Corbyn: 'I hope our Government will condemn far-right retweets' by Trump

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill



BY JULIA MANCHESTER - 11/29/17 09:30 AM EST

The U.K.'s Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn rebuked President Trump's retweets from an ultranationalist British political figure appearing to show violent acts by Muslims on Friday, saying the British government should condemn the retweets.

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British MP David Lammy also issued a harsh condemnation of the retweets, saying the president was not welcome in the U.K.

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The husband of murdered MP Jo Cox also spoke out, saying Trump "should be ashamed of himself.

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Cox was murdered by Thomas Mair before the country's Brexit vote in 2016. Mair shouted "Britain first" during the attack.

The deputy leader of the ultranationalist Britain First Party Jayda Fransen disputed that the calls were related to their party. The tweets come after Trump retweeted a series of tweets from Fransen, who is seen as a controversial figure in the U.K.



Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/international/362301-uk-labour-party-leader-i-hope-our-government-will-condemn-far-right

[muriel_volestrangler]

1. They've managed a basic "wrong" so far

It was "wrong" for President Trump to retweet videos posted by far-right group, Downing Street says

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42172032

which is like saying it's "wrong" for the dog to crap on the carpet.

[mwooldri]

2. If Donald Trump was not the US President...

... I would expect that he could be banned from entering the UK. As far as I know the radio "personality" who goes by the name Michael Savage is still banned from the UK for his vile anti-Islamic behaviour.

Now I just checked Wikipedia...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_banned_from_entering_the_United_Kingdom

Someone did a sneaky edit and put Donald J Trump on the 2005 ban list... Of course he was never banned... But reasoning why?

"Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by seeking to provoke others to serious criminal acts and fostering hatred which might lead to inter-community violence"

The same reasoning for the Phelps of Westboro Baptist "Church" game and the aforementioned radio personality.