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Vice President Vance Praises Britain but Says It Has Been Failed by Leadership
JD Vance expressed affection for Britain while criticizing its recent political instability during a July 4 interview with The Times. He also linked mass migration to a murder case and voiced hopes for working with the next prime minister.
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Vice President JD Vance said Britain has been failed by its leadership for a long time during a July 4 interview with The Times. He described the country as culturally familiar and praised its people and beauty while pointing to six prime ministers in recent years as evidence of broken politics. "What I see is six prime ministers in the last few years," Vance stated.
He noted his special affection for Britain, calling it more culturally familiar than any country aside from the United States, and recalled climbing the 700-year-old walls of Caernarfon Castle. GB News reported that Vance has made multiple interventions in British politics during his one-and-a-half years as vice president.
" David Lammy, the justice secretary, disputed the migration link in a phone call with Vance and said murder rates in the United Kingdom are falling.
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