Sir Keir Starmer accuses Kemi Badenoch of 'mother of all U-turns'

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Sir Keir Starmer has accused Kemi Badenoch of the 'mother of all U-turns' by changing her mind on support for the US-Israel raids against Iran.It came in response to the Conservative Party leader asking the Prime Minister why 'now is the right time to increase the cost of petrol'.The Prime Minister replied that they were not increasing the cost of petrol and the Government is taking the 'measures that are necessary to deal with the impact of the conflict in Iran'.

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00:00Mr. Speaker, is to work with others to de-escalate the situation.

00:04And Mr. Speaker, as I said to the House last week, I took the decision that we should not join

00:10the initial US-Israeli offensive against Iran.

00:15The leader of the opposition attacked me for that decision relentlessly.

00:22She said that the UK should have joined the US and Israel in the initial offensive strikes.

00:28Mr. Speaker, then yesterday, in the wake of the economic consequences, the leader of the opposition totally abandoned her position.

00:44She told the BBC, I never said we should join.

00:53She told the BBC, I haven't said we should have gone in with the United States.

01:00That is the mother of all you turns on the single most important decision a Prime Minister ever has to

01:07take, whether to commit the United Kingdom to war or not.

01:11Yes

01:11operative

01:12I

01:12Okay.

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