Cameron says a visit by the tycoon would 'would unite us all against him'

calling for tycoon to be banned from UK

David Cameron today hit out at 'stupid' Donald Trump for his 'divisive' claims about Muslims in Britain and America.

The Prime Minister hit out at the the Republican US Presidential candidate after he called for a ban on Muslims entering the US and claimed police in London 'fear for their lives' because some communities are so radicalised.

But Mr Cameron rejected a petition signed by more than half a million people to ban Mr Trump from Britain, insisting that if the billionaire tycoon did visit the whole country could 'unite against him'.

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David Cameron today hit out at 'stupid' Donald Trump for his 'divisive' claims about Muslims in Britain and America

British MPs branded Mr Trump a 'hate preacher' after he suggested that all Muslims should be banned from entering the United States.

It followed a deadly mass shooting in San Bernardino where 14 people were killed by two suspected ISIS sympathisers.

In a statement released to the media, Mr Trump said he was 'calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on'.

Mr Trump also tried to use the terror attacks in Paris to bolster his argument and said: 'Look at what happened in Paris, the horrible carnage, and frankly, if you look at Paris, and I hate to do this because the Chamber of Commerce is going to go crazy, but Paris is no longer the same city it was.

'They have sections in Paris that are radicalised, where the police refuse to go there. They're petrified. The police refuse to go in there'.

As the backlash grew in Britain, Mr Trump said 'UK politicians should be thanking me' for his claim that some of the country's Muslim communities are no-go areas because of extremism.

And he hit back at the hundreds of thousands signing the official petition demanding he be banned from Britain, writing on Twitter: 'They don't know what they're getting into'.

Although Downing Street condemned the remarks last week, Mr Cameron had been careful not to fuel the publicity around Mr Trump's bid for the White House.

But in the Commons today the Prime Minister was urged to back the call for Mr Trump to be banned from Britain.

The petition on the UK government website to ban Mr Trump from Britain on the grounds of hate speech has been backed by 560,000 people and could be debated in Parliament next year

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Mr Cameron said he was 'proud of representing a country which I think has some claim to say we are one of the most successful multi-racial multi-faith multi-ethnic countries anywhere in the world'

'There's more to do to build opportunity and fight discrimination,' he added.

'It is right that we exclude people that are going to radicalise or encourage extremism.'

But he said he disagreed with those saying Mr Trump should be barred from the UK: 'I think his remarks are divisive, stupid and wrong.

'If he came to visit our country I think he would unite us all against him,' Mr Cameron added.

The petition on the UK government website to ban Mr Trump from Britain on the grounds of hate speech has been backed by 560,000 people and could be debated in Parliament next year.

It states: 'The UK has banned entry to many individuals for hate speech. The same principles should apply to everyone who wishes to enter the UK.

'If the United Kingdom is to continue applying the 'unacceptable behaviour' criteria to those 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.'

At Prime Minister's Questions Labour's Tulip Siddiq asked Mr Cameron if he believes the law on preventing people from entering the UK should be applied equally or if there should be exceptions made for billionaire politicians.

She told the PM: 'I'm proud to represent a constituency that boasts of seven synagogues, four mosques, more than 35 churches and two temples.

'However, last night Donald Trump reiterated that one of these communities would not be allowed into America simply because of their religion, seemingly unaware of how divisive this is.

'In our country we have legislation that stops people from entering the country who are deemed not to be conducive to public good.

'Do you agree that the law should be applied equally to everyone or should we be making exceptions for billionaire politicians?'

As the row over Mr Trump's comments grew last week, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, moved to strip the tycoon of his status as a business ambassador for Scotland.

He had his membership of the GlobalScot business network withdrawn.

A Scottish Government spokeswoman said: 'Mr Trump's recent remarks have shown that he is no longer fit to be a business ambassador for Scotland and the First Minister has decided his membership of the respected GlobalScot business network should be withdrawn with immediate effect.'

Mr Trump had been a member of GlobalScot since being invited to join in 2006.