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Michael Eavis: people who disagree with Glastonbury’s politics can go elsewhere

This year’s festival is expected to be politically charged with focus on Middle East tensions and Kneecap controversy

The focus this year will probably be rising tensions in the Middle East, especially the plight of Palestinians in Gaza, with a number of acts expressing support for them. The Irish rap group Kneecap are due to perform on Saturday, despite criticism from the UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, who said they should be banned from the festival after the band member Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, also known as Mo Chara, was charged with a terrorism offence. He told the festival newspaper: “It’s basically along the lines of: everything is done to try and divide us, and I think if people can pull together – because I think most of us are decent human beings – then just a bit more kindness in the world would go a long way at the moment.”

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