{"id":342048,"date":"2025-08-13T20:29:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T20:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/342048\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T20:29:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T20:29:18","slug":"jd-vance-greeted-by-palestine-protesters-as-he-begins-holiday-in-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/342048\/","title":{"rendered":"JD Vance greeted by Palestine protesters as he begins holiday in Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">US vice president JD Vance has arrived in Scotland as he continues his family holiday to the UK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Donald Trump\u2019s second-in-command landed at Prestwick Airport on Wednesday evening before travelling with a large motorcade to the luxury Carnell Estate near Kilmarnock in East Ayrshire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He was greeted at the resort by dozens of pro-Palestine protesters, who accused him of supporting a \u201cgenocide\u201d by Israel in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Police officers surround protesters, some holding Palestinian flags\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/525092670a5c1f80978e9d7812bbea3e.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Police officers surrounded protesters (Craig Meighan\/PA)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The demonstrated were kettled by police as they bashed pots and pans, waved Palestine flags and shouted pro-Palestine chants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police had initially told the protesters they would need to move and that officers would do so if they refused to leave to a different space nearby.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Airspace restrictions are in place around the estate until Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Police officers speak to protesters, some holding Palestinian flags, outside Carnell Estate in Ayrshire\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/6e3d18ff7801bb26220e8728e7bd0ce8.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dozens of pro-Palestine protesters turned up at the resort (Craig Meighan\/PA)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mr Vance will reportedly spend five days in Scotland \u2013 the same amount of time his boss did during his trip to the country last month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">President Trump split his stay between his golf courses in South Ayrshire and Aberdeenshire, during which time he met the First Minister and Prime Minister.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A spokesperson for Police Scotland said: \u201cThis visit requires a significant police operation and we have appropriate resources in place using local, national and specialist officers from across Police Scotland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"US vice president JD Vance disembarks an official US plane at Prestwick Airport\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bd3e4faf7cd3244f4da46ef8182b74d3.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>US vice president JD Vance disembarked from an official US plane at Prestwick Airport earlier in the evening (Jane Barlow\/PA)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mr Vance had been holidaying in the Cotswolds, but travelled to the Foreign Secretary\u2019s Chevening House retreat in Kent on Friday \u2013 and he joined David Lammy for a spot of carp fishing at the countryside estate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Earlier on Wednesday, Mr Vance described the UK-US relationship as \u201ca beautiful alliance\u201d during a speech at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US vice president JD Vance has arrived in Scotland as he continues his family holiday to the 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