Tory 'Glastonbury' is just a very nasty party

The Tories are now planning a 'Tory Glastonbury' to bring in new members and gain grass-roots support after the success of Corbyn's speech at Glastonbury in June this year. “You brought the spirit of music, you bought the spirit of love, you bought the spirit of ideas, and you brought the spirit of great messages" said Corbyn to Michael Eavis in front of a huge (uninvited) audience on the Pyramid Stage.

Glastonbury is a festival of the performing arts. Glaston-Tory will be a festival of the dark arts. It's doubtful love, ideas and great messages will be promoted. 

Over 100,000 individuals now regularly attend Glastonbury but they say there will be 150-200 invitees at this party 'bringing in new members' and gaining 'grass-roots' support. Furthermore, given the refusal of Theresa May to attend election debates, it's doubtful she would appear on stage - the headline act is still to be confirmed. 

George Freeman MP commented in the Independent 'why is it the left who have all the fun in politics?' But George Freeman has already been having plenty of fun bullying those with mental health issues by voting to prevent disability payments going to "people sitting at home taking pills for anxiety" to direct it to the "really disabled". He subsequently apologised for any 'distress' he had caused.

"It'll be like your first rave" he gleefully continues. But interestingly 'raves' were made illegal by the Tories under the Justice and Public Order Act in 1994. Notably, the following is contained within that act: 

63: Powers to remove persons attending or preparing for a rave

(1) This section applies to a gathering on land in the open air of 100 or more persons (whether or not trespassers) at which amplified music (“music” includes sounds wholly or predominantly characterised by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats) is played during the night (with or without intermissions) and is such as, by reason of its loudness and duration and the time at which it is played, is likely to cause serious distress to the inhabitants of the locality.

Anyone at Glaston-Tory should therefore be arrested immediately if caught dancing to the repetitive beat of "strong and stable, strong and stable, strong and stable..." (glowsticks in hands or not). Alternatively, as the Tories have already caused enough serious distress to inhabitants of the UK locality, arrest them all on entry. Including George Freeman.

To compare a gathering of fewer than 200 Tories to Glastonbury is an insult. It's just a very nasty party.