UPDATE:
It is now 6:27pm est: 21,482
It is now 5:10pm est: 12,787
It is now 4:14pm est and the numbers on the petition are: 7485
At 3:12pm est it was: 4596
Way to go UK!
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UP now on the UK Government and Parliament website, the following petition was put up by a Suzanne Kelly: (petition.parliament.uk)
“ Launched by Scotland’s Suzanne Kelly, who’s spoken out against Trump before, the petition argues that the billionaire should be kept out due to his endless “hate speech.”
So far, at 3:12pm EST, there are 4596 signatories and it has been leaping up as I write this.
“Petition Block Donald J Trump from UK entry
The signatories believe Donald J Trump should be banned from UK entry.
More details
The UK has banned entry to many individuals for hate speech. The same principles should apply to everyone who wishes to enter the UK. If the United Kingdom is to continue applying the 'unacceptable behaviour' criteria to those who wish to enter its borders, it must be fairly applied to the rich as well as poor, and the weak as well as powerful.”
On the petition page, you can click on a “Map” which show the geographic distribution of the votes:
“Map”, interestingly enough at this point, Scotland is heavily represented. They had their own dose of Trump with his furor about the golf course there.
Our own Florida Mayor Rick Kreisman, also being concerned for national security:
“ wrote that he is “hereby barring Donald Trump from entering St. Petersburg until we fully understand the dangerous threat posed by all Trumps.” The tweet, which was posted yesterday afternoon, currently has nearly 10,000 likes and has been retweeted more than 8,600 times. “
Let us hope that this is the beginning of a trend.
( don’t know how to block quote in DK5… help?)