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| Donald Trump rounds on Democrats as refugee agency warns on travel ban – live | Donald Trump rounds on Democrats as refugee agency warns on travel ban – live |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| 1.29pm GMT | |
| 13:29 | |
| The row over Trump’s state visit highlights the irrelevance and impotence of the Queen, according to campaigners for an elected head of state. | |
| Graham Smith, chief executive of Republic, said: | |
| “The Queen should be embarrassed by the Trump visit - she is unable and unwilling to speak out against the Muslim ban. The state visit highlights just how impotent and irrelevant she is.” | |
| “The Queen serves no practical purpose as head of state. She does as she’s told by the prime minister and stays silent at times of crisis.” | |
| “Right now we could do with an elected, effective head of state who is independent from the PM. Someone who can represent and articulate the feelings of millions of British people.” | |
| “An effective head of state would condemn the Muslim ban, and refuse the government’s request for a state visit. Britain’s head of state simply does the bidding of the PM, no questions asked.” | |
| “People will say the Queen is required by the constitution to stay mute. But that’s exactly why we need a new constitution and a new head of state.” | |
| 1.24pm GMT | |
| 13:24 | |
| Theresa May’s hasty decision to invite Trump on a state visit was partly prompted by a desire to out manoeuvre Nigel Farage, writes Patrick Wintour. | |
| The government had been blindsided by Trump’s victory, and Farage, the eternal thorn in the side of the Conservative leadership, was taunting the Foreign Office about his proximity to Trump and his chief strategist, Steve Bannon. | |
| The photograph of Farage beaming in the gilded Trump Towers was a humiliation for British officials, as was his one-hour meeting with Trump, which made him the first British politician to meet the president-elect ... | |
| A source who has discussed the invitation with a cabinet minister said: “The government has decided that their secret weapon to get in with Trump is to offer him an early visit to the Queen, him and [his wife] Melania staying at Windsor Castle.” | |
| Another cabinet source said: “The Queen is the key here. She’s not a secret weapon, she’s the biggest public weapon you have. Nigel Faragecan’t get [Trump] in front of the Queen.” | |
| The invitation looks like a mistaken act of over-compensation, an effort to make sure the UK, an early backmarker, reverted to its traditional position of primus inter pares, the Special One. Since it was leaving EU, the UK simply could not afford to lose traction in Washington, and with so much flux in Trump’s thinking, Downing Street decided to throw everything it had at its disposal to retain influence with the Republicans. | |
| 1.17pm GMT | |
| 13:17 | |
| Here’s a gallery of anti-Trump placards from last night’s demo: | |
| 1.11pm GMT | |
| 13:11 | |
| Updated | |
| at 1.33pm GMT | |
| 1.05pm GMT | 1.05pm GMT |
| 13:05 | 13:05 |
| The petition backing the planned state visit by Trump has just topped 100,000. | The petition backing the planned state visit by Trump has just topped 100,000. |
| The anti visit petition has more than 1.66 million signatories. | The anti visit petition has more than 1.66 million signatories. |
| 12.46pm GMT | 12.46pm GMT |
| 12:46 | 12:46 |
| The planned state visit to Britain by Trump is months away and any programme has yet to be worked out, a Downing Street spokeswomman told Reuters. It quoted her saying: | The planned state visit to Britain by Trump is months away and any programme has yet to be worked out, a Downing Street spokeswomman told Reuters. It quoted her saying: |
| “The prime minister set out very clearly last night ... (that) the invitation has been extended. She was happy to do that. She looks forward to hosting the president and that will be a state visit this year.” | “The prime minister set out very clearly last night ... (that) the invitation has been extended. She was happy to do that. She looks forward to hosting the president and that will be a state visit this year.” |
| “On the programme for the state visit, that will all need to be worked out in due course ... It is months away.” | “On the programme for the state visit, that will all need to be worked out in due course ... It is months away.” |
| No word on whether the visit will be delayed as suggested by Lord Ricketts, the former permanent secretary at the Foreign Office. | No word on whether the visit will be delayed as suggested by Lord Ricketts, the former permanent secretary at the Foreign Office. |
| 12.35pm GMT | 12.35pm GMT |
| 12:35 | 12:35 |
| Haroon Siddique | Haroon Siddique |
| Donald Trump’s top trade adviser has accused Germany of using a “grossly undervalued” euro to exploit the US and its EU partners, the FT reports. | Donald Trump’s top trade adviser has accused Germany of using a “grossly undervalued” euro to exploit the US and its EU partners, the FT reports. |
| Peter Navarro, the head of Trump’s new National Trade Council, also accused Germany of being a major hurdle to a trade deal between the US and Europe. | Peter Navarro, the head of Trump’s new National Trade Council, also accused Germany of being a major hurdle to a trade deal between the US and Europe. |
| He is quoted as saying: | He is quoted as saying: |
| A big obstacle to viewing TTIP [Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership] as a bilateral deal is Germany, which continues to exploit other countries in the EU as well as the US with an ‘implicit Deutsche Mark’ that is grossly undervalued. | A big obstacle to viewing TTIP [Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership] as a bilateral deal is Germany, which continues to exploit other countries in the EU as well as the US with an ‘implicit Deutsche Mark’ that is grossly undervalued. |
| Before he entered office, Trump called Angela Merkel’s open door policy to refugees a “catastrophic mistake”, while Germany has expressed regret over the travel ban. | Before he entered office, Trump called Angela Merkel’s open door policy to refugees a “catastrophic mistake”, while Germany has expressed regret over the travel ban. |
| 12.24pm GMT | 12.24pm GMT |
| 12:24 | 12:24 |
| Henry McDonald | Henry McDonald |
| Irish prime minister Enda Kenny today has ordered a complete review of the US Homeland Security controlled “pre-clearance” at Ireland’s two main airports in response to growing opposition in the Republic to the Trump travel ban. | Irish prime minister Enda Kenny today has ordered a complete review of the US Homeland Security controlled “pre-clearance” at Ireland’s two main airports in response to growing opposition in the Republic to the Trump travel ban. |
| Ireland is one of only six countries that allows American Homeland Security officials to vet travellers before they fly out to the United States. | Ireland is one of only six countries that allows American Homeland Security officials to vet travellers before they fly out to the United States. |
| The taoiseach said: | The taoiseach said: |
| In respect of the policy introduced by the American government I disagree with. I will obviously say that to the president and vice president when I meet with them... | In respect of the policy introduced by the American government I disagree with. I will obviously say that to the president and vice president when I meet with them... |
| I have asked for a complete review now of the pre-clearance facilities here in Ireland in respect of the three departments dealing with this. So we can be absolutely clear about the importance of it. | I have asked for a complete review now of the pre-clearance facilities here in Ireland in respect of the three departments dealing with this. So we can be absolutely clear about the importance of it. |
| Last night the Irish Department of Transport confirmed that one traveller was turned away at the gate to transatlantic flights in Dublin Airport. | Last night the Irish Department of Transport confirmed that one traveller was turned away at the gate to transatlantic flights in Dublin Airport. |
| Kenny will face calls today in cabinet from independent deputies who serve in his coalition government to suspend Homeland Security’s right to screen transatlantic passengers at Dublin and Shannon Airport until the Trump ban is lifted. | Kenny will face calls today in cabinet from independent deputies who serve in his coalition government to suspend Homeland Security’s right to screen transatlantic passengers at Dublin and Shannon Airport until the Trump ban is lifted. |
| The children’s minister, Katherine Zappone, has written to the taoiseach ahead of the cabinet meeting in Dublin later on Tuesday warning Kenny that the travel ban may be unlawful to operate at Irish airports. | The children’s minister, Katherine Zappone, has written to the taoiseach ahead of the cabinet meeting in Dublin later on Tuesday warning Kenny that the travel ban may be unlawful to operate at Irish airports. |
| Zappone said that the US-Ireland pre-clearance agreement upholds the rights of people under Irish law. At present any traveller booked on a flight to the United States from Ireland is processed through US immigration in Dublin or Shannon before they board their flight or arrive in the United States. | Zappone said that the US-Ireland pre-clearance agreement upholds the rights of people under Irish law. At present any traveller booked on a flight to the United States from Ireland is processed through US immigration in Dublin or Shannon before they board their flight or arrive in the United States. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 12.52pm GMT | at 12.52pm GMT |
| 12.19pm GMT | 12.19pm GMT |
| 12:19 | 12:19 |
| Harriet Sherwood | Harriet Sherwood |
| British bishops have have decried the travel ban as un-Christian: | British bishops have have decried the travel ban as un-Christian: |
| The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, said: | The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, said: |
| It is extraordinary that any civilised country should stigmatise and ban citizens of other nations in the matter of providing humanitarian protection. There is a valid question as to whether Christians, Yazidis and other religious minorities in the Middle East have so far had adequate access to such protection. However a blanket ban on any individual group is bound to undermine the fundamental principles of asylum. In Christ, we are called to welcome the stranger especially when in desperate need. | It is extraordinary that any civilised country should stigmatise and ban citizens of other nations in the matter of providing humanitarian protection. There is a valid question as to whether Christians, Yazidis and other religious minorities in the Middle East have so far had adequate access to such protection. However a blanket ban on any individual group is bound to undermine the fundamental principles of asylum. In Christ, we are called to welcome the stranger especially when in desperate need. |
| The Bishop of Liverpool, the Rt Revd Paul Bayes, said: | The Bishop of Liverpool, the Rt Revd Paul Bayes, said: |
| I am deeply disappointed by this way of governing. Signing executive orders of this nature is an unseemly way for the leader of the free world to conduct his nation’s business. The US will not be made safer if hurting and displaced people are ignored or rejected. As a Christian I find it impossible to square this behaviour with the values of the Gospel. I urge President Trump’s administration to follow Christ’s example and to welcome the stranger. | I am deeply disappointed by this way of governing. Signing executive orders of this nature is an unseemly way for the leader of the free world to conduct his nation’s business. The US will not be made safer if hurting and displaced people are ignored or rejected. As a Christian I find it impossible to square this behaviour with the values of the Gospel. I urge President Trump’s administration to follow Christ’s example and to welcome the stranger. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 12.19pm GMT | at 12.19pm GMT |
| 12.12pm GMT | 12.12pm GMT |
| 12:12 | 12:12 |
| If the planned state visit does ahead the Queen won’t say a word against Trump. But contrast her neutral stance with her opposition number in Belgium. | If the planned state visit does ahead the Queen won’t say a word against Trump. But contrast her neutral stance with her opposition number in Belgium. |
| King Philip delivered an outspoken attack on both Brexit and Trump’s election in his annual address, De Standaard reports. | King Philip delivered an outspoken attack on both Brexit and Trump’s election in his annual address, De Standaard reports. |
| Without mentioning either country by name, the prince said that the US and Britain have decided to focus mainly on their own policies. | Without mentioning either country by name, the prince said that the US and Britain have decided to focus mainly on their own policies. |
| “This is contrary to their tradition of openness and generosity,” said King Philip. “The year 2016 we will be forever remembered as the year when two great friendly countries decided henceforth to pay particular attention to themselves and their policies’, said King Philip. | “This is contrary to their tradition of openness and generosity,” said King Philip. “The year 2016 we will be forever remembered as the year when two great friendly countries decided henceforth to pay particular attention to themselves and their policies’, said King Philip. |
| “We will not succeed in restoring confidence by turning back the clock, from a kind of utopian nostalgic thought. Nor by erecting walls,” he warned. | “We will not succeed in restoring confidence by turning back the clock, from a kind of utopian nostalgic thought. Nor by erecting walls,” he warned. |
| 11.53am GMT | 11.53am GMT |
| 11:53 | 11:53 |
| Petition watch: | Petition watch: |
| The number of signatories against the planned state visit is now at more than 1.65 million. | The number of signatories against the planned state visit is now at more than 1.65 million. |
| The rival petition backing the planned state visit has just topped 90,000. | The rival petition backing the planned state visit has just topped 90,000. |
| And more than 70 MPs have signed an early day motion calling on the Speaker to prevent President Trump addressing Parliament. | And more than 70 MPs have signed an early day motion calling on the Speaker to prevent President Trump addressing Parliament. |