{"id":341366,"date":"2025-08-13T14:30:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T14:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/341366\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T14:30:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T14:30:21","slug":"tea-cakes-and-funny-signs-greet-vance-in-quintessentially-british-countryside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/341366\/","title":{"rendered":"Tea, cakes and funny signs greet Vance in quintessentially British countryside"},"content":{"rendered":"

LONDON \u2014 JD Vance<\/a> got a very English welcome <\/strong>after he, his family and their large security detail rolled through the village of Charlbury this week, just not the kind the vice president would have hoped for.<\/p>\n

Bathed in sunshine, dozens of demonstrators drank tea, ate cake featuring a meme of the vice president\u2019s face and held up humorous placards Tuesday in the small community in the Cotswolds,<\/a> as this part of the countryside is known. <\/strong><\/p>\n

\"TheA satirical image of Vice President JD Vance on the front of a cake.Leon Neal \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cJD Vance Netflix password is \u2018password,\u2019\u201d said one handmade sign at a protest near where the Vances are vacationing some 100 miles west of the capital, London. <\/p>\n

A second sign declared that Vance \u201cclaps when the plane lands,\u201d referring to a practice mocked by some Britons who see it as very un-British overenthusiasm. Others held placards quoting Vance when he said he \u201cnever liked\u201d President Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cCotswolds childless cat ladies say go home,\u201d another read, referring to comments Vance made to former Fox News host Tucker Carlson<\/a> in 2021 about senior Democrats in Congress that resurfaced during last year\u2019s presidential race<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\"TheOne protester wore a satirical mask of President Donald Trump.Leon Neal \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

In the nearby town of Chipping Norton, some locals said they were unprepared for the level of security disruption as some of the already tight roads in the area were closed for Vance\u2019s motorcade.<\/p>\n

Design manager Geoff Holliday, 51, said Wednesday he was \u201cgetting bored\u201d with the closures, adding that he was longing for the motorcade to be slowed down by \u201ca disgruntled farmer and a combine harvester.\u201d <\/p>\n

Nestled among the rolling hills that rise up from meadows of the upper River Thames, the Cotswolds\u2019 picture-postcard towns and villages have been popular with holidaymakers for centuries. <\/p>\n

More recently, the area has attracted a wealthier crowd. <\/p>\n

Chipping Norton and its surrounding area are known for the \u201cChipping Norton set,\u201d including former Prime Minister David Cameron<\/a> and his wife, Samantha Cameron; Elizabeth Murdoch, media executive and daughter of Rupert Murdoch; and more recently, comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Former “Top Gear” presenter Jeremy Clarkson\u2019s <\/a>\u201cDiddly Squat Farm\u201d in Chadlington is also nearby, and he shared an image on Instagram which highlighted how his farm is under a no-fly zone over the Cotswolds. <\/p>\n

Appearing to reference filming for his \u201cClarkson\u2019s Farm\u201d Amazon show, he wrote: \u201cThe JD Vance no fly zone. We are the pin. So on the downside, no drone shots today. On the upside, no annoying light aircraft.\u201d<\/p>\n

Later, he shared a video of a peaceful Cotswolds scene. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONDON \u2014 JD Vance got a very English welcome after he, his family and their large security detail…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[748,393,4884,1144,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-341366","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-northern-ireland","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115021940306984751","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}