There’s a “Labour Live” event going on North London right now. It evidently hasn’t been a huge success:
LABOUR Live – the troubled Glastonbury-style festival where the party was hoping to recreate the success of their rousing General Election rallies – has been mercilessly slammed for its dwindling crowds and lack of interest.
The event, dubbed ‘Jezfest’, is taking place at the 20,000-capacity White Hart Lane recreation ground in north London today.
It features appearances from music acts including Clean Bandit and the Magic, alongside a speech from Jeremy Corbyn himself, who appeared in front of tens of thousands of people at the Glastonbury Festival last summer to give a rousing speech prior to the General Election.
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell and left-wing activist Owen Jones were also billed to speak.
It was meant to be a money-spinner for Labour but a reported 3,000 tickets had only been sold and according to insiders, the party could lose more than £1 million as a result.
“The biggest success since the Fyre Festival!”
Twitter was pretty merciless:
Crowds now approaching double figures#labourlive #jezfest pic.twitter.com/SJHmZHWVxI
— Νеіl (@BubBobz) June 16, 2018
Jostling with the masses here as I make my way to the venue #LabourLive pic.twitter.com/O0zkYVGmMm
— Lucy Fisher (@LOS_Fisher) June 16, 2018
Capacity Crowds for Reverend & the Makers at #LabourLive pic.twitter.com/ktRjGmrtVn
— Paul #FBPE 🇪🇺 (@Dogtrouser) June 16, 2018
This is getting silly: with so few socialists attending and so many conservative journalists turning up, #LabourLive is at risk of turning into a Spectator garden party. https://t.co/M6x3r7x3rj
— Tim Stanley (@timothy_stanley) June 16, 2018
If you're one of the lucky ones who got a ticket for #LabourLive – Get yourself over to the WT Tent……it's absolutely banging!! pic.twitter.com/0VAvhwDi8c
— Brett (@599bt) June 16, 2018
And the Tories got in a good dig:
#TeamTory is sending our thoughts & prayers out to the organisers & financial backers of #LabourLive.
We’re thinking of you at this difficult time. #Pray4JezFest 🥀 🥀 🥀 pic.twitter.com/7e2db3mNvI
— Tory Generation (@Tory_Generation) June 16, 2018
Tags: Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, London, Twitter, UK