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Clean Bandit's Grace Chatto has said that the Tories feel threatened by young people in politics "but we just don't really care" as she praised Labour Live.

The band were a last minute edition to the line up at the festival of politics and music in North London today.

She told the Mirror: "This event is so incredible and I think with the democratic reshaping of the electorate that we saw last year in the general election is kind of reflected in this because I think so many people have been brought into party politics that weren't interested before."

The festival dubbed Jezfest was originally expecting to welcome 30,000 people to North London, had reportedly sold just 3,000 tickets with around a month to go.



But in recent weeks ticket prices were slashed from £35 to £10 and the unions stepped in buying batches which they distributed to their members.

Signing up Clean Bandit to headline gave sales a further boost.



A Labour source said more than 13,000 tickets had been sold - with more going on the door on the day itself.

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Grace said a late minute change had meant the Rockaby

She said: "I am a proud Labour supporter, we all are in the band and we really wanted to be here. "

"It was quite a last minute thing as we were supposed to be somewhere else and it all worked out for the best just a couple of days ago."

Grace, who is 32, hit out at the Tories and certain parts of the media who try and silence those they find threatening.

She said of today's event: "I think for people like me who don't really like reading the news or watching TV even it's so great to be able to experience politics in a different forum and I think it's great.

"The Tories will do everything they can to squash anything threatening to them and I think the involvement of young people in politics is threatening to them and we just don't really care."

Jeremy Corbyn has hailed the Labour Live festival a success when he addressed supporters earlier in the day.

The one-day showcase of politics, music and arts had been hit by reports of sluggish ticket sales but the party insisted that more than 13,000 were bought ahead of the gathering."

Other events at the festival included a performance by former Sex Pistol Glen Matlock and a World Cup-themed discussion on "socialism and football".

Talk of poor turn-out led Prime Minister Theresa May to ridicule the festival in the Commons.

However, Labour insisted it was a success, with a spokeswoman saying: "The tents have been packed all day. This is the first event of its kind organised by a political party and we have demonstrated how politics can be opened up to a wider audience and to people who have been shut out for far too long."

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Concerns that the party could be embarrassed by low turn-out saw ticket prices slashed from £35 to £10 in recent weeks.

When the Labour leader took to the stage, supporters chanted the now familiar "Oh, Jeremy Corbyn" to the tune of Seven Nation Army by the White Stripes.

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Mr Corbyn congratulated attendees on the party's showing in last year's election, stating: "My only sadness is that we didn't quite win that election."

The Labour leader branded the Tories "the party of the rich for the rich".

Mr Corbyn said his message for the Tories was: "You crept back into office a year ago. You started bunging money around in order to stay in office.

"For goodness sake, give up, move on, move over and let the people take over."