The statement by U.S. Vice President JD Vance was very poorly received in the United Kingdom. In a recent interview, Vance criticized the British and French initiative to send soldiers as part of a peacekeeping force in Ukraine to prevent another attack from Putin. He stated that "...there’s no point in sending soldiers from random countries that haven’t fought in 30 or 40 years...," dismissing the hundreds of British soldiers killed and the thousands wounded in the many wars they have fought alongside the U.S. over the past 35 years.

Today's Daily Express front page reads: "Clown Vance' slanders 636 war heroes."