U.S. Vice President JD Vance touched down in Britain on Friday for his summer holiday, and kicked off proceedings by warning Western nations against going down a “dark path” of censorship.

Asked about the state of free speech in the United Kingdom as he sat beside British foreign minister David Lammy, Vice President JD Vance made his criticism implicit but softened the blow by stating that what Europe is doing to itself is only as bad as what the U.S. experienced under former President Joe Biden.

In the brief sit-down with journalists at Chevening, the palatial official country residence of the foreign minister, Vance stood by his views but said he was capable of being critical of the U.S. as well as of allies. He said: “I’ve raised concerns about free speech in the United States of Am

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