Theresa May refuses to back Speaker John Bercow over banning Donald Trump address to Parliament in UK state visit

‘Theresa May has declined to give her “full confidence” in John Bercow, after his extraordinary attack on Donald Trump in the House of Commons on Monday, when the Speaker said the US President would not be welcome to address Parliament in his upcoming state visit.
Mr Bercow told the House of Commons that he was “strongly opposed” to the President addressing Parliament, and an invite to do so was “not an automatic right” but an “earned honour”.
Asked for her reaction to Mr Bercow’s remarks, her spokesperson said: “What John Bercow suggests to Parliament is a matter for Parliament.
“What I will set out is our position, which is we’ve extended this invitation to the President and we look forward to receiving him later this year.”’
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