'You can't just put on a nice suit, be suave and think that's a route into Downing Street': Rebecca Long-Bailey warns Labour not to pick 'establishment' leader like Keir Starmer

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• Rebecca Long-Bailey warns Labour against backing an "establishment" candidate like Keir Starmer, in her clearest attack yet against the frontrunner to replace Jeremy Corbyn as party leader.
• Long-Bailey tells Business Insider that Boris Johnson will beat Labour again if the party makes the mistake of thinking "you [can just] put on a nice suit and be a bit suave and think that's a route into Downing Street."
• She also criticised Corbyn's campaign for telling voters that their "lives are terrible" while failing to offer enough to aspirational voters.
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The Labour party will lose the next general election if it elects an "establishment" leader like Keir Starmer, the Shadow Business Secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey has told Business Insider, in her strongest attack yet on the frontrunner to replace Jeremy Corbyn.

In a clear reference to Starmer, who is currently leading the race to become the UK's official opposition party leader, leadership candidate Long-Bailey said that Labour risks making the mistake of thinking "you [can just] put on a nice suit and be a bit suave and think that's a route into Downing Street."

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