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If the visit was to promote the national party's campaign then it is meant to be declared to the Electoral Commission.

Standing in his way is Peter Dutton - a conservative who leads the Liberal Party, the dominant member of the so-called Coalition with the National Party of Australia – who just two years ago polling indicated was deeply unpopular.

However, opposition voices, including Scottish National Party leader John Swinney and Conservative lawmaker Alicia Kearns, have urged the government to reconsider.

The government's domestic critics such as the Scottish National Party argue that the invitation for Donald Trump to come to the UK on a second state visit should be rescinded.

He was first elected to the New Zealand Parliament in 2014 as an MP for the current ruling National Party.