Donald Trump has topped another ranking, this time in Britain. An e-petition started by a woman from Aberdeen, where Mr Trump owns a golf club, suggested banning the Republican candidate from Britain for hate speech. It amassed a record 576,000 signatures, far more than the 100,000 benchmark for debate in Parliament. The debate, held on January 18th, concluded that his views are not welcome. This was noted in America so may have embarrassed the government. Yet e-petitions are meant to foster political engagement. The next two most popular concern migration, one against, one for. A petition not to ban Mr Trump got only 44,000 signatures; a third, for him to address Parliament, just 100.