article_snippet: they [constituents] say things like 'you're doing an alright job as MP
article_snippet: Simon Danczuk bombshell remarks come just 45 days before the general election – and less than two weeks before the official campaign kicks off.
article_snippet: That turns people off politics. '
article_snippet: So when somebody hears a politician say that, you know what people think, if you pardon the language: 'What a f
article_snippet: The Rochdale MP led the campaign to expose historic child sexual abuse - revealing in shocking detail the crimes of The Rochdale MP paedophile predecessor, Cyril Smith.
article_snippet: This scathing criticism, in an interview with the New Statesman, comes amid growing concern in the party over Labour's chances in the election in
article_snippet: May. But Mr Danczuk said the Labour Party could be in trouble for years to come.
article_snippet: Mr Danczuk said: 'I do think the Labour Party has almost been hijacked by what I've described previously as a north London liberal elite.
article_snippet: I think Labour has a real problem if Labour don't realign Labour actually, after the general election.
article_snippet: If Labour don't start thinking afresh about how Labour approach politics and how Labour involve people at a community level.'
article_snippet: So you can't, as leader, just do set piece speeches for three years – hidden behind a lectern – and hope that gets on the 10 o'clock news and convinces loads of people to vote Labour.'
article_snippet: The infamous Gillian Duffy (right) - accused by the Prime Minister David Cameron of being a 'bigoted women' - opens the new office of Labour MP Simon Danczuk (left) in Rochdale in 2010 .
article_snippet: Conservative Party Chairman Grant Shapps MP said Labour MP Simon Danczuk remarks showed even Labour MPs knew Ed Miliband 'just isn’t up to the job'.
article_snippet: Conservative Party Chairman Grant Shapps MP said: ‘Conservative Party Chairman Grant Shapps MP is a weak leader who it utterly out of touch with the lives and concerns of hardworking taxpayers.
article_snippet: aloof’, Ed Miliband short-term gimmicks would cause chaos and damage the economic security upon which British families depend.
highlights_snippet: Outspoken backbencher said Labour leader was costing the party votes .
  
highlights_snippet: Outspoken backbencher said any MP who said otherwise was 'telling lies' to the electorate .