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Brian Eno has backed Jeremy Corbyn at a packed rally - but it was the left-winger who had the rockstar welcome from thousands of adoring fans.

Organisers say 2,500 turned out to tonight's event in London's Camden Town Hall, 500 of whom had to listen to him speak from atop a fire engine in the street.

Inside the venue Corbynites had already filled the main hall and two overflow rooms, leaving fans spilling onto the road outside.

From the top of the truck, the Labour leadership contender roused supporters wearing red badges with his initials - JC.

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When he eventually made it into the main hall he walked in to camera flashes and was drowned out for more than a minute by a rowdy standing ovation.

They had queued around the whole town hall for more than an hour.

Backed by speakers including writer Owen Jones and ex-London mayor Ken Livingstone, he declared: "Was it nurses that caused the banking crisis?

"Was it street cleaners that caused the banking crisis? Was it the unemployed that caused the banking crisis?

"Or was it the inability or refusal of governments to face up to a financial system that allowed that to be brought about?"

It came after Brian Eno warmed the crowd by joking of a dreamlike - or terrifying - vision of 2020.

The Roxy Music legend, who has worked with David Bowie, U2, Coldplay and Paul Simon, joked: "The thing I'm really hoping for is the first transatlantic summit between Jeremy Corbyn and Donald Trump.

He addressed concerns that Corbyn is 'unelectable.'

"I don't think electability really is the most important thing," he said, to rapturous applause.

He added: "I think what's important is that somebody changes the conversation and moves us off this small-minded agenda."

And he told of the hopes of his daughter - who he said is one of thousands to join Mr Corbyn's surging campaign.

In his tub-thumping half-hour speech Mr Corbyn slammed NHS privatisation, Labour's support for welfare cuts and the rise of UKIP voters - who he suggested could be tempted back to Labour.

He admitted his long opposition to nuclear weapons 'no doubt will become a bigger issue' but added: 'Fine. Let's have that debate.'

And he even cracked a joke, saying: "I was there in 1984 standing alongside the miners - judging by the appearance of some of you, you were there with me. Welcome back!"

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The leadership contender - who has caused a crisis in the party by surging up to 20 points ahead in polls - claimed 1,000 people attended a rally in Birmingham yesterday after 1,500 in Liverpool on Saturday.

He is due to unveil more of his policies, which already include scrapping tuition fees and a National Investment Bank, in the next few days.

He added: "This is at one level about the election of one person to hold a position within the Labour Party but it's also an opportunity to have a big debate.

"I think people have had enough of the politics of celebrity and personality.

"Whatever the result on September 12, we have made a very very strong point."

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