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Aimed at the Wrong People?

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Jalima1108 Mon 26-Jun-17 16:27:31

Was Jeremy Corbyn's speech at Glastonbury aimed at the wrong people?

The well-heeled and privileged people who paid £238 each for their tickets, teepees or glamping extra, running into the thousands of £, cheering him on and lauding him are not the disaffected living in poverty whom he champions. Do they not see the irony in this as they go back to their middle-class comfortable lives, recycling their rubbish and urging us to 'look after the planet'.

This is from last year but I am sure it is just the same this year. Brand-new tents left behind, mounds of rubbish to be cleared up by others - who cares who clears it as long as they don't have to soil their own hands. Someone will do it - probably on a wage less than a quarter of what most of them will earn.

'Takers of the system' as the commentary says:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=y70LCoK-XMA

And the fence - the fence!! Perhaps Donald Trump could take a lesson on how to build a huge fence to keep out the hoi-polloi, the less than desirable who cannot afford a ticket.

Who said that Glastonbury is 'The Most Bourgeois Festival on the Planet'? Was it someone from Iron Maiden? Can't remember now but I do remember someone mentioning it.

Oh, the irony.
Obviously Jeremy Corbyn didn't understand that, nor did the crowds he was addressing.

rosesarered Tue 27-Jun-17 08:04:25

There will have been much spluttering with rage over the GE as Corbyn lost it,
A fact that a lot of posters seem to conveniently forget.

NannyMcPhU Tue 27-Jun-17 08:00:29

Not a tea drinker rosesarered but at this moment I'm very content that Labour are in the ascendancy. I'll be happy to splutter into a nice single malt though if the Tories are re-elected in the next GE, about in 2019 by my reckoning, at the latest.

smile

whitewave Tue 27-Jun-17 07:59:40

I don't think that nanny is spluttering with rage, but like me has a wide grin of optimism and hope for a better future and relief from this evil government

rosesarered Tue 27-Jun-17 07:55:50

nannyMcPhu.........perhaps Luckyand others enjoy the thought of you spluttering into your tea with rage right this moment.wink

whitewave Tue 27-Jun-17 07:34:57

nanny with friends like the DUP i suspect thats yet another bridge the Tories have burnt.

Corbyn has just moved a further step towards No 10

nightowl Tue 27-Jun-17 07:34:19

So far it seems that the digs at Corbyn include the fact that he appeals only to:

The young who are blinded by his Messiah like qualities and who want the world on a stick

Stupid old women who want to throw their bloomers at him

Rich socialites confused

The poor because they think he will give them everything they need

(But not those racist poor who support UKIP)

Oh and of course momentum who are pulling his strings. No one on here actually seems to have any direct knowledge of momentum but they fear it anyway.

Just listen to yourselves, 'sour grapes' springs to mind.

NannyMcPhU Tue 27-Jun-17 07:29:39

I can't wait for Corbyn to be in No.10 if only to see the likes of Luckylegs9 spluttering into her tea with rage grin

suzied Tue 27-Jun-17 07:09:35

So you have to be poor to want a more equal society?

whitewave Tue 27-Jun-17 07:02:11

So following that logic, the only people entitled to speak at Glastonbury are rich Tories?

This is all nonsense and even more hot air
A lot if loud protesting going on rather on the lines of the Fail

Luckylegs9 Tue 27-Jun-17 05:47:58

Your post was spot on Jalima, factual and to the point. I think people should spend their money as they want, if they can afford the festival, good. It is the utter hypocrisy of Corbyn and his rich socialite followers that is hard to take, they wouldn't know hardship if it bit them on the you know where.. The young don't appear to see the irony of what he does.

suzied Tue 27-Jun-17 05:21:26

Please don't rant at festival goers for being wealthy, lazy, dirty, too left wing etc. I'm sure some of them are/ some not. Lots of people love festivals, race meetings, concerts each to their own. No, people shouldn't drop litter and should take it home but as long as there are bins/ clean up provisions in place at such events then all well and good. One of the good things about this country is that we allow people to enjoy themselves at a variety of organised events. Festivals, concerts, sporting, theatre etc Some are expensive, some less so . Lots of people I know save up like mad for Glastonbury as they love it so much. Good for them.

Anniebach Mon 26-Jun-17 23:00:32

So you know of four tickets were given as gifts, Paddyann, think there were more than four there

rosesarered Mon 26-Jun-17 22:29:27

Why do you always shout in your posts paddy ? Are you always angry?

paddyann Mon 26-Jun-17 22:26:45

lots of young folk buy their tents from Asda etc at £5 ,all the tents left behind are sent to charities for use in refugee situations or they were at T in the park ,so I dont think Glastobury is any different .TICKETS WERE SAVED FOR OR GIVEN AS GIFTS ,I PERSONALLY KNOW 4 YOUNG FOLK WHO GOT THEM AS CHRISTMAS PRESENTS YOU really need to give up on this rubbish you know ,,you all sound( well most of you) like the most miserable grumpy old farts ,thank god ..if there is one I'm nothing like you.Shame you've all forgotten how it is to be young ,happy and enjoying life ....

rosesarered Mon 26-Jun-17 21:46:18

Litter is a big problem of our age.....don't get me started on the chewing gum you find ground into pavements.angry

Washerwoman Mon 26-Jun-17 21:39:39

Me too Phoenix.Litter,fly tipping ,waste is my absolute major bug bear.I simply don't get it.Ever.Never will and justifying as a means to get into a festival and earn some money.Sorry don't get that one either.All my DCs have been to festivals,admittedly not Glastonbury but several other big ones.They all came back with mud caked gear and sleeping bags that all washed and we're fit for purpose again.Tents were cleaned,and if in too bad a state disposed off in our rubbish.Don't care what taste in music ,or political persuasion,deal with your own rubbish wether at a festival,or just generally.But then I have been known to tackle the lads that seem able to carry full bags of food and beer to a local beauty spot,and yet can't carry them away when emptied. Politely.

varian Mon 26-Jun-17 20:48:17

The festival organisers pay £750,000 to clear the site and restore the farmland. The price is included in the ticket price. Much is given to charities, including tents and wellies. Even so, it would be better if they all removed their own rubbish.

Baggs Mon 26-Jun-17 20:30:30

What I don't get, never have and never will, is why people leave trash behind them AT ALL, EVER. Have they no self-respect?

phoenix Mon 26-Jun-17 20:24:51

No opinion on Glastonbury, but admit to being pretty anal concerned about recycling and litter.

I'm fortunate to live in a lovely rural area, but often see litter left, sometimes just the odd wrapper, sometimes whole bags left in lay bys.

Also firm supporter of Freecycle, even though some of the items offered are a bit confused

suzied Mon 26-Jun-17 20:07:31

You should have seen the litter at Royal Ascot

Ana Mon 26-Jun-17 20:05:10

That post was actually addressed to you, Durhamjen*.

durhamjen Mon 26-Jun-17 20:01:49

'What seems strange is that you are completely ignoring the matter of debris left behind by the entitled types that attended the festival.

And you so keen on supporting the poor and deprived...'

I think you'll find trisher was just responding to Ana.

kittylester Mon 26-Jun-17 19:58:17

Not true! My kids, who aren't 'poor' litter picked at festivals (Download is just down the road) to see the bands and earn cash. The jobs aren't reseved for 'poor kids' - very emotive trisher!!

whitewave Mon 26-Jun-17 19:56:55

And not just champagne bottles - double tut!

suzied Mon 26-Jun-17 19:53:13

I've never been to Glastonbury but I have been to Glyndebourne and seen quite a few wealthy types leaving the empty champagne bottles around tut tut