General Chat

Would you sign petition to keep President Trump away from our Country .re State Visit . he has made so many enemies in a very short time .don't like him myself .Barbra .

Much as many of us would like to dump the trump ukgov petitions are not secret. For those whose business or family life depends on access to the USA signing is risky esp with creepy people such as Bannon on the Nsc.

And so she denied the truth three times before the cock crowed.

I envy those with the ability to express ideas compellingly. This is best achieved face to face when words can be chosen carefully.

Texting & tweeting important ideas / messages leaves me cold. They often lead to unexpected grubby press tactics. We deserve better than trite gimmicks from Government representatives.

Let us make an effort to communicate with each other properly. So, allow President Trump to visit & give him a warm UK welcome as only we know how. Don't encourage insults to beat down on the unusual fellow like showers of hailstones that some of us witnessed here this morning.

See what you are saying but he is so arrogant .If we deny his Time in London .there would be a lot of repercussion re Trade & maybe visa applications .don't like the way he has started his presidency .He is a very powerful man just now .bigger than us mere mortals

MM Dermot if only life was that simple .as a shower of hailstones x

I think that like the previous Presidents Bush, that's yet ANOTHER can of worms opened.......

Just because some Americans elected a sexual predator as president who is a stranger to the truth doesn't mean I have to welcome him here.

Any more than I welcome the Saudi leaders or Putin.

We have a right to say what we think, I don't want him here. Dreadful man.

Surely even the Maybot and her coterie cannot expect a summer state visit to be on. the downsides are too obvious and would further polarise an increasingly disunited Kingdom.

At least we now have an indication of the preferred fate of the 3 million.

Yes Barbra. I would and have but given that he is half Scot the queen may well be in favour.

What about you?

let him come I say - show him how welcome he is :-D :-D :-D :-D

There are loads of other unwelcome guests arriving unexpectedly in the UK every day, if we are to believe press reports.

Check more goods vehicles on arrival at Dover.

I think he's a hideous creep, but he is also an elected head of state. Let him come and let us have as many protests as we can muster.

Does it have to be a full 'state' visit?

Also, anything could happen between now and then...

SheilaWestWilts - He'll surely argue that his visit produces more people than any other previous Presidential appearance.

A good day for a bus & tube strike.

A good welcome would be empty streets which would dent his ego and make more of an impact than screaming flag waving. :-D

How ironic that the dissenting voice of the people are all screaming in unison against Trump's proposed visit but have been silent over so many previous invitations.

People do seem to like only jumping on popular bandwagons!

It's a shame the same energy wasn't expended over the previous years.

However, I am pragmatic and will support anything which gets the UK a favourable deal, at least HE isn't a master of genocide which certainly hasn't stopped state visits previously has it?

The ascendancy of Europe is coming to an end.

Some of these sanctions were in place during Obamas term ,but was kept internal and quite about. :-).

Like him or loathe him he's the President of the US, and as much as many; and who knows maybe in the end all ; of his views will be distasteful to all but the insane he is therefore allowed a full state visit.
At the end of the day he isn't the worst person in the world, and worse have been welcomed albeit through gritted teeth.
He is at least doing exactly what he said he would do which is rare over a whole term for any elected person let alone just in one week !!!

Why should we protest? Surely now that we have disowned Europe the US is the only serious olive branch left to us?

You know, I don't know why other countries are protesting, what good will it do? If his own country can't get though to him what can other countries do.

"I'LL MAKE AMERICIA GREAT AGAIN" hmmmmmmmmm I don't think so. As this is not Twitter I have no worries about him reading that the country to the north of him knew for a few years now that he is a big bully.

All we can do is batten down the hatches and hold our children real tight cause it as going to be a rough 4 years. :-S