Article 6VNZC UK MPs condemn ‘deeply disrespectful’ JD Vance comments

UK MPs condemn ‘deeply disrespectful’ JD Vance comments

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Peter Walker and Pippa Crerar
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US vice-president's comments on proposed Anglo-French deployment to Ukraine prompt outrage

The shadow defence secretary and other MPs have reacted with fury after JD Vance appeared to describe a proposed Anglo-French peace deployment to Ukraine as 20,000 troops from some random country that has not fought a war in 30 or 40 years".

It comes after Downing Street said Keir Starmer had spoken to Donald Trump on Monday night, part of continued UK efforts to try to patch up a faltering peace plan for Ukraine.

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