Londoner’s Diary
The election has scuppered many summer plans, and now it’s come for Glastonbury. A host of MPs were set to speak on the festival’s Left Field stage but have quietly dropped off the lineup. Shadow deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner will no longer appear on a panel called “Election 2024: A Change is Gonna Come”, nor will former Green party leader Caroline Lucas. Nadia Whittome, who is standing for re-election as a Labour MP, has also been replaced for a talk about small boats. The Left Field lineup is organised by singer Billy Bragg and invites festivalgoers to “recharge your activism”, but clearly the campaign trail comes first.
