Jeremy Corbyn has been booked for Glastonbury

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been asked to speak at this year's Glastonbury festival on behalf of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. 

Political singer-songwriter Billy Bragg who invited Corbyn said via the Glastonbury website: "The election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader has galvanised a new generation of activists and this year at Left Field and we aim to give them a platform to discuss issues around social justice, the economy, gender and the possibilities for genuine change under a Corbyn government."

Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis said in regards to the booking: “The worker’s beer company and myself started the Left Field tent, following our tradition of campaigning for CND and helping the miners who were totally destroyed by Maggie [Thatcher] in the ‘80s.”

Last year’s festival saw the Dalai Lama address thousands of attendees, supporting the pope’s message on climate change and current affairs. 

The line up for Glastonbury 2016 was announced last week, including LCD Soundsystem, Foals and Beck who join headliners Muse, Coldplay and Adele.

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