In January, a petition on the U.K. government's website to ban Donald Trump from entry reached nearly 600,000, forcing a public debate in parliament on January 18. Regarding Trump's perceived hate speech, Conservative MP Sam Gyimah said, “We can object to this, we can decry this, but that is no grounds on which to ban a presidential candidate.”

According to the Scottish National Party MP Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh, the total number of people banned from the U.K. by Home Secretary Theresa May for “hate speech” up until the debate rested at 84.