announced something on Monday and then you turn on it on a Tuesday

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What does James means saying that they (the Government) announced something on Monday and then you turn on it on a Tuesday [
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It's 'U-turn' used as a verb.
 
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5jj said:
It's 'U-turn' used as a verb.
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050 -"..country grinds to various flavors of standstill". Does it mean that the governmental policy is not effective and it is a sort of standstill?
 
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