Donald Trump could be BANNED from speaking in Parliament’s oldest building when he visits Britain after 150 MPs protest and new poll shows a third of Brits think he is a ‘threat to international stability’
Labour's Harriet Harman leads the call to "empty chair" the new US President if he is invited to address politicians on his state visit
DONALD Trump could be stopped from speaking on Parliament's oldest building when he visits Britain later this year - after Speaker John Bercow voiced concerns over a backlash from MPs.
Labour's Harriet Harman is leading a group of female MPs who say they are ready to boycott the US President if he is invited to address both Houses of Parliament.
Mr Trump is due to make a state visit to the UK later this year - despite 1.7 million people signing a petition urging Theresa May to cancel it after his controversial 'Muslim ban'.
MPs will debate the issue in Parliament later this month - after the UK saw mass protests after Mrs May's US visit.
But one in four MPs (around 150 of them) have signed a statement calling for Mr Trump to be denied the chance to make a parliamentary address - an honour given to Barack Obama when he visited the UK on a state visit in 2011.
There are plans underway to move any speech from Westminster Hall, created in the 11th century, to the Royal Gallery.
A source told the that Speaker John Bercow was "not happy" about the concerns from MPs.
The US President has been in talks with officials about the state visit that he would like - which is rumoured to include a , and a meeting with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their two children.
Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny is also set to to Ireland when he visits the White House in March.
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Ms Harman said she and a host of other female MPs were planning to "empty chair" the President if he appears.
"I could not be there clapping a man who is a self-confessed groper," she said.
"His views on many issues are unacceptable.
"And on foreign policy he seems to think he can just bully other countries and get his way. That we should sit there smiling and clapping is... well for me it is out of the question."
And after the news that President Trump's bid to restore his travel ban was rejected, she told Sky's Sophy Ridge on Sunday this morning that "elected people are not above the law".
"It's a real constitutional crisis now - Trump vs the Constitution," she said.
Deputy Ukip leader Suzanne Evans said the UK should welcome Mr Trump to show an example. She told the Andrew Marr Show this morning: "I think we should be welcoming him and making our values clear."
But Tory MP Anna Soubry said: "Westminster Hall, in my opinion, should be reserved for the great leaders."
She also hinted she might boycott the speech: "He is not a great leader. What does he want most? Attention - he's like a little child."
And former cabinet minister Yvette Cooper said: “The idea that we are all going to sit in parliament and listen to a man who is turning the clock back on democracy, pushing misogyny and hatred of Muslims is a joke."
The news comes as a new says that one in three Brits believe the new US President is a "threat to international stability".
Over half think Mr Trump is untrustworthy and that the UK state visit could be called off.
The words most associated with him are "dangerous", "unstable" and "bigot", the research revealed.
