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Sydney Morning Herald
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Rural revolt: Jeremy Clarkson leads a very British backlash against JD Vance
'My wheat got wet in the trailer last night as the convo (sic) stopped me in the rain in chippy,' he wrote on Instagram, adding: 'I could have easily got it in the shed without getting in the way.' Cooper questioned why the vice president did not drive around in a nondescript small car, saying: 'Nobody would know who he was.' Other Cotswold residents have claimed to have been 'sealed off' by the guarded checkpoints of the vice president's holiday hamlet. 'JD Vance has taken over my village – send help,' Jonathan Mazower told The London Telegraph. 'We've been completely sealed off from the outside world.' Mazower and his family live in Dean, which is temporarily adrift during the vice president's visit. Vance, who is travelling with his wife, Usha, and children Ewan, eight, Vivek, five, and Mirabel, three, met Robert Jenrick, the Tory shadow justice secretary, at his Cotswold retreat. The Vance family is expected to round off their British summer tour with a visit to Scotland this week. Police have been seen scouring the grounds of the Carnell Estates in East Ayrshire, while a police car was parked across the entrance to the mansion on Tuesday. Carnell, which is owned by Michael Findlay and has been in family hands since the 1300s, was rented by Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt in 2011 while the latter filmed World War Z in Glasgow. The 10-bedroom country house is set within 2000 acres, which offers shooting, fishing and tennis, while golf is also close by. Vance is expected to fly into Prestwick Airport, which is a 15-minute drive away from Carnell, in the coming days. Airspace restrictions have already been put in place around the Carnell Estate, preventing unauthorised aircraft and drones from flying over the site without official permission until midnight on Sunday, according to air traffic control provider NATS. Loading Mazower said the vice president's arrival in the Cotswolds had made 'a lot of people very angry,' both for the circus and baggage it has brought. 'It's the inconvenience but also, who it is in aid of,' the 59-year-old said, adding: 'This area is well-used to having politicians and celebrities around – people are generally very live and let live – but the fact this huge upheaval is for an appalling politician has got people very angry.' Mazower took issue with the way in which Vance sought to 'humiliate' Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, in the Oval Office and the vice-president 'lecturing to Europe on freedom of speech while deporting any foreign student who stands up for Gaza'. He voiced concern that the vice president was 'demolishing the foundations of liberal democracy as he and Trump drive the US along the path to fascism'. Dozens of police officers have been stationed on roadblocks at either end of the only lane in and out of the hamlet, where cars are searched with sniffer dogs and IDs are checked. A large antenna has been erected behind the manor house, and a no-fly zone has been put in place around the area. Vance travelled to the property in a 19-vehicle motorcade accompanied by a helicopter. Mazower, who is the communications director for the charity Survival International, said the lockdown had made meaningful protest nigh-on impossible. 'Those of us who feel obliged to make some kind of protest, however token, have stuck posters in our gardens, in the probably vain hope he sees them as he speeds past,' he said. 'Dance against Vance' The Stop Trump Coalition (STC) organised a peaceful protest against Vance's visit on Tuesday afternoon in Charlbury. Nearly 100 people held aloft homemade signs as they gathered in the dappled light on the common. Balloons and cake were dolled out for what was described as a Vance Not Welcome Party, while organisers from STC led chants over a megaphone. 'From Ukraine to Palestine, occupation is a crime,' the townsfolk bellowed, before a call and response of 'JD Vance, Shame on You'. Juliette Crisp, from Charlbury, penned a sign which read: 'Not too posh to protest.' 'I am fed up with the idea that Charlbury is posh,' the 63-year-old said, explaining that there were deprived areas which are too often lost in the conversation around the Cotswolds being the Hamptons of the UK. She added: 'It is all well and good to say he is on holiday, but if you are the vice president, you carry your baggage with you, and you have to be held accountable.' 'UK is not a playground' Jake Atkinson, from STC, said just three organisers had come up from London, and the rest of the participants were locals. 'We are thrilled to be here supporting residents,' he said, adding: 'Governments need to be acting in the interests of the people, not the billionaires. Loading 'The UK is not a playground for Trump to come golfing or Vance to come on a holiday and have meetings.' The banners took aim at Vance's encounter with Zelensky, climate change and Palestine. 'JD Vance – the guy who bullied a war hero from the comfort of his couch,' one sign read. The dance against Vance came after Dolly Mavies, a folk-rock singer-songwriter, and her band backed out of a gig after realising they were about to entertain Vance. The singer, whose real name is Molly Davies, claimed they hadn't been made aware that the vice president would be in attendance. 'Not being fans of his, we decided that wasn't for us, packed up our stuff and left,' she later said in a video on Instagram, adding: 'Morals are more important than money.' A campaign group called Everyone Hates Elon has also organised for a van with an electronic billboard depicting an unflattering meme of Mr Vance to be driven around the Cotswolds. The group, which was previously responsible for driving a billboard of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein around Scotland for the president's visit, raised more than £4,500 for the stunt. Mazower said Vance's decision to visit Dean hadn't come as a total surprise as 'this corner of the Cotswolds has changed beyond recognition'. He charted the transformation back to the arrival of Daylesford Organic, Lady Bamford's retail empire. He said the advent of members-only Soho Farmhouse and Estelle Manor, where Steve Jobs's daughter had her wedding party last month, had heralded a resurgent 'Chipping Norton set'. The Bull in Charlbury, an outpost of Notting Hill's The Pelican, and Jeremy Clarkson's Diddly Squat farm shop have also become incredibly popular. Loading But Mazower insisted that behind the Hollywood fairytale lies deep hardship and desperation, which is too often overlooked. 'House prices have soared, and for many local people the idea of getting a foot on the housing ladder is an unobtainable fantasy,' he said, adding: 'The local schools and health services are desperately underfunded. 'The few remaining family farms in the area will be forced to sell up once the government's changes to inheritance tax become law. 'There is real hardship and deprivation behind the media stories of the area whose latest description, apparently, is the 'Hamptons of England'.' Vance is staying in a Cotswold manor house set in six acres of garden dating back to around 1702. It was bought by Johnny and Pippa Hornby in 2017, who later submitted planning proposals for a basement gym, second cellar and an orangery. The owner of the manor accommodating Vance has apologised to neighbours for bringing the 'circus' to town. In a message seen by The Telegraph, they told neighbours they were 'so sorry for the circus that is there for the next few days'.
The Age
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Age
Rural revolt: Jeremy Clarkson leads a very British backlash against JD Vance
'My wheat got wet in the trailer last night as the convo (sic) stopped me in the rain in chippy,' he wrote on Instagram, adding: 'I could have easily got it in the shed without getting in the way.' Cooper questioned why the vice president did not drive around in a nondescript small car, saying: 'Nobody would know who he was.' Other Cotswold residents have claimed to have been 'sealed off' by the guarded checkpoints of the vice president's holiday hamlet. 'JD Vance has taken over my village – send help,' Jonathan Mazower told The London Telegraph. 'We've been completely sealed off from the outside world.' Mazower and his family live in Dean, which is temporarily adrift during the vice president's visit. Vance, who is travelling with his wife, Usha, and children Ewan, eight, Vivek, five, and Mirabel, three, met Robert Jenrick, the Tory shadow justice secretary, at his Cotswold retreat. The Vance family is expected to round off their British summer tour with a visit to Scotland this week. Police have been seen scouring the grounds of the Carnell Estates in East Ayrshire, while a police car was parked across the entrance to the mansion on Tuesday. Carnell, which is owned by Michael Findlay and has been in family hands since the 1300s, was rented by Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt in 2011 while the latter filmed World War Z in Glasgow. The 10-bedroom country house is set within 2000 acres, which offers shooting, fishing and tennis, while golf is also close by. Vance is expected to fly into Prestwick Airport, which is a 15-minute drive away from Carnell, in the coming days. Airspace restrictions have already been put in place around the Carnell Estate, preventing unauthorised aircraft and drones from flying over the site without official permission until midnight on Sunday, according to air traffic control provider NATS. Loading Mazower said the vice president's arrival in the Cotswolds had made 'a lot of people very angry,' both for the circus and baggage it has brought. 'It's the inconvenience but also, who it is in aid of,' the 59-year-old said, adding: 'This area is well-used to having politicians and celebrities around – people are generally very live and let live – but the fact this huge upheaval is for an appalling politician has got people very angry.' Mazower took issue with the way in which Vance sought to 'humiliate' Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, in the Oval Office and the vice-president 'lecturing to Europe on freedom of speech while deporting any foreign student who stands up for Gaza'. He voiced concern that the vice president was 'demolishing the foundations of liberal democracy as he and Trump drive the US along the path to fascism'. Dozens of police officers have been stationed on roadblocks at either end of the only lane in and out of the hamlet, where cars are searched with sniffer dogs and IDs are checked. A large antenna has been erected behind the manor house, and a no-fly zone has been put in place around the area. Vance travelled to the property in a 19-vehicle motorcade accompanied by a helicopter. Mazower, who is the communications director for the charity Survival International, said the lockdown had made meaningful protest nigh-on impossible. 'Those of us who feel obliged to make some kind of protest, however token, have stuck posters in our gardens, in the probably vain hope he sees them as he speeds past,' he said. 'Dance against Vance' The Stop Trump Coalition (STC) organised a peaceful protest against Vance's visit on Tuesday afternoon in Charlbury. Nearly 100 people held aloft homemade signs as they gathered in the dappled light on the common. Balloons and cake were dolled out for what was described as a Vance Not Welcome Party, while organisers from STC led chants over a megaphone. 'From Ukraine to Palestine, occupation is a crime,' the townsfolk bellowed, before a call and response of 'JD Vance, Shame on You'. Juliette Crisp, from Charlbury, penned a sign which read: 'Not too posh to protest.' 'I am fed up with the idea that Charlbury is posh,' the 63-year-old said, explaining that there were deprived areas which are too often lost in the conversation around the Cotswolds being the Hamptons of the UK. She added: 'It is all well and good to say he is on holiday, but if you are the vice president, you carry your baggage with you, and you have to be held accountable.' 'UK is not a playground' Jake Atkinson, from STC, said just three organisers had come up from London, and the rest of the participants were locals. 'We are thrilled to be here supporting residents,' he said, adding: 'Governments need to be acting in the interests of the people, not the billionaires. Loading 'The UK is not a playground for Trump to come golfing or Vance to come on a holiday and have meetings.' The banners took aim at Vance's encounter with Zelensky, climate change and Palestine. 'JD Vance – the guy who bullied a war hero from the comfort of his couch,' one sign read. The dance against Vance came after Dolly Mavies, a folk-rock singer-songwriter, and her band backed out of a gig after realising they were about to entertain Vance. The singer, whose real name is Molly Davies, claimed they hadn't been made aware that the vice president would be in attendance. 'Not being fans of his, we decided that wasn't for us, packed up our stuff and left,' she later said in a video on Instagram, adding: 'Morals are more important than money.' A campaign group called Everyone Hates Elon has also organised for a van with an electronic billboard depicting an unflattering meme of Mr Vance to be driven around the Cotswolds. The group, which was previously responsible for driving a billboard of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein around Scotland for the president's visit, raised more than £4,500 for the stunt. Mazower said Vance's decision to visit Dean hadn't come as a total surprise as 'this corner of the Cotswolds has changed beyond recognition'. He charted the transformation back to the arrival of Daylesford Organic, Lady Bamford's retail empire. He said the advent of members-only Soho Farmhouse and Estelle Manor, where Steve Jobs's daughter had her wedding party last month, had heralded a resurgent 'Chipping Norton set'. The Bull in Charlbury, an outpost of Notting Hill's The Pelican, and Jeremy Clarkson's Diddly Squat farm shop have also become incredibly popular. Loading But Mazower insisted that behind the Hollywood fairytale lies deep hardship and desperation, which is too often overlooked. 'House prices have soared, and for many local people the idea of getting a foot on the housing ladder is an unobtainable fantasy,' he said, adding: 'The local schools and health services are desperately underfunded. 'The few remaining family farms in the area will be forced to sell up once the government's changes to inheritance tax become law. 'There is real hardship and deprivation behind the media stories of the area whose latest description, apparently, is the 'Hamptons of England'.' Vance is staying in a Cotswold manor house set in six acres of garden dating back to around 1702. It was bought by Johnny and Pippa Hornby in 2017, who later submitted planning proposals for a basement gym, second cellar and an orangery. The owner of the manor accommodating Vance has apologised to neighbours for bringing the 'circus' to town. In a message seen by The Telegraph, they told neighbours they were 'so sorry for the circus that is there for the next few days'.
Yahoo
03-04-2025
- Yahoo
Influencers 'new' threat to uncontacted tribes, warns group after US tourist arrest
Social media influencers pose a "new and increasing threat" for uncontacted indigenous people, a charity has warned after the arrest of a US tourist who travelled to a restricted Indian Ocean island. Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, 24, allegedly landed on North Sentinel Island in an apparent attempt to make contact with the isolated Sentinelese tribe, filming his visit and leaving a can of coke and a coconut on the shore. Survival International, a group that advocates for the rights of tribal people, said the alleged act endangered the man's own life and the lives of the tribe, calling it "deeply disturbing". The US said it was aware and "monitoring the situation". Andaman and Nicobar Islands' police chief HGS Dhaliwal told news agency AFP that "an American citizen" had been presented before the local court and was remanded for three days for "further interrogation". AFP, citing Mr Dhaliwal, said Mr Polyakov blew a whistle off the shore of the island in a bid to attract the attention of the tribe for about an hour. He then landed for about five minutes, leaving his offerings, collecting samples and recording a video. The police chief told AFP: "A review of his GoPro camera footage showed his entry and landing into the restricted North Sentinel Island." It is illegal for foreigners or Indians to travel within 5km (three miles) of the islands in order to protect the people living there. According to police, Mr Polyakov has visited the region twice before - including using an inflatable kayak in October last year before he was stopped by hotel staff. On his arrest earlier this week, the man told police he was a "thrill seeker", Indian media reported. Survival International said the Sentinelese have made their wish to avoid outsiders clear over many years and underlined that such visits pose a threat to a community which has no immunity to outside diseases. Jonathan Mazower, spokesperson for Survival International, told the BBC they feared social media was adding to the list of threats for uncontacted tribal people. Several media reports have linked Mr Polyakov to a YouTube account, which features videos of a recent trip to Afghanistan. "As well as all the somewhat more established threats to such peoples - from things like logging and mining in the Amazon where most uncontacted peoples live - there are now an increasing number of... influencers who are trying to do this kind of thing for followers," Mr Mazower said. "There's a growing social media fascination with this whole idea." Survival International describes the Sentinelese as "the most isolated Indigenous people in the world" living on an island around the size of Manhattan. Mr Mazower told the BBC an estimated 200 people belong to the tribe, before adding it was "impossible" to know its true number. Few details are known about the group, other than they are a hunter-gatherer community who live in small settlements and are "extremely healthy", he said. He added that the incident highlighted why government protections for communities such as the Sentinelese are so important. The UN's Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention sets out obligations for governments to protect the rights. India's government has an initiative focusing on tribal welfare, but the country has come under criticism in recent years for failing to protect against evictions. It is not the first time an outsider has attempted to make contact with the Sentinelese. In November 2018, John Allen Chau, also a US national, was killed by the tribe after visiting the same island. Local officials said the 27-year-old was a Christian missionary. Mr Chau was shot with bows and arrows upon landing. Reports at the time suggested he had bribed fisherman to take him to the island.
BBC News
03-04-2025
- BBC News
US tourist arrested after visit to restricted North Sentinel island
Social media influencers pose a "new and increasing threat" for uncontacted indigenous people, a charity has warned after the arrest of a US tourist who travelled to a restricted Indian Ocean Viktorovych Polyakov, 24, allegedly landed on North Sentinel Island in an apparent attempt to make contact with the isolated Sentinelese tribe, filming his visit and leaving a can of coke and a coconut on the International, a group that advocates for the rights of tribal people, said the alleged act endangered the man's own life and the lives of the tribe, calling it "deeply disturbing".The US said it was aware and "monitoring the situation". Andaman and Nicobar Islands' police chief HGS Dhaliwal told news agency AFP that "an American citizen" had been presented before the local court and was remanded for three days for "further interrogation". AFP, citing Mr Dhaliwal, said Mr Polyakov blew a whistle off the shore of the island in a bid to attract the attention of the tribe for about an hour. He then landed for about five minutes, leaving his offerings, collecting samples and recording a police chief told AFP: "A review of his GoPro camera footage showed his entry and landing into the restricted North Sentinel Island."It is illegal for foreigners or Indians to travel within 5km (three miles) of the islands in order to protect the people living to police, Mr Polyakov has visited the region twice before - including using an inflatable kayak in October last year before he was stopped by hotel staff. On his arrest earlier this week, the man told police he was a "thrill seeker", Indian media International said the Sentinelese have made their wish to avoid outsiders clear over many years and underlined that such visits pose a threat to a community which has no immunity to outside Mazower, spokesperson for Survival International, told the BBC they feared social media was adding to the list of threats for uncontacted tribal people. Several media reports have linked Mr Polyakov to a YouTube account, which features videos of a recent trip to Afghanistan. "As well as all the somewhat more established threats to such peoples - from things like logging and mining in the Amazon where most uncontacted peoples live - there are now an increasing number of... influencers who are trying to do this kind of thing for followers," Mr Mazower said."There's a growing social media fascination with this whole idea." Survival International describes the Sentinelese as "the most isolated Indigenous people in the world" living on an island around the size of Manhattan. Mr Mazower told the BBC an estimated 200 people belong to the tribe, before adding it was "impossible" to know its true details are known about the group, other than they are a hunter-gatherer community who live in small settlements and are "extremely healthy", he said. He added that the incident highlighted why government protections for communities such as the Sentinelese are so UN's Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention sets out obligations for governments to protect the rights. India's government has an initiative focusing on tribal welfare, but the country has come under criticism in recent years for failing to protect against evictions. It is not the first time an outsider has attempted to make contact with the Sentinelese. In November 2018, John Allen Chau, also a US national, was killed by the tribe after visiting the same island. Local officials said the 27-year-old was a Christian missionary. Mr Chau was shot with bows and arrows upon landing. Reports at the time suggested he had bribed fisherman to take him to the island.
