Emily Thornberry launches attack on Donald Trump ahead of his UK state visit

Labour’s Emily Thornberry has attacked Donald Trump describing him as a “racist and sexual predator” with just three days to go before his visit to the UK.

The Shadow Foreign Secretary has said that she would join demonstrators in London protesting against Mr Trump.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has already rejected an invitation to a state banquet at Buckingham Palace on Monday with Mr Trump as well as other officials.

Ms Thornberry has said in a video on her Twitter account: “The president does not deserve the honour of a state visit. He is not welcome.”

In a video message released on Friday, Ms Thornberry said: "Next week the Tory government are going to roll out the red carpet for Donald Trump, a president who is destroying all the values that have always united Britain and America.

"Destroying the world order, the chances of a Palestinian state and our efforts to tackle climate change. He is trying to take away the rights of women worldwide to control our own bodies.

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“His words and his conduct betray him as a racist and a sexual predator.

“This president does not deserve the honour of a state visit. He is not welcome.

“We stand together against Trump.”

The video has been viewed more than half a million times and retweeted 2,000 times.

Trump and First Lady Melania arrive on June 3 for a state visit.

During his three-day visit, the president will attend a banquet at Buckingham Palace, have a private tea with Charles, lay a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey and attend events to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

Unlike Obama, the current President has not been asked make an address in the Houses of Parliament.