i believe that the situation is as bad now, if not worse than it was in 2012 when averil died.to come and more, from the 300th sitting day of a parliament that began on 13 june, 2017, and is now the longest parliamentary session since the civil war. but first: the foreign secretary has defended donald trump's state visit to the uk and rejected labour calls to cancel it. trump is due to visit to come here in june for talks in downing street and to attend the ceremony in portsmouth to commemorate the 75th anniversary of d—day. donald trump did visit the uk last year — amid protests — and had tea with the queen and talks with theresa may. but that was a working — rather than a formal — state visit. jeremy hunt told mps that objections to next month's visit were based on what he called "ridiculous anti—americanism". the prime minister and i are delighted that the president of the united states will come to the uk for a state visit injune. it will be an opportunity... it will be an opportunity to celebrate our close and special relationship in areas such as trade, investment, securi