusconi.
Queen Elizabeth's past guests have included Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, shown here in 1994. (Reuters)
It is the possibility of the latter that landed the Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, in hot water.
He told the Commons he would be opposed to a Trump speech at Westminster because it is not an "automatic right" but an "earned honour." He said he had already been strongly opposed to a Trump address before the "migrant ban" — and became only more so afterward.
Saving face?
It was enough to prompt one fellow Tory to table a motion of no-confidence in the Commons to have Bercow ousted for breaking the rule of speaker's neutrality.
Britain's Speaker of the House of Commons,
John Bercow, says he strongly opposes letting U.S. President Donald
Trump address Parliament during a state visit to the U.K. (Matt
Dunham/Associated Press)
There have also been reports Trump might spend more time outside London than the average visitor. Neither could be independently confirmed.
Trump and the 'poor old Queen'
Meanwhile, today's debate on the petitions will not end in a vote. Instead, the government will respond in the Commons.
The U.K.'s Foreign and Commonwealth Office has already commented on the opposing petition, saying last week that Trump "should be extended the full courtesy of a state visit."
"We look forward to welcoming President Trump once dates and arrangements are finalised."
The petition was submitted by one Graham Guest, of Leeds, who later told the Independent newspaper that it was "a very incongruous thing, for this man, with all of the things he's said," to be photographed with the "poor old Queen."
Bryant, the Labour MP, says despite his opposition to the visit it isn't the Queen he's worried about.
"The Queen's pretty robust," he said. "She's met some dodgy figures over the years."
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