'Stop pretending we won!' Labour MP rages at Corbyn for refusing to 'face reality we lost'
JEREMY Corbyn's unexpected performance in the election has not pleased all of his MPs – with one warning against "celebrating a loss".
Labour MP Chris Leslie: Corbyn still 'not good enough'
Labour MP Chris Leslie has rejected the Corbyn mania that has followed this week's shock election result.
The former shadow chancellor said Labour must not forget that "we lost the election".
Jeremy Corbyn defied expectations even amongst his inner circle to increase his party's number of seats and share of the vote to 40 per cent
In the aftermath of the election results, the Labour leader said his party had "won" the election - despite being far short a majority.
During an appearance on Radio 4, Mr Leslie, a long-time adversary of Mr Corbyn, said the result was not worth celebrating.
Labour MP Chris Leslie has rejected the Corbyn mania that followed this week's shock election result
The Tories have said they will form a government with the support of the DUP
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The Labour MP said he recognised the party ran an "effective campaign" but a Conservative was still in No 10.
The Tories have said they will form a government with the support of the DUP and Theresa May will finish appointing her Cabinet this morning.
Mr Leslie said Labour missed an "open goal" as he had "never known" a more beatable prime minister than Theresa May.
The senior backbencher told the BBC: "We shouldn't pretend that this is a famous victory. It's good as far as it's gone, but it's not going to be good enough.
"We just haven't won the election. Five years of a Conservative government: I can’t, I’m afraid, be a cheerleader for that outcome."
The former shadow chancellor Mr Leslie said Labour must not forget "we lost the election"
Jeremy Corbyn defied expectations even amongst his inner circle to increase his party's seats
We shouldn't pretend that this is a famous victory. It's good as far as it's gone, but it's not going to be good enough
The Labour MP for Nottingham East refused to reveal whether he thought Mr Corbyn was a credible prime minister.
He added: "I will never apologise for my view which is, yes of course you've got to inspire people, and we haven't done that well enough in the past.
"But you've got to convince them of your credibility and that you can move from protesting about the government to being in government."
Corbyn allies attacked the Labour MP on Twitter for "already having the knives out for Corbyn and undermining the party".
Others demanded to know what specific policies would have won Labour more seats.