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Trump would face ‘huge boycott’ if invited to address parliament
Focus on equal access to assisted death rather than risks of legalisation for oppressed groups wrongheaded, MPs and campaigners say
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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