The Labour Party finds itself up the proverbial creek without a paddle.

We lost almost a million voters to UKIP at the last general election. More than 60 per cent of voters in Labour strongholds such as Stoke, Hull, Hartlepool, Barking and Dagenham stuck two fingers up at Labour’s pro-EU line during the EU referendum. Who’s to say on this form that UKIP won’t gain another million votes from Labour at the next general election?

3 MP Frank Field says the Labour Party needs a new leader Credit: Getty Images

3 Corbyn does not speak to the hopes and fears of ordinary voters, says Mr Field Credit: PA:Press Association

It should be clear as day to the Labour leadership that, as we renegotiate our relationship with Europe, millions of ordinary voters are crying out for politicians to protect them from the forces of globalisation that have so undermined their living standards over the past decade.

3 More than 60 per cent of voters in Labour strongholds such as Stoke, Hull, Hartlepool, Barking and Dagenham stuck two fingers up at Labour’s pro-EU line during the EU referendum Credit: Getty Images

Jeremy Corbyn fully understands the need to tackle the unfairness in our economy that serves up ill-gotten gains to the wealthiest, and a raw deal to the poorest. I am totally with him on that score, as is most of the country.

But when it comes to the other bread and butter issues, and defence, Jeremy is walking in the opposite direction to most of the country.

Voters are crying out for politicians to protect them from the forces of globalisation that have so undermined their living standards

Here’s one example. Labour could steal a march on the Tories and UKIP if it promised, as part of the EU renegotiations, to put an end to the unrestricted immigration that has changed our country beyond all recognition over the past decade.

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But, with Jeremy at the helm, there’s a not a cat’s chance in hell of this happening.

That’s why I have voted for our party to begin its search for a new leader who really can speak to the hopes and fears of ordinary voters across Great Britain.