Glastonbury drops “hateful” Jeremy Corbyn “conspiracy” film

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Glastonbury has dropped plans to show a “hateful” film about former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.Organisers at the festival reiterated that it stands “against all forms of discrimination” after it was revealed that they had cancelled a “conspiracy theory” film about the politician.Titled Oh, Jeremy Corbyn: The Big Lie, the film was produced by Platform Films and originally set to be shown at the festival’s Pilton Palais cinema on Sunday (July 25).

However, debate over whether the film should be broadcast or not arose when the Board of Deputies of British Jews (BDBJ) expressed “deep concern” over the content, and described it as “the banned Corbyn documentary”.Now, the festival has confirmed that while it believed that the film had been booked “in good faith”, it has been deemed inappropriate, and will no longer be broadcast at the event.“Although we believe that the Pilton Palais booked this film in good faith, in the hope of provoking political debate, it’s become clear that it is not appropriate for us to screen it at the festival,” read the statement (via ITV news).“Glastonbury is about unity and not division, and we stand against all forms of discrimination.”The response follows the comments made by the president of Jewish communal organisation the Board of Deputies, Marie van der Zyl, who claimed that it would be “profoundly sinister” to have shown the film at the iconic festival.“This film, we understand, seeks to suggest that organisations such as the Board of Deputies of British Jews, of which I am the president, somehow helped to ‘orchestrate’ Jeremy Corbyn’s downfall as Labour Party leader,” she wrote in a letter to Glastonbury organisers Michael and Emily Eavis.“Your festival is one of the most successful.