JD Vance meets Robert Jenrick and Chris Philp in Cotswolds
US Vice-President JD Vance has met Conservative shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick and shadow house secretary Chris Philp on the home the place he’s staying throughout his vacation within the UK.
The BBC has been informed Vance’s staff invited Jenrick and Philp to a personal assembly with the vice-president within the Cotswolds on Tuesday.
Vance and his household are visiting the realm in south-west England for his or her summer season break free from Washington DC.
The BBC has approached a Vance spokesperson for remark.
Vance arrived within the UK final week and met David Lammy for talks about Gaza and different worldwide affairs on the overseas secretary’s official residence, Chevening Home, in Kent on Friday.
The vice-president isn’t because of meet Conservative chief Kemi Badenoch, who was talking to enterprise house owners within the Isle of Wight on Tuesday.
A Conservative spokesman mentioned aides for Badenoch and Vance had been discussing a gathering however “simply could not make it work with schedules”.
Badenoch met Vance final yr when she was in Washington DC and had dinner with the vice-president.
Philp and Jenrick, who was defeated by Badenoch within the Tory management contest final yr, met Vance for the primary time within the Cotswolds.
Jenrick and Vance have taken comparable positions on a variety of coverage points, from immigration to free speech.
The vice-president has additionally met Thomas Skinner, a pillow salesman who appeared on collection 15 of The Apprentice.
In a submit on X, Skinner posted an image of himself with Vance with the message: “Here’s a pic of me and vice-president Vance in the direction of the top of the evening after just a few beers.
“I am overdressed in my go well with however when the VP invitations you to a BBQ, you do not danger turning up in shorts and flip-flops.
“Cracking evening within the lovely English countryside with JD, his family and friends.”
Conservative MP Danny Kruger additionally attended the occasion.
Final month, when requested by LBC if he can be assembly the vice-president, Reform UK chief Nigel Farage replied: “We’ll need to see.”
Vance’s journey has included a number of official engagements, conferences and visits to cultural websites.
On Friday, he and Lammy went fishing for carp within the lake at Chevening, earlier than taking questions from the media within the drawing room of the stately house.
Vance joked that the particular relationship had been put “beneath pressure” when his kids, in contrast to the overseas secretary, managed to get a catch.
Over the weekend, Vance and his household loved a guided tour of Hampton Courtroom Palace, the previous house of Henry VIII.
Residents within the hamlet of Dean in Oxfordshire have confronted disruption, with police closing roads for the vice-president’s go to.
The village and a manor home within the space have been beneath heavy safety since Vance’s arrival on Sunday night.
The vice-president has been pictured at a farm store, close to Chipping Norton, near the house of the previous UK Prime Minister Lord David Cameron.
Vance’s journey comes earlier than US President Donald Trump, who travelled to Scotland for a personal go to in July, is scheduled to make a historic second state go to to the UK subsequent month.
