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Hard agree. Nothing i've seen would suggest she has the political deftness to counter this ('corbyn is 10/10 etc')
The truth is, and my inner lefty idealist is pained to admit it, there is a conservatism that runs through the British electorate. This conservatism gives, whether fair or not, KS a distinct advantage given his (considerable) mainstream achievements.
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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.