WATCH LIVE: UK Parliament debates whether to invite President Trump for official visit

[Miles Archer]

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/watch-live-uk-parliament-debates-whether-to-invite-president-trump-for-official-visit/

The United Kingdom’s Parliament is debating right now on whether to formally invite President Donald Trump to the country for an official state visit.

On one side, anti-Trump MPs argue that Trump’s past statements slamming the free press, his own intelligence agencies, and the NATO alliance — not to mention his past racist and misogynistic remarks — mean that the U.K. should not invite him for an official visit.

Pro-Trump MPs, meanwhile, have argued that the U.S.-U.K. alliance is too important to allow for personal distaste of Trump to jeopardize it.

Watch a live stream of the debate below.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. This is really interesting. Thanks for the link.

[Miles Archer]

3. They are not pulling any punches

They are wobbling on the need to maintain satisfactory relations with the U.S., but they are also calling him out on everything.

Current speaker is saying that Trump does not represent the country's "shared values"...treatment of women, Islamophobia, every single piece of it is coming out.

[Aristus]

2. Please ban him from entering the UK!

I cringe every time I think about Tangerine Tinyhands visting Number 10 Downing Street. And even more when I think about the Queen having to be polite and hospitable to that disgusting uncouth clown.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. The current speaker is kind of a douche.

Apologizing for Trump, arguing that if he comes to Britain and speaks, maybe they can influence him.

Like that will happen.

The speakers in favor of a Trump visit are old white guys. The speakers against are women.

[njhoneybadger]

5. He should be forced to resign as president

And be exiled to Russia

[dalton99a]

6. Too bad we're not hearing talk like that in the Capitol.

[PoliticAverse]

7. Please let him in and keep him distracted for as long as possible. n/t

[marybourg]

8. "The women of this House have had enough

of it (stupid sexual comments) and are not going to put up with it any more."

[appleannie1943]

9. His election has not only divided our country, it has divided European countries.

Quite an achievement.

[JTFrog]

11. All going according to Putin's plan. nt

[appleannie1943]

12. Even though the no's had it, the head of parliament claimed the vote was to invite him.

[appleannie1943]

10. The NO's overwhelmingly have it.