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"There was cake and music. The weather was perfect. At first glance, it could
have been a joyful community gathering in a sun-dappled Cotswolds village park,
but the placards gave the game away.
These pulled no punches, criticising the policies and stances championed by the
US vice-president, JD Vance, who is enjoying a country break down the road.
About 100 people, mostly women, turned up for the “not welcome” party organised
by the Stop Trump Coalition on the park opposite the Co-op in Charlbury,
north-west Oxfordshire.
“He’s simply not welcome here,” said Sue Moon, a therapist from nearby Chipping
Norton, who was carrying a placard reading: “Cotswold childless cat ladies say
go home” – a reference to Vance’s typically blunt put-down of Democrats.
Moon – who has children and no cats – said the Cotswolds was earning a
reputation as a bolt-hole for the rich and powerful; the former prime minister
David Cameron lives nearby. “That’s not what we’re about. We don’t want
anything to do with people like him,” she said, referring to Vance.
Natasha Phillips, who had travelled 70 miles from Bath to attend the event
billed as a “Dance against Vance”, bore a placard saying: “JD Vance – the guy
who bullied a war hero from the comfort of his couch.”
“The way he treated Volodymyr Zelenskyy was disgusting,” she said. “The
Ukrainian people are heroes. British people admire the way they are standing up
to [Vladimir] Putin. I wanted to come here to show that.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
