Labour MP Richard Burgon says voters, and even Labour activists, don't know what Sir Keir Starmer and the Labour Party stand for Read the latest here:
The Birmingham Perry Barr MP said Labour had to recognise that it is viewed as"a party that has lost its way" in places that used to be"unfailingly loyal".
He insisted the party had"changed" since its 2019 defeat under Jeremy Corbyn, but added:"We have not made a strong enough case to the country." "Not possible to blame Jeremy Corbyn for this result," Labour's former shadow home secretary Diane Abbott posted on Twitter.Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video playerAnother of Mr Corbyn's former shadow cabinet ministers, Richard Burgon, said Labour was"going backwards in areas we need to be winning"."It should start by championing the popular policies in our recent manifestos - backed by a large majority of voters.
He told Sky News:"The problem that the Labour Party had was that although for the last year nearly now the slogan has been 'under new leadership', we went into this election with a complete lack of programme or vision of the society we want to create.
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