Fawning Glastonbury crowd laps up Corbyn's rabble-rousing speech - ‘Elite got it WRONG'
JEREMY Corbyn has received a hero's welcome by a huge and fawning crowd on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury.
Audience ROAR for Jeremy Corbyn’s speech at Glastonbury
There have been chants of “oh Jeremy Corbyn” all morning at the Worthy Farm festival and he took to the Pyramid Stage to introduce Run The Jewels at 4:15pm.
Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis said: “We’re Corbyn fans, that’s the thing.
“He’s got something new and precious, and people are excited about it.”
Jeremy Corbyn has arrived in Glastonbury
Just arrived at #Glastonbury. Met with staff who help make this brilliant festival happen. Looking forward to speaking on Pyramid Stage @ 4 pic.twitter.com/z3xgnlwxM6
— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) June 24, 2017
He tweeted at 3:30pm: “At the Solstice Bar at Glastonbury. Looking forward to my 4pm speech at the Pyramid Stage.”
He started his Pyramid Stage speech by thanking festival founder, Michael Eavis, for bringing the the ‘spirit of love’ to the festival.
He said: “There is a message on that wall to President Donald Trump and it says build bridges and not walls.
“Politics is about everyday life and it is about all of us, what we want, what we dream.
“The elite got it wrong, politics is about the lives of all of us.”
Corbyn has enjoyed meeting Glastonbury festival-goers
Corbyn thanked the festival-goers for voting in the recent general election.
He said: “That politics that got out of the box is not going back in the box.
"Is it right so many people live in such poverty in a society surrounded by such riches?
“Festivals are about coming together and about environment and peace.
“Peace is possible and must be achieved.
Jeremy Corbyn gives a passionate speech at Glastonbury
“Refugees and human beings are like all of us today, let’s support them in their hour of need.”
He added: “I want all of our children to write poetry, to paint and to achieve what they want and this festival is inspiring for so many young musicians.
"I am proud to be here for the environmental causes that go with it, we can not go on destroying this planet.
“There is only one planet.
Corbyn enjoyed meeting fans at the festival
“Not even Donald Trump believes there is a planet somewhere else.”
He spoke about how racism is wrong and “divides society in any form”.
He said: “I want to see a world where there is real opportunity for everyone in our society, we need to share the wealth and not live in a society where the rich get richer.
“Surely we can do things differently and better.”
Festival-revellers are excited to see Jeremy Corbyn at Glastonbury
Mr Corbyn finished his appearance by quoting a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley:
“Rise like lions after slumber
In unvanquishable number,
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you –
Ye are many - they are few.”
Fans and critics alike have taken to Twitter to voice their opinions on Jeremy Corbyn’s showdown.
Some people were frustrated that the popular festival had been politicised by Corbyn's appearance.
One person said: “So now they have managed to politicise Glastonbury.”
Is there anything less edifying than fifty-something pot-bellied politicians strolling around at a music festival? #PeterPanGeneration
— Paul Embery (@PaulEmbery) June 24, 2017
@jeremycorbyn being the most anticipated 'act' at #Glastonbury and getting the reception he did has made my day ������#somuchlove
— Kai Young (@kai_m_young) June 24, 2017
Nathan Dart tweeted: “It is not disappointed it is absolutely disgusting. I will never go to Glastonbury now. They are Communist t**ts.”
Terry Pampling tweeted: “Is there anything Corbyn won’t do to pick up votes.”
However, others took to the Labour leader’s defence.
Jack Wilson tweeted: “At Glastonbury you get the feeling things can be different in the world. Corbyn is the politician that embodies that spirit for me.”
Scott Burnett tweeted: “There are rare moments when a single individual voices the aspirations of a nation. #Corbyn's #Glastonbury speech is one of those moments!”
The festival will have its final day tomorrow.