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Yeah that does worry me, she does need to distance herself from Milne and Corbyn. I used to be a supporter of momentum and met a lot of the organisers during the election, they all seemed really friendly, teachers, nurses etc. Their ballot to pick RLB as their nominee changed my mind, this was obviously from the top and totally against my political views and they have now lost my support and it has somewhat tainted my opinion of RLB. What a mess.
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she does need to distance herself from Milne and Corbyn.
It's unfortunately too late for her to do this - should she win the leadership contest her 'media journey' is already written.
RLB, chosen heir of Failed Corbyn...
RLB, annointed personally by Corbyn and Momentum...
RLB looks to continue 'Hard Left' policies of previous Labour losers...
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Though Corbynism was unable to win over those leave-voting areas, so unsure why you'd think that Corbyn's heir would be able to do so with more of the same.
I'd hope that there'd be an assessment of whether the leave voting areas are more likely to vote for Starmer's Labour compared to all those swing constituencies are likely to vote for Long-Bailey.
Fairly or not, there's absolutely no way people in Nuneaton (for example) will vote for her if there's a whiff of Corbyn / Momentum about her.