UK petition to ban Donald Trump gets 370,000 votes

After U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump demanded a ban on Muslims entering the country, a parliamentary petitioner set out to ban him from entering the U.Kand soon earned enough votes to mandate a government responce.

Chancellor George Osborne criticised Mr Trump's comments but rejected calls for him to be banned from the UK.

A counter-petition, set up on Wednesday, saying Mr Trump should not be banned as it would be "totally illogical" has attracted more than 9,000 signatures.

Any petition with more than 100,000 signatures is automatically considered for debate in Parliament.

Other, more concrete measures to disavow the reality TV star, real estate mogul and racist orange flossbeast have already been taken: a Scottish college rescinded an honorary degree while the Scottish parliament sacked him as a "business ambassador".