US Vice President JD Vance is spending a working holiday in Britain that combines family time in the Cotswolds with a round of political meetings arranged in part by former UK chancellor George Osborne. The trip comes ahead of a White House-led summit on Ukraine later this week. Vance has already met former immigration minister Robert Jenrick and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage at his rented retreat near Chipping Norton, discussing Ukraine and broader trans-Atlantic policy issues, according to people familiar with the talks. The visit triggered an unexpected legal wrinkle after UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy disclosed that he lacked the mandatory rod licence when he and Vance went carp-fishing at Chevening House. Lammy has written to the Environment Agency, purchased the required permit and could face a fine of up to £2,500; officials have not said whether Vance held a licence. On Wednesday the vice president travelled to RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, where he told US airmen that their presence "makes it possible for us to negotiate from a position of strength" ahead of President Donald Trump’s planned talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Vance’s presence has irritated some local residents. Dozens of protesters in Charlbury waved satirical placards, a van projecting an unflattering meme toured nearby streets, and one village pub reportedly declined to serve him. Security roadblocks around the hamlet of Dean have added to tensions in the normally quiet corner of rural England.