That is ridiculous
MP Simon Danczuk, who is currently suspended from the Labour Party, placed the blame for the low Remain vote in the party’s heartlands on Jeremy Corbyn.
Rochdale MP Mr Danczuk said:
“I think the leadership of the party – Jeremy primarily – struggles to communicate with our people in the north.
“Many of them think he’s a very principled person but don’t believe what he has to say.
“They don’t listen to him.
“He just doesn’t get his message across and that is a real problem not just for this referendum but for a future general election.
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks at a Labour EU rally in Kings Cross, London, the day before what promises to be a knife-edge vote on Britain's EU membership. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Wednesday June 22, 2016. See PA story POLITICS EU Labour. Photo credit should read: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire
“If your core vote aren’t listening then you’re not going to win a future general election.
“I think there’s some anti-politics – large swathes of people across the north who believe, rightly, that the Conservatives don’t care for their towns and cities in the north and believe the Labour Party is led by a north London elite who, not so much don’t care for them, but don’t understand them.
“That’s quite corrosive. It hasn’t happened overnight, it’s been happening over a few years now.”
Mr Danczuk warned the leadership it doesn’t understand traditional supporters’ concerns over immigration.
“I don’t think they do get it at all – Jeremy talks about wanting more immigration, not less,” said the MP.He urged Mr Corbyn to get out and meet “real people .. not just doing rallies talking to the faithful, the Corbynites”.
