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06 Feb 17
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Speaker John Bercow has said he would be opposed to US President Donald Trump speaking in the Houses of Parliament during his state visit to the UK.
Speaker John Bercow has said he would be opposed to US President Donald Trump speaking in the Houses of Parliament during his state visit to the UK.
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Little dwarf **** ,the Donald ain't interested in Sally's stinky Siamese.
Disgraceful from Bercow.
Mentioned sexism and racism. No regard for the office of the POTUS. In short, no idea.
Mentioned sexism and racism. No regard for the office of the POTUS. In short, no idea.
House of Commons Speaker John Bercow has said he would be "strongly opposed" to US President Donald Trump addressing the Houses of Parliament during his state visit to the UK.
Mr Bercow told MPs "opposition to racism and sexism" were "hugely important considerations".
He was applauded by SNP MPs after his comments.
President Trump was invited to make a state visit after meeting Theresa May in Washington last month.
A petition to withdraw the invitation will be debated by MPs on 20 February after attracting 1.8m signatures.
Responding to a point of order in the House of Commons, Mr Bercow set out his opposition to a Parliamentary address as part of the state visit.
He said he was "strongly opposed" to the idea of an address before Mr Trump imposed his controversial travel ban, and he had since become "even more strongly" against it.
Mr Bercow told MPs "opposition to racism and sexism" were "hugely important considerations".
He was applauded by SNP MPs after his comments.
President Trump was invited to make a state visit after meeting Theresa May in Washington last month.
A petition to withdraw the invitation will be debated by MPs on 20 February after attracting 1.8m signatures.
Responding to a point of order in the House of Commons, Mr Bercow set out his opposition to a Parliamentary address as part of the state visit.
He said he was "strongly opposed" to the idea of an address before Mr Trump imposed his controversial travel ban, and he had since become "even more strongly" against it.
so burkow is a remainiac as well
we need to get rid of them all
rotten people wanting to harm the UK
we need to get rid of them all
rotten people wanting to harm the UK
Not only a wet Tory but a liberal hypocrite as well.............vile combination.
Didn't see all this outcry when the Chinese leaders made a visit....................
Didn't see all this outcry when the Chinese leaders made a visit....................
Why not just keep pointing out the inconsistencies in their religious beliefs…… Gradually they will all become atheists
johnny beercow has surely overstepped the mark here ,who is he to say the President is not welcome ?
should be sacked imo ,jumped up little traffic warden .
should be sacked imo ,jumped up little traffic warden .
Feb 6, 2017 -- 1:43PM, breadnbutter wrote:
johnny beercow has surely overstepped the mark here ,who is he to say the President is not welcome ? should be sacked imo ,jumped up little traffic warden .
THIS
Well done MrSpeaker.
Showing commonsense and decency.
Trump is out of his depth.
Showing commonsense and decency.
Trump is out of his depth.
Feb 6, 2017 -- 2:47PM, Facts wrote:
Well done MrSpeaker.Showing commonsense and decency.Trump is out of his depth.
None of the facts all of the idiot.
Trump is only there because he's being blackmailed by Putin....and Putin made sure he won
Why would he want to become president…… To keep out of jail and to protect his family
Trump was friends with Jeffrey Epstein ....FSB will have vidoes
I am no fan of Trump, but while I agree with some of the things Bercow said. He is a unbearable, pretentious, dishonest little tw@t who clearly thinks that he is far more important than he actually is. He may have appointed himself as some sort of moral arbiter, but anyone with half a brain can see that he is nothing but a self-righteous, pompous nomark with no more integrity than your average used car salesman.
he has been elected to serve as speaker for the duration of this parliament.
the last speaker resigned over the expenses scandal. probably helped by pm
who was gordon brown. he was the first speaker pushed from office in a long while
(300 years or so?)
i dont think the tories ever wanted bercow as speaker but as labour had a majority
there wasnt a huge amount they could do
who was gordon brown. he was the first speaker pushed from office in a long while
(300 years or so?)
i dont think the tories ever wanted bercow as speaker but as labour had a majority
there wasnt a huge amount they could do
The Speaker presides over the House's debates, determining which members may speak. The Speaker is also responsible for maintaining order during debate, and may punish members who break the rules of the House.
Unlike presiding officers of legislatures in many other countries, the Speaker remains strictly non-partisan, and renounces all affiliation with his or her former political party when taking office as well as when leaving the office.
The Speaker does not take part in debate or vote (except to break ties; and even then, the convention is that the speaker casts the tie-breaking vote according to Speaker Denison's rule).
Aside from duties relating to presiding over the House, the Speaker also performs administrative and procedural functions, and remains a constituency Member of Parliament (MP). The Speaker has the right and obligation to reside in Speaker's House at the Palace of Westminster.[2]
Unlike presiding officers of legislatures in many other countries, the Speaker remains strictly non-partisan, and renounces all affiliation with his or her former political party when taking office as well as when leaving the office.
The Speaker does not take part in debate or vote (except to break ties; and even then, the convention is that the speaker casts the tie-breaking vote according to Speaker Denison's rule).
Aside from duties relating to presiding over the House, the Speaker also performs administrative and procedural functions, and remains a constituency Member of Parliament (MP). The Speaker has the right and obligation to reside in Speaker's House at the Palace of Westminster.[2]
There are very few in parliament who speak for the people.
I'm sure Mr Bercow will happily be able to give examples of what incidents of racism can be attributed to Mr Trump.
Judge for yourself. Here are 15 quotes from the president-elect that have made many civil rights leaders and people of color fearful of a Trump White House.
1. “If you look at his wife, she was standing there. She had nothing to say. She probably, maybe she wasn’t allowed to have anything to say. You tell me,” Trump said in response to Khizr Kahn, the father of fallen Muslim Army Captain Humayun Khan, after his Democratic National Convention speech in July.
2. “I have a great relationship with the blacks. I’ve always had a great relationship with the blacks.”
3. “Our great African-American president hasn’t exactly had a positive impact on the thugs who are so happily and openly destroying Baltimore.”
4. “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending the best. They’re not sending you, they’re sending people that have lots of problems and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists… And some, I assume, are good people,” Trump said while announcing his campaign in June 2016.
5. “Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys wearing yarmulkes… Those are the only kind of people I want counting my money. Nobody else…Besides that, I tell you something else. I think that’s guy’s lazy. And it’s probably not his fault because laziness is a trait in blacks,” John O’Donnell, a former president of Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, quoted Trump saying to him in his 1991 book. In May 1997, Trump was asked about his comment during an interview with Playboy, and he confirmed that “the stuff” O’Donnell wrote about him were “probably true.”
6. “A well-educated black has a tremendous advantage over a well-educated white in terms of the job market. . . . If I were starting off today, I would love to be a well-educated black, because I believe they do have an actual advantage,” Trump said in a 1989 interview with Bryant Gumbel.
7. “They don’t look like Indians to me and they don’t look like Indians to Indians,” Trump said about his Native American casino competitors during a 1993 Congressional committee hearing on casinos operated and owned by Native American tribes.
8. “I would have no problem. I would love that. That would be wonderful,” Trump said in response to Howard Stern asking his daughter Ivanka Trump if she would date a black man during a 2005 interview.
9. “He’s a Mexican. We’re building a wall between here and Mexico. The answer is, he is giving us very unfair rulings – rulings that people can’t even believe,” Trump said about Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who oversaw a class action lawsuit against Trump University. Curiel is a U.S. citizen who was born in Indiana.
10. “I’ll take jobs back from China, I’ll take jobs back from Japan. The Hispanics are going to get those jobs, and they’re going to love Trump,” Trump said in July during a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border.
11. "Look, I’m a negotiator like you folks; we’re negotiators,” Trump said while giving a speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition in December.
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12. “Well, you know, when it comes to racism and racists, I am the least racist person there is. And I think most people that know me would tell you that. I am the least racist, I’ve had great relationships. In fact, Randall Pinkett won, on the as you know, on ‘The Apprentice’ a little while ago, a couple of years ago. And Randall’s been outstanding in every way. So I mean, I am the least racist person,” Trump said while defending himself against allegations of racism in May 2011 by pointing out he chose a black winner on his NBC show.
13. “Who the f knows? I mean, really, who knows how much the Japs will pay for Manhattan property these days?” Trump said referring to Japanese people during a January 1989 Time magazine profile.
14. “I’m leading in the polls with the Hispanics. I mean, you look at Nevada, I’m leading in the polls with the Hispanics because I produce jobs, and they know it. I have thousands of Hispanics that work for me, my relationships to Hispanics is better than those groups.”
15. "He doesn't have a birth certificate, or if he does, there's something on that certificate that is very bad for him. Now, somebody told me -- and I have no idea if this is bad for him or not, but perhaps it would be -- that where it says 'religion,' it might have 'Muslim.' And if you're a Muslim, you don't change your religion, by the way," Trump said of Obama during a March 2011 appearance on The Laura Ingram show.
1. “If you look at his wife, she was standing there. She had nothing to say. She probably, maybe she wasn’t allowed to have anything to say. You tell me,” Trump said in response to Khizr Kahn, the father of fallen Muslim Army Captain Humayun Khan, after his Democratic National Convention speech in July.
2. “I have a great relationship with the blacks. I’ve always had a great relationship with the blacks.”
3. “Our great African-American president hasn’t exactly had a positive impact on the thugs who are so happily and openly destroying Baltimore.”
4. “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending the best. They’re not sending you, they’re sending people that have lots of problems and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists… And some, I assume, are good people,” Trump said while announcing his campaign in June 2016.
5. “Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys wearing yarmulkes… Those are the only kind of people I want counting my money. Nobody else…Besides that, I tell you something else. I think that’s guy’s lazy. And it’s probably not his fault because laziness is a trait in blacks,” John O’Donnell, a former president of Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, quoted Trump saying to him in his 1991 book. In May 1997, Trump was asked about his comment during an interview with Playboy, and he confirmed that “the stuff” O’Donnell wrote about him were “probably true.”
6. “A well-educated black has a tremendous advantage over a well-educated white in terms of the job market. . . . If I were starting off today, I would love to be a well-educated black, because I believe they do have an actual advantage,” Trump said in a 1989 interview with Bryant Gumbel.
7. “They don’t look like Indians to me and they don’t look like Indians to Indians,” Trump said about his Native American casino competitors during a 1993 Congressional committee hearing on casinos operated and owned by Native American tribes.
8. “I would have no problem. I would love that. That would be wonderful,” Trump said in response to Howard Stern asking his daughter Ivanka Trump if she would date a black man during a 2005 interview.
9. “He’s a Mexican. We’re building a wall between here and Mexico. The answer is, he is giving us very unfair rulings – rulings that people can’t even believe,” Trump said about Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who oversaw a class action lawsuit against Trump University. Curiel is a U.S. citizen who was born in Indiana.
10. “I’ll take jobs back from China, I’ll take jobs back from Japan. The Hispanics are going to get those jobs, and they’re going to love Trump,” Trump said in July during a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border.
11. "Look, I’m a negotiator like you folks; we’re negotiators,” Trump said while giving a speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition in December.
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12. “Well, you know, when it comes to racism and racists, I am the least racist person there is. And I think most people that know me would tell you that. I am the least racist, I’ve had great relationships. In fact, Randall Pinkett won, on the as you know, on ‘The Apprentice’ a little while ago, a couple of years ago. And Randall’s been outstanding in every way. So I mean, I am the least racist person,” Trump said while defending himself against allegations of racism in May 2011 by pointing out he chose a black winner on his NBC show.
13. “Who the f knows? I mean, really, who knows how much the Japs will pay for Manhattan property these days?” Trump said referring to Japanese people during a January 1989 Time magazine profile.
14. “I’m leading in the polls with the Hispanics. I mean, you look at Nevada, I’m leading in the polls with the Hispanics because I produce jobs, and they know it. I have thousands of Hispanics that work for me, my relationships to Hispanics is better than those groups.”
15. "He doesn't have a birth certificate, or if he does, there's something on that certificate that is very bad for him. Now, somebody told me -- and I have no idea if this is bad for him or not, but perhaps it would be -- that where it says 'religion,' it might have 'Muslim.' And if you're a Muslim, you don't change your religion, by the way," Trump said of Obama during a March 2011 appearance on The Laura Ingram show.
not a single shred of evidence of racism in those 15 quotes ffs 
11. "Look, I’m a negotiator like you folks; we’re negotiators,” Trump said while giving a speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition in December.
WTF!?!?
Racism?
11. "Look, I’m a negotiator like you folks; we’re negotiators,” Trump said while giving a speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition in December.
WTF!?!?
Racism?
11. "Look, I’m a negotiator like you folks; we’re negotiators,” Trump said while giving a speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition in December.
What may .......have made many civil rights leaders and people of color fearful of a Trump White House.
....is Trump is grouping Jewish people together and saying they are all negotiators (ie; implying tight with money)..... he is stereotyping them as a group, which could be seen as racist in nature.
What may .......have made many civil rights leaders and people of color fearful of a Trump White House.
....is Trump is grouping Jewish people together and saying they are all negotiators (ie; implying tight with money)..... he is stereotyping them as a group, which could be seen as racist in nature.
how dare he group the jewish members of the "Republican Jewish Coalition" together as a group
Good for Bercow for what he said somebody needs to stand up against this dreadful bully, and I think One Nation Theresa should take the blame for inviting this clown to our country when he has only been in office six months,Nelson Mandela he is not.
It may be irrevant. Trump might not be POTUS in six months
a man elected by no one banning a man elected by 68 million people,welcome to democracy western style
Bercow elected by MPs.
Who has he banned by the way?
Who has he banned by the way?
Feb 7, 2017 -- 7:26AM, 1st time poster wrote:
a man elected by no one banning a man elected by 68 million people,welcome to democracy western style
Popular vote : 65,844,954 voted against The Chump
Clinton 48.2% 65,844,954
Trump 46.1% 62,979,879
The Leopard ...
the voting in the US works by who gets the most electoral college votes wins
Trump got the most and is POTUS.
the voting in the US works by who gets the most electoral college votes wins
Trump got the most and is POTUS.
whether anyone likes it or not we,re basicaly banning what upto a month ago was regardly known as the LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD,so i assume everyone in future for one reason or another will be banned,people seem happy enough to hold their noses whilst london and the uk is flooded with money from russia,china,saudi arabia
Trump is The Leader of Melania.....and that's it.....did you see the nude pics in The Sun yesterday....lol.....and no she has never been an escort.....don't you dare think that !
Bercow was elected purely to spite the cosnervatives who loathed him during his blatant campaign to acheieve his own gratification. At the time Labour MP's were in the majority and tradition decreed it should be a member of another party after the disastrous period of Michael Martin as speaker when expenses fraud was rampant in Westminster.He has behaved with with partiality and is not fit to pass judgement on any elected representative of another democracy.
Leopard/Facts et all..you didn't just lose, you got smashed you REMAIN TOOLS!!!
Theresa May has crushed the Remain resistance to Brexit in the Commons, successfully defeating every amendment to her historic Article 50 bill. Brexit moved a step closer tonight as new laws enshrining the Prime Minister's powers to launch the two year Brexit process were passed to the Lords
Theresa May has crushed the Remain resistance to Brexit in the Commons, successfully defeating every amendment to her historic Article 50 bill. Brexit moved a step closer tonight as new laws enshrining the Prime Minister's powers to launch the two year Brexit process were passed to the Lords
These bitter little tory spivs cannot stand the thought that a man has stood up to the odious big fat bully trump and his sidekick one nation Theresa and said no this creep speaking in parliament.
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