Pop stars and film makers rally behind Corbyn’s ‘last stand’

&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>Pop stars and actors have rallied behind Jeremy Corbyn’s bid for Number 10&comma; calling him the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;last stand” for England&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads1--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At an event in east London to unveil Labour’s arts manifesto&comma; stars heaped praise on the plans to revitalise the arts following almost a decade of Tory-led governments and budget cuts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Singer and hip-hop performer MIA said&comma; should Mr Corbyn fail in his endeavour to become prime minister&comma; that it would be &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;very hard” to find another candidate who was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;not corrupted” to replace him as leader of the opposition&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking at the Theatre Royal Stratford East today&comma; the Paper Planes singer said she was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;grateful that someone like Jeremy Corbyn is running”&comma; describing him as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the last stand that England has got”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;144934" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-144934" style&equals;"width&colon; 600px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-144934" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;11&sol;4589DCA1-B8A9-43FF-BF22-AEFA1ED8410B&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"399" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-144934" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">MIA on stage at the Theatre Royal Stratford East<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Discussing the possibility of Mr Corbyn standing down if Labour loses next month’s election&comma; the rapper added&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;To get someone with such a track record is going to be impossible&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s going to be very hard to find people who are not corrupted in some sort of way&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Filmmaker Ken Loach&comma; who directed the Bafta-winning film I&comma; Daniel Blake&comma; said the left-wing party’s plan for the arts was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;transformative&commat;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>We fight not only for those who live on a zero hours contract&comma; but those who are ashamed to live in a country with food banks<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads2--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said Labour was offering a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;way into a world that will be new and exciting”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a rallying call to supporters&comma; Mr Loach said Labour faced the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;fight of our lives” against the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;public school bluster” of the Tories during the remaining two-and-a-half weeks of the campaign&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He added&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We fight… for those who don’t want to live in an unequal society&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Not only for those who live on a zero hours contract&comma; but those who are ashamed to live in a country with food banks&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Addressing the crowd&comma; Mr Corbyn said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I love the arts&comma; I love theatre&comma; I love art&comma; music&comma; I love the inspiration that it brings to all our lives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;144935" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-144935" style&equals;"width&colon; 600px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-144935" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;11&sol;FF2D42CA-2BCD-47DF-AEFF-B73DFA411023&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"400" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-144935" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn announces the party’s plans for an &OpenCurlyQuote;arts manifesto’<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Arts&comma; music and culture are not separate from science&comma; engineering and ideas&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You need that inspiration in whatever you do&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our arts policy is to create a £1 billion arts fund&comma; and that will ensure that the libraries&comma; theatres&comma; and the local arts facilities are improved and remain available for all&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Referring to Boris Johnson’s decision to reveal his Conservative manifesto pledges in Telford&comma; near to where Mr Corbyn grew up&comma; the Islington North MP joked&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Are they trying to insult me or something&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Telford will rise again&comma; they’ll get over it&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads3--><&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed3944c40e9">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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