Jeremy Corbyn warned by senior MP to get out of his Islington bubble because it's 'not like the rest of the country' 

Labour whip Conor McGinn warned left wing politicians should not 'sneer' at working people 

Jeremy Corbyn was warned by one of his own team tonight to escape his Islington bubble and realise it is not the same as the rest of the country. 

Labour whip Conor McGinn said Mr Corbyn may have a skewed image of Britain after representing the same corner of north London for more than 30 years.

The Labour leader has been blighted by claims he does not understand Britain since winning control of his party via a landslide among activists last year.

Mr Corbyn's Islington North constituency is a patchwork of wealthy wards mixed with areas of intense poverty.

Mr McGinn - who also used a House magazine interview to issue wider warnings about 'sneering' left wing allies of the Labour leader and the Trident nuclear deterrent - said Mr Corbyn's challenge was learning to 'relate' to the rest of the country.

He said: 'I love London, and it's a fantastic city, and Islington is a great place, but it's not like the rest of the country.

'I think the challenge for Jeremy having been an MP for 30-odd years for a seat like Islington, is how he relates to the rest of the country.

'I think there is a political crisis that has engulfed what would be seen as the traditional Labour working class. They don't feel that anyone listens to them, never mind speaks for them. And I think that's a real problem for the Labour party particularly.

'Sometimes it can seem that we're pre-occupied with things that are insignificant to the population. 

'I'm a very straightforward sort of fella. I think when you lose an election, you should look at the reasons why and try within the parameters of your own values, to move closer to the public, not further away from the public.'

Mr McGinn, who was first elected to Parliament a year ago, warned against 'sneering' by 'patrician socialists'.

Mr Corbyn is widely seen as being on the far left of his party and spent his weekend hosting a 'state of the economy' conference in London. 

The Labour leader called for changes to have 'wealth is shared' to end 'grotesque inequality'. 

Mr McGinn said: 'There is a patrician socialism that not only wants to tell working class people what's best for them, but what they should and shouldn't think.

'I think if we are to have a genuine revival in the politics of the left, then we need to start listening to people and hearing their truths.'

Labour leader Jeremy Corbynm, pictured at Labour's 'State of the Economy' conference at the weekend, was warned tonight to remember the whole country was not like his Islington constituency 

Mr McGinn said the problem had also been clear under the previous leader Ed Miliband.

He added: 'The epitome of the last general election campaign to me was in Warrington South. I knocked on the door of what I would describe as an ordinary man who said 'yeah, I'm voting Labour but to be honest you're not offering me anything'.

'If I was to describe this man I would say he wanted a secure job that paid decent wages, an affordable mortgage that allowed him to have a nice home, a good education for his kids, wife to be able to get home safely from the train station every night, putting away a few quid for his retirement, dignity in old age for his parents, a holiday away every year and changing his car every couple of years.

'The problem with sections of the left is that they sneer at people like that.'

The Labour whip also fired a shot across the Labour leader's bow with a warning about the pending Commons vote on Trident.

Mr McGinn used a magazine interview to remind the Labour leadership of the deep splits within the party on the replacement of Vanguard-class submarines, pictured, that carry Trident missiles 

The issue has split Labour as Mr Corbyn is deeply opposed to the nuclear deterrent - unlike many of the centrist MPs behind him.

Mr McGinn said: 'Defence might not win you a lot of votes, but it can definitely lose you a lot of votes if you're not in the right place on it.

'Labour has a proud history when it comes to Britain's place in the world, and whether that's our membership of Nato, the nuclear deterrent, support for the Armed Forces, or not being afraid to intervene in the best spirit and sense of internationalism, and humanitarianism – that has got to be Labour's future as well.

'I'll be voting to maintain the nuclear deterrent because you have a duty in this place to do what's best for the country.'