‘Build bridges not walls’ – Jeremy Corbyn draws biggest crowd at Glastonbury

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Jeremy Corbyn has been greeted by crowds of revellers chanting his name at Glastonbury Festival&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Mr Corbyn appeared at the Pyramid Stage where he pledged his support to refugees&comma; young people and the environment and took a swipe at US president Donald Trump&period; He vowed to cheering crowds that his politics would be &&num;8220&semi;put back in a box&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Corbyn said&colon; &&num;8220&semi;Look&comma; on the wall that surrounds this festival and there is a message on that wall for president Donald Trump&&num;8230&semi; build bridges&comma; not walls&period; &&num;8220&semi;What was fascinating about the last seven weeks of election campaigning around Britain is that the commentariat got it wrong&comma; the elites got it wrong&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Politics is about the lives of all of us and the wonderful campaign that I was proud to lead brought a lot of people back into politics because they believed there was something on offer for them&period; &&num;8220&semi;What was even more inspiring was the number of young people who got involved for the very first time because they were fed up with being told they don&&num;8217&semi;t matter and that their generation was going to pay more to get less in education&comma; housing&comma; health&comma; pensions and everything else&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Well&comma; it didn&&num;8217&semi;t quite work out like that and that politics that got out of the box&comma; is not going back in any box because we are there demanding an achievement of something very different in our society&period;&&num;8221&semi; The Labour leader arrived at the 900-acre musical extravaganza in Pilton&comma; Somerset and met festival staff as well as organiser Michael Eavis&comma; 81&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He was driven to the Greenpeace area of the site&comma; where he posed for pictures in the Greenpeace Cafe and was met by cheering crowds&period; Festival-goers surrounded his Land Rover Discovery and chanted &&num;8220&semi;Oh&comma; Jeremy Corbyn&&num;8221&semi; to the tune of the White Stripes&&num;8217&semi; Seven Nation Army as Mr Corbyn left the area&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Corbyn tweeted a picture of himself with festival staff&comma; adding&colon; &&num;8220&semi;Just arrived at &num;Glastonbury&period; Met with staff who help make this brilliant festival happen&period; Looking forward to speaking on Pyramid Stage &commat; 4&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;IMG&lowbar;2360&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;IMG&lowbar;2360-961x1024&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"682" class&equals;"aligncenter size-large wp-image-114063" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Chants of &&num;8220&semi;Corbyn&comma; 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