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In this episode, we analyse the infamous political u-turn through the lens of recent events in the UK - whereby a young football star, Marcus Rashford, was able to influence government policy in a matter of hours, with just a tweet and a hashtag. What is a political u-turn, and why is it sometimes acceptable for governments to make them?

Welcome to the Political Communications podcast, where we analyse the things politicians say, and why they say them. Today, we're going to analyse how frontline Conservative politicians in the UK handled the question "Is the UK a racist country?", and why their answers evolved over the course of 48 hours.