Protesters are descending on the Cotswolds today for a 'JD Vance not welcome party' - as the countryside swarms with secret service agents and Scotland braces for its own potential visit.
Members of the Stop Trump Coalition have vowed to make a racket to show their opposition to the US Vice President's 'politics of hate', but will struggle to get anywhere near the hamlet where he is staying amid a massive security operation.
Mr Vance and his family are renting an 18th-century manor house in the tiny settlement of Dean, where residents have been left disgruntled by road closures and checkpoints manned by police with sniffer dogs.
Every time the politician leaves he is joined by a vast motorcade, which yesterday made a stop at Daylesford Organic farm shop, where he was shown around by Tory 'super-donor' and billionaire businessman Lord Bamford.
Mr Vance is considering following up his Cotswold holiday with a visit to Ayrshire later this week, prompting Police Scotland to ready a 'significant policing operation' involving as many as 1,000 officers.
