Woodstock: Blenheim Palace European summit gets mixed welcome

Peter Henley

Political editor, BBC South

Blenheim Palace is an impressive setting for the arrivals they’ve flown into Oxford Airport and an hour this morning was taken up with the brand new prime minister Sir Keir Starmer greeting every international politician as they arrived.

That is fairly a take a look at for the brand new authorities, not simply placing the best tone and attempting to get progress on massively difficult points like immigration and the conflict in Ukraine, however that is the primary time this enormous assembly has been hosted by the UK.

President Macron of France described it as a possibility for a reset in our relationship with Europe.

Journalists used to attending these gatherings say that is mega – closest solely to the United Nations and the preparations have been massively complicated.