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| May: I won't chase headlines over Trump ban | May: I won't chase headlines over Trump ban |
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| The government will not "chase the headlines" over Donald Trump's controversial travel ban, Theresa May has told MPs. | The government will not "chase the headlines" over Donald Trump's controversial travel ban, Theresa May has told MPs. |
| The prime minister defended her response to the US president's executive order banning people from seven mainly Muslim countries. | The prime minister defended her response to the US president's executive order banning people from seven mainly Muslim countries. |
| Labour's Jeremy Corbyn asked "just what President Trump has to do" for his UK state invitation to be withdrawn. | Labour's Jeremy Corbyn asked "just what President Trump has to do" for his UK state invitation to be withdrawn. |
| The PM accused Labour of insulting the UK's most important ally. | The PM accused Labour of insulting the UK's most important ally. |
| "The job of government is not to chase the headlines," she said during Prime Minister's Questions, later adding of Mr Corbyn: "He can lead a protest, I am leading a country." | "The job of government is not to chase the headlines," she said during Prime Minister's Questions, later adding of Mr Corbyn: "He can lead a protest, I am leading a country." |
| Mr Corbyn attacked Mrs May over her response to the US immigration crackdown, which includes halting the country's entire refugee programme for 120 days and has sparked protests around the world. | |
| The PM had said she was not afraid to speak frankly to the president, he said, adding: "What happened?" | The PM had said she was not afraid to speak frankly to the president, he said, adding: "What happened?" |
| Mrs May said the migration policy was "divisive and wrong" and not something her government would consider, adding that the UK had a "proud history" of standing up for refugees. | Mrs May said the migration policy was "divisive and wrong" and not something her government would consider, adding that the UK had a "proud history" of standing up for refugees. |
| Mr Corbyn also demanded to know whether President Trump had told her about his plans during her visit to Washington and if she had tried to persuade him to change course. | |
| The PM said she had no advance notice of the executive order or how British nationals would be affected. | |
| She added that "we all" knew there would be "travel restrictions", because "President Trump said he was going to do this in his election campaign". |