Starmer was asked if there would be no more U-turns on Radio 2 at 12:39:16:
“Absolutely. I know exactly why I was elected in with a five-year mandate to change this country for the better, and that’s what I intend to do.”
News broke of one of the biggest U-turns yet – reversing the cancellation of local elections – at 2:20 p.m.
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Starmer was read out a list of his 13 U-turns on BBC Radio 2, to which he responded:
“Well, I am a common sense merchant.”