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People will say almost anything to win power. Sir Keir Starmer’s rise is a case in point. In 2020, he won the Labour leadership by presenting himself as a candidate who would preserve much of the Corbyn-era policy agenda. Once in charge, many of those promises were diluted, abandoned, or quietly reinterpreted. By 2024, he had done something similar on a national scale.
Now, his rival for the throne has taken a leaf out of his playbook. Despite a Labour leadership contest not even having formally begun, the Andy Burnham seems to have no qualms about making constant breakneck turns on policies he advocated just months ago. The Manchester Mayor is also already spitting out swathes of new policies which he thinks will get Labour MPs – and the country – behind him. Ahead of his possible ascendancy to No. 10, here is a list of Burnham’s U-turns and policy promises to date:
U-turns
Trans: Despite having previously advocated for trans women to be able to use female loos, Burnham has now said he supports the Supreme Court ruling and that its findings should be implemented.
