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Trump would face ‘huge boycott’ if invited to address parliament

DONALD TRUMP would face a “huge boycott” by MPs and peers if he was invited to address Parliament when he visits Britain, a Labour peer said today.

The US president has suggested Buckingham Palace is “setting a date for September” to schedule the visit.

Lord Foulkers is co-ordinating efforts by a number of MPs and peers to block him from addressing parliamentarians as his predecessors Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton did.

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