The Glastonbury festival’s Twitter account has shared a snapshot of how festival-goers are reacting to the news that Britain has voted to leave the European Union .
In the early hours of Friday morning (24 June), the results of the referendum were revealed, with the majority of Britons voting in favour of a Brexit, with those attending Glastonbury slowly learning of the news as the day continues.
A post on the Glastonbury Twitter page has now revealed a poem from writer Jodi Bickley , describing the scene at the iconic music festival right now.
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“Everyone is repeating they have no words,
Check out the full poem below:
Since the results of the referendum were revealed, several influential British celebrities have spoken out against the decision on social media, including ‘Harry Potter’ author JK Rowling, pop singer Lily Allen and TV personality James Corden .
Adele and Coldplay will also take up headlining slots later in the week, with Electric Light Orchestra following in the footsteps of Shirley Bassey, Dolly Parton and Lionel Richie by occupying the ‘legends’ slot on Sunday afternoon.
Things didn’t get off to the best start as people made their way down to Worthy Farm earlier this week, though, with severe weather causing a nightmare for Glasto attendees .
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Glastonbury Arrivals
This year's Glastonbury has kicked off in typically muddy style (01 of20)
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Parts of the site are flooded after prolonged periods of heavy rain (02 of20)
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And revellers are currently wading through the boggy fields after the gates opened (03 of20)
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The struggle is real (04 of20)
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Some people's luggage is already failing to cope with the conditions (05 of20)
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And we don't envy anyone having to drag crates of booze through this (06 of20)
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Those trollies seemed like such a good idea in the shop... (07 of20)
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But in reality, it's a very different story (08 of20)
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This is what one of the car parks looks like (09 of20)
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And that's why the traffic is so terrible on the roads outside (10 of20)
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This poor person totally wasn't prepared for the weather (11 of20)
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And this girl's face says it all, really (12 of20)
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She's probably just realised this is what she'll be calling home for the next five days (13 of20)
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It's times like this when everyone wishes they were rich enough to afford the on-site hotel (14 of20)
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Just look at it - it's got a pool and everything! (15 of20)
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This is as close to a swimming pool as everyone else will get (16 of20)
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Our feelings exactly (17 of20)
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But not everyone is put off by a bit of mud (18 of20)
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And we're sure everyone will have the best weekend ever (19 of20)
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We're just glad this isn't us right now (20 of20)
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