David Cameron says we should invite Donald Trump to the UK because it will 'unite us all against him'
PM rejects call for Republican presidential candidate to be banned from the UK on anti-extremism grounds
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Your support makes all the difference.David Cameron has rejected growing calls for Donald Trump to be banned from entering the UK, instead suggesting that Britain should invite him over because it would "unite us all against him".
The Prime Minister again condemned the Republican presidential candidate's call for Muslims to be banned from the United States, describing his remarks as divisive, stupid and wrong".
At Prime Minister's Questions Labour MP Tulip Siddiq urged Mr Cameron to use anti-extremism legislation to block Mr Trump from entering the UK.
“In our country, we have legislation that stops people entering the country," she said. "Does the Prime Minister agree that the law should be applied equally to everyone, or should we be making exceptions for billionaire politicians?”
Mr Cameron responded by saying he too was "proud of representing a country which I think has some claim to say we are one of the most successful multi-racial, multi-ethnic, multi-faith countries in the world" but said he disagreed with her over banning Mr Trump.
"I think his remarks are divisive, stupid and wrong and I think if he came to visit our country he'd unite us all against him," Mr Cameron said.
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