Banning Trump from The UK?

Many people I have spoken to recently have gleefully said how they have signed that petition to ban Donald Trump from our country... They seem utterly surprised that I find this petition abhorrent.

This kind of arbitrary illiberal meddling demand is why the right don't feel they need to step up and defend themselves. All they have to do is go along with the puppet show for as long as people are stupid enough to focus on this rubbish instead of the horrendous politicking that they are up to.

Call Trump dangerous if you like, I can certainly see him emboldening many in the right... But that's exactly what we need! He wont be appealing to the centre; they are the demographic that decides elections and if Trump makes them feel silly for voting right wing then they will be less likely to hand the Tories yet more license to abuse their power. 

The reaction I would expect from politicians here is to distance themselves from the dumb things Trump says, and that means affirmatively declaring things that are contrary to their actions. Which makes it so much easier to show middle-ground voters that they are being lied to, and who it is doing the lying.

When you consider this it seems madness to me that we should actually want to instead make the illiberal demand to this illiberal government that people can be banned from the country because of their political opinions... Things they say, not do! Words, spoken out loud no less! Oh the horror!

WE REALLY DON'T WANT THAT TO BECOME ACCEPTABLE!