The petition was launched by Suzanne Kelly, Against Trump,
who owns two golf courses in Scotland which he visited earlier this year,
called for a complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States
"until our country's representatives can figure out what is going
on," following last week's deadly shooting spree in California by two
Muslims. "If the United Kingdom is to continue applying
the 'unacceptable The government responds to all petitions that gain more than
10,000 signatures, and the topic will be considered for a parliamentary debate
if they reach 100,000.behaviour' criteria to those Over 100,000 Britons
petition to ban Donald Trump from UK who
wish to enter its borders, it must be fairly applied to the rich as well as
poor, and the weak as well as powerful." U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, who gave a speech
in London alongside May, said she could not comment on Trump's remarks or
whether his policy would be legal. However, she said entry to the United States
was based on specific criteria
and whether someone was legally entitled to be
there. a Scottish-based campaigner
and longtime critic of Trump's latest golf course in Aberdeenshire. By midday on Wednesday, it had attracted over 100,000
signatures, a number which was rising quickly. The government responds to all petitions that gain
more than 10,000 signatures, and the topic will be considered for a
parliamentary debate if they reach 100,000. Britain has an estimated 2.7 million Muslims among its 65 million
population. Earlier this year, the government said fighting extremism was one
of the defining battles of this century and announced a strategy primarily designed
to counter the ideology promoted by Islamic State militants, al Qaeda and other
radical Islamists. The police said:
"We would not normally dignify such comments with a response, however on
this occasion we think it's important to state to Londoners that Mr Trump could
not be more wrong."