Sir Keir Starmer has said he makes "no apology" for campaigning for Jeremy Corbyn in 2019.
He said: "I'm glad I did because Ii wanted good colleagues to be returned to have their seats - so I make no apology for that, I fought for the Labour Party at the last election."
Asked if there was a trust issue with voters given his changes of position on various issues, told the Sky News leaders’ event in Grimsby: “No because what I would say is this – I decided it must be country first so every decision after that I judged previous decisions, previous positions and I said ‘Is this truly country first, party second’; if the answer to that was ‘no’ then I changed the position and dragged my party back to the service of working people.”
Pressed on his previous support for former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, Sir Keir said: “I was certain that we would lose the 2019 election.”
He added: “I did campaign for Labour, of course I did, I will openly say I campaigned for Labour, I wanted good colleagues to be returned into the Labour Party.”
Sir Keir repeatedly said he was “certain” Labour would lose in 2019 when challenged over his support for Mr Corbyn.
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