‘We don’t want him’: Dance Against Vance protest at US vice-president’s Cotswolds holiday | JD Vance

There was cake and music. The weather was perfect. At first glance, the sun could have been a cheerful community in a Cotswolds Village Park, but the banners gave the game.

They did not punch by criticizing the policies and stances of US Vice President JD Vance’s breakage of the road.

Approximately 100 people, mostly women, came to the “Welcome” party organized by the Stop Trump coalition in the park opposite the cooperative in Charlbury, Northwest Oxfordshire.

“Not welcomed here, Sue Sue Moon, a therapist from nearby Chipping Norton, said:“ Cotswold Childless Cat Ladies Go Home ” – Reference of Vance Typically the democrats blunt.

Moon, who has no children and cats, said Cotswolds gained fame as a bolt hole for rich and powerful ones; Former Prime Minister David Cameron lives nearby. “We are not this. We do not want to do anything with people like him,” he said, referring to Vance.

Natasha Phillips traveling 70 miles from Bath to participate in the event, which was invoiced as dance against Vance, Nas, a banner says: “JD Vance – a hero of a war hero from the comfort of the couch”.

“Volodymyr was disgusting to treat Zelenskyy,” he said. “The people of Ukraine are heroes. [Vladimir] Putin. I wanted to come here to show this. “

Chris Tatton, a long -term resident of Charbury and a former council member, said that one of the worst things he saw in watching politics was Ukrainian President of Ukraine. “This was embarrassing,” he said.

His friend Steve Akers, a retired union organizer, said that even worse for him was the opinion of children who are starving in Gaza. “This wouldn’t be without the US government.”

A poster said: “Make Charlbury wonder again – go home.” Another said: “It is not too luxurious to protest.” Third: “Rolling hills. He does not take back climate change.”

As a inflated baby, there were many versions of Vance breast. In June, a 21 -year -old Norway, Mads Mikkelsen accused the American border officials of refusing to enter the United States because he saved his phone.

A more wholesale, skateboarded child was wearing a T -shirt with a cheerful Canadian motif. And the organizers brought a Colin caterpillar cake with an image of Vance’s face.

Oxfordshire, Rachel, a caregiver from Banbury, said, “I am the most worried about environmental policies. They are at risk of eliminating all the creatures on earth.”

In the last few decades, this corner of Oxfordshire has been transformed into a famous magnet, a designer Delis, Gastropubs, SPA and private clubs.

Jeremy Clarkson’s Dostdly Squat Farm Shop and Pub draw fans of TV shows and the conservative views (although he calls Vance “A god-botherer with a beard” Earlier this year, in a times column). On Tuesday, the former ball Gear server shared an image that emphasizes that the farm in Instagram is in an out -of -flight area.

The 65 -year -old Clarkson Farm wrote a reference to the fifth series of the Fifth series: “The disadvantage is no drone shots today. There are no annoying light planes.”

Clarkson later shared the video of a peaceful cotswolds scene and wrote: “Absolute chaos caused by Vance. How do we succeed?”

For the benefit of the political balance, Vance’s Vice President Kamala Harris, It was seen in Charlbury’s barTaurus, last month.

The housing prices here rose, making it difficult for local youth to find a place to live. A modern three -bedroom house in Charbury will bring you back the best part of £ 500,000. As in rural areas in the UK, services such as health and transportation are stretched.

Vance will probably not see the problems. Johnny Hornby, a friend of Cameron’s friend, is believed to remain in a 18th century mansion owned by his wife Pippa, London art boss and collector Pippa.

Survival International Communication Director Jonathan Mazower, a charity working with indigenous peoples, did not join the “party ,, but was angry that Vance was invited.

Mazower, who lives near the expanding excavations where Vance remained, said, “There is a great deterioration – all roads and paths have been closed, all cars are searched, visitors are not allowed. There are police and US secret service agencies everywhere,” he said.

“But it is more important.

“The existence of great police and secret service makes a normal protest impossible, so we had to resort to putting panels around the village.”

Andy Graham, the leader of the West Oxfordshire Regional Council, compared the scenes with Will Smith Film Men in Black. “Black suit, sunglasses, everything, you really felt that someone dressed too much was really above the hill,” he said. “We understand that people need security, but I think they are not hidden in this matter.”