Tea, Cakes And Funny Signs Greet Vance In Quintessentially British Countryside

LONDON — JD Vance sewage a very English welcome after he, his family and their ample information item rolled done nan colony of Charlbury this week, conscionable not nan benignant nan vice president would person hoped for.

Bathed successful sunshine, dozens of demonstrators drank tea, ate barroom featuring a meme of nan vice president’s look and held up humorous placards Tuesday successful nan mini organization successful the Cotswolds, arsenic this portion of nan countryside is known.

A satirical image of Vice President JD Vance connected nan beforehand of a cake.Leon Neal / Getty Images

“JD Vance Netflix password is ‘password,’” said 1 handmade motion astatine a protestation adjacent wherever nan Vances are vacationing immoderate 100 miles westbound of nan capital, London.

A 2nd motion declared that Vance “claps erstwhile nan level lands,” referring to a believe mocked by immoderate Britons who spot it arsenic very un-British overenthusiasm. Others held placards quoting Vance erstwhile he said he “never liked” President Donald Trump.

“Cotswolds childless feline ladies opportunity spell home,” different read, referring to comments Vance made to erstwhile Fox News big Tucker Carlson successful 2021 astir elder Democrats successful Congress that resurfaced during past year’s statesmanlike race.

One protester wore a satirical disguise of President Donald Trump.Leon Neal / Getty Images

In nan adjacent municipality of Chipping Norton, immoderate locals said they were unprepared for nan level of information disruption arsenic immoderate of nan already tight roads successful nan area were closed for Vance’s motorcade.

Design head Geoff Holliday, 51, said Wednesday he was “getting bored” pinch nan closures, adding that he was longing for nan motorcade to beryllium slowed down by “a disgruntled husbandman and a harvester harvester.”

Nestled among nan rolling hills that emergence up from meadows of nan precocious River Thames, nan Cotswolds’ picture-postcard towns and villages person been celebrated pinch holidaymakers for centuries.

More recently, nan area has attracted a wealthier crowd.

Chipping Norton and its surrounding area are known for nan “Chipping Norton set,” including erstwhile Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife, Samantha Cameron; Elizabeth Murdoch, media executive and girl of Rupert Murdoch; and much recently, comedian and talk show big Ellen DeGeneres.

Former "Top Gear" presenter Jeremy Clarkson’s “Diddly Squat Farm” successful Chadlington is besides nearby, and he shared an image connected Instagram which highlighted really his workplace is nether a no-fly area complete nan Cotswolds.

Appearing to reference filming for his “Clarkson’s Farm” Amazon show, he wrote: “The JD Vance nary alert zone. We are nan pin. So connected nan downside, nary drone shots today. On nan upside, nary annoying ray aircraft.”

Later, he shared a video of a serene Cotswolds scene.