Glastonbury festival gets a new act – Jeremy Corbyn

Jeremy Corbyn is set to follow in the footsteps of Jay-Z and UB40 by appearing at the Glastonbury Festival.

The Labour leader will be speaking at the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament event at the annual music festival in Somerset.

Corbyn will appear alongside other left-wing grandee Billy Bragg on the Left Field stage.

Bragg told The Mirror: “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.”

It is not unusual for political figures to appear at Glastonbury while the Dalai Lama appeared last year to speak about the Middle East.

The festival runs from June 22 to 26, overlapping with the EU referendum on June 23.

Corbyn is a long-standing critic of Trident, the UK’s at-sea nuclear deterrent. He appeared the the national CND rally in February to speak for scrapping the policy.

A parliamentary vote on whether to replace the weapons system will be held later this year. There is speculation the Conservatives have delayed the vote in order to draw out Labour’s internal divisions on the issue.

Labour shadow Defence Secretary Emily Thornberry is chairing the party’s defence review which will review the party’s policies on Trident, as well as other areas of defence policy.