Let’s put Corbyn years behind us

■ I believe Momentum is the biggest problem facing Labour as its philosophy saw the party crash to its worst result since the 1930s. Also, Corbynism is dead – the pandering to the hard left proved disastrous – and Jeremy should have resigned when the December 12 exit poll was announced.

There has to be a clean sweep of the old regime and the next leader should abolish Momentum.

We need fresh faces that appeal to the electorate and receive public support. There’s a long way to go but if we don’t come back to the centre-left party we should be, we’ll face another defeat.

Keith Bowman Chesterfield, Derbys

■ The reason Labour lost to the Tories was the dithering, unrealistic promises, a lack of leadership and too many Jeremy Corbyn luvvies clinging to bygone ideas. Now the party needs a strong and respected leader who can stand up to the Tories. People need humour when necessary, not dour faces all the time.

Labour must reflect on why solid supporters changed sides – as I and my family did. Heed what people say and get someone with a personality to lead. Liz Hughes Malmesbury, Wilts

■ How long are these stubborn Corbynites going to keep sticking their heads in the sand? Len McCluskey says Labour’s defeat had nothing to do with Corbyn and it was all to do with Brexit (Mirror,

Jan 27). Yet every single person I talked to strongly disliked Corbyn – even my neighbour, a lifelong Labour voter, wouldn’t vote for him. Unless we get far away from the wasted Corbyn years, the party is doomed.

David Evans, Farnborough, Hants

■ Electing Rebecca Long-Bailey as Labour leader would mean another period of decline and disappointment for Labour supporters.

She is a strong follower of Jeremy Corbyn and his Momentum pals, and hasn’t accepted the fact the party has aligned itself too far to the left for most Labour supporters to stomach.

The other candidates have a more centre-left tendency and would make a better job of uniting the party and regaining the trust of all the disillusioned members across the country.

R Tandy, Liverpool

■ Let’s put the blame for Labour’s downfall at the right doorstep. Back in 2010, Len McCluskey led Unite’s vote for Ed Miliband instead of his brother David, which has got the party into the mess it’s in now. Please, Mr McCluskey, clear off and give Labour a chance.

Joe Ciplinski, Skegness, Lincs

■ This election was a Brexit election and the Leave team united better than the Remain team.

Certainly, Labour has much to learn but radical answers are now needed to deal with the very real problems we face and tinkering at the edges with a return to centrist policies is not the answer.

I truly hope the Labour members are able to resist the anti-socialist calls and elect a person of principle who has the vision and the plans to tackle the issues we face.

Peter Shearer

Penrith, Cumbria

■ Labour needs a reshuffle, a new perspective and the new leader must position themselves as far away from Brexit as possible.

Most of all, they must distance themselves from any anti-Semitism smears, otherwise the party will never win another election. Andrew Le-Marchand Bridgwater, Somerset