A rival petition set up in opposition to the 1.5 million people who have asked for Donald Trump's state visit to be cancelled has passed 200,000 signatures.

This means it will be considered for a debate in Parliament.

The petition says: "Donald Trump should be invited to make an official State Visit because he is the leader of a free world and U.K. is a country that supports free speech and does not believe that people that appose [sic] our point of view should be gagged."

This comes as the original petition passes the 1.5 million mark, and is most likely going to be the subject of a Parliament debate.