British lawmakers to debate banning Donald Trump from UK for 'hate speech'

January 18, 2016 20:46

For Donald Trump, in politics as in life, it seems the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

But Monday, the Republican presidential candidate will enter unfamiliar territory, even by his larger-than-life standards, when members of the British Parliament hold a debate over a petition calling for the U.S. businessman-turned-politician to be banned from the country.

The debate, which will be held in the UK Parliament's Westminster Hall at 4.30 p.m. local time (11.30 a.m. ET), is a result of a petition that Scottish freelance journalist and activist Suzanne Kelly launched last month to block the former reality TV star from British shores.

The petition, which calls for the 69-year-old to be barred because of his "hate speech" after his calls for a travel ban on Muslims entering the United States, has received more than 574,000 signatures.

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