Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, has been addressing his past support for Jeremy Corbyn's leadership. Starmer acknowledges that Corbyn was not his choice but respects the membership's decision. He highlights the importance of fighting from within the shadow cabinet to address issues like anti-Semitism and support for NATO. Starmer faced scrutiny over his previous public statements supporting Corbyn but emphasizes the need to respect the party's democratic processes.
Labour's Keir Starmer squirms over whether he 'lied' when he said Jeremy Corbyn would make a 'great' PM before the 2019 general election https://t.co/6clpgaP0eb https://t.co/Rnw4kG4s4j
FINALLY Starmer articulates a better answer to the Corbyn criticism. Corbyn was never Starmer's choice as leader, but he was the membership's choice. At that point Starmer has a choice: stay in position of inluence or challenge from outside. He thought "in" was right option. ~AA https://t.co/m3CQQEJ8IT
After being hammered twice - by @BethRigby and @bbcquestiontime - on his previous public support for Jeremy Corbyn, Sir Keir Starmer has finally given a substantive answer. He said he voted against Corbyn for leader twice, but had to respect the membership vote. He preferred to… https://t.co/rnOcZXySn4
Never seen Starmer talk in so much detail about why he supported Jeremy Corbyn's leadership. Tells @MrHarryCole he felt he had to respect the verdict of Labour members, despite thinking party would be "heading in the wrong direction".
Sir Keir says the choice at the last election was bad, but defended staying in Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet to "fight the big battles". Watch live now: https://t.co/ENIE9H6Yqj
Starmer says it was "right to fight" from inside the shadow cabinet under Jeremy Corbyn when many of his colleagues refused
Keir Starmer says that because he stuck about when Corbyn was leader, he could take on the fight when it came to anti-Semitism and ensure Labour as a party continued its support for NATO.
“It certainly wasn’t a great choice that Labour put forward in 2019” Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson says Keir Starmer has “turned the page” after being asked if Jeremy Corbyn would have made a “great” prime minister #BBCLauraK https://t.co/JIr7IBfz4z https://t.co/TNkZeze5zZ