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A group of Labour MPs has published a "route map" for winning back voters in England, where the party performed badly at the general election.
Ex-minister Liam Bryne, a member of the group called "Red Shift", said Labour needed to embrace an English identity.
He told the BBC the party had lost touch with its roots and people did not know who it stood for anymore.
Asked if Jeremy Corbyn could reconnect with voters, Mr Byrne said he "can definitely start us on the route back".
It comes after Jon Cruddas, who wrote Labour's 2015 manifesto and then led the review into its defeat, warned that Labour had "lost its connection with the English people".
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34346158
Call me a cynic
but, given their track record on this subject over the years, I don't suppose Labour would be too concerned about embracing English identity had they not been summarily evicted from Scotland and found themselves desperately in need of seats south of the border.
My natural inclinations aside, I might even be persuaded that this could herald a genuine change in policy - that's if it isn't all forgotten about in a few weeks, lost in their clamour to come up with new ideas, most of which appear to be nonsense right now.
I hear Corbyn has been too busy playing with his 'train set' to have heard about this yet...
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