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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andy Gregory

Starmer says he only backed Corbyn because he was certain he would lose 2019 election

PA

Sir Keir Starmer has claimed he only backed Jeremy Corbyn to become prime minister in the 2019 general election because he was certain that the left-wing Labour leader’s bid was doomed anyway.

In a striking moment during the Sky News election debate on Wednesday night, the current Labour leader was grilled over what host Beth Rigby described as his “catalogue of broken promises and changed positions”.

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