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The MP whose constituency includes the Glastonbury Festival has invited Jeremy Corbyn to attend an Armed Forces parade before stepping onto the Pyramid stage.

Conservative Wells MP James Heappey has invited the Labour leader to leave Worthy Farm and join him at the parade in Burnham-on-Sea on Saturday (June 24).

The invitation comes after Corbyn was criticised for choosing to speak on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival instead of participating at a national event in Liverpool.

In a letter on Parliamentary headed paper, Mr Heappey advises Mr Corbyn he has time to attend the parade in the Somerset coastal town before returning for his appearance at the festival.

The MP said: “I’m concerned that Jeremy Corbyn has chosen not to be in Liverpool with our Prime Minister and Royal Family to celebrate the work of our Armed Forces.

"Going to Liverpool would have meant he’d miss Craig David but he could easily have been back in Somerset in time for Katy Perry.

"Instead he’s put politicking on the Pyramid Stage ahead of his responsibilities as the leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition."

His letter said: "I read with some alarm that your visit to the Glastonbury Festival in my constituency has stopped you from attending the National Armed Forces Day commemorations in Liverpool.

"I know that you would not have chosen to put a political opportunity at Glastonbury ahead of our nation's Armed Forces and veterans and that you must have felt very uneasy about the scheduling decisions presumably taken by your staff.

"So may I invite you to join me and my fellow veterans at the Burnham-on-Sea Armed Forces Day Parade at 12.30pm tomorrow."