Conservative Party MP Zac Goldsmith has been heckled at a speaker’s event at Glastonbury Festival, with audience members reacting to his answers with cries of “blah blah blah, f***ing bulls**t”.
Goldsmith, who represents Richmond Park and North Kingston, was appearing at the festival’s Speakers Forum to talk about austerity and the environment, in a session moderated by BBC journalist Justin Rowlatt.
According to Somerset Live, the event quickly spiralled out of control when protestors carrying a banner reading “Tory policy kills” entered the tent. Goldsmith was subsequently booed throughout the session, despite Rowlatt’s attempts to intervene.
Protestors additionally shouted, “How many disabled people have died?” while expressing their disdain at the MP’s answers to questions.
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Festival goer Jo stands among a tree feature as she arrives on the first day of Glastonbury 2019
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A festival goer drinks from a beer bong prior to the gates opening at 8am on the first day of Glastonbury 2019
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A man in a pig onesie receives his wristband for the weekend as the gates open at Glastonbury 2019
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A collaboration billboard between Led By Donkeys and Cold War Steve is unveiled at the top of the park on the first day of Glastonbury 2019
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A man carts a wheelbarrow full of provisions for the weekend as he arrives at Glastonbury 2019
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Festival founder Michael Eavis takes a selfie with a festival goer as he greets arrivals to Glastonbury 2019
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Festival goer Glammy Glitter wears her bejewelled Glastonbury hat as she arrives at the festival
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During the debate, Goldsmith revealed that he supported the protest movement Extinction Rebellion, and that he considered himself a “green MP”. He added: “Not Green Party but green. I don’t want to be too depressing. Because of the school protests, things have changed. I do feel optimism now in a way that I didn’t a few months ago. Every party that wants to get elected should be a green party.”
On Twitter, many in attendance at the event praised Goldsmith’s composure. “[Goldsmith] responding well at an unusually rowdy session”, tweeted the Green Party’s House of Lords representative Jenny Jones.
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