Claims extracted
23
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
9%
2 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
64/100
Daily Mail's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
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Politics
Same framing elsewhere
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
Anyone unfamiliar with John Healey could easily be taken in by his weasel words about the Budget.
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Anyone → take → Budget
Yet hours after promising a pro-business package next Wednesday, he was cosying up to a group of union barons demanding higher spending and punitive taxes on the ‘rich’.
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he → promise → rich
For one attendee to brag of a ‘really good connection’ between the Left-wing firebrands and the Chancellor speaks volumes about what transpired.
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what → brag → volumes
It also serves as a disturbing reminder of how the unions have grown even stronger since Labour’s return to office.
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unions → serve → office
From the end of next week, shop stewards and other officials will have the right to march into offices and factories practically at will as the so-called ‘right to roam’ power comes into effect.
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power → have → effect
Other provisions under the new Employment Rights Act - which the Department of Trade and Business describes as ‘giving trade unions greater freedom to organise, represent and negotiate’ - include cutting the notice period for industrial action from 14 to ten days.
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Department → describe → days
Hours after promising a pro-business package next Wednesday, the Chancellor was cosying up to a group of union barons demanding higher spending and punitive taxes on the ‘rich’
Any remedial measures for the business sector will struggle against those challenges.
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measures → promise → challenges
But Mr Healey’s remarks on improving the environment for trading were disingenuous in the first place.
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remarks → improve → place
No one disputes that reducing the red tape suffocating businesses would be a sensible move.
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reducing → dispute → businesses
But the Chancellor conveniently neglected to mention that almost all the soul-sapping bureaucracy in question was dreamt up by his Cabinet colleague Angela Rayner - who was also responsible for the legislation allowing a new generation of union militants to flex their muscles.
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generation → neglect → muscles
Nor was Mr Healey in any way persuasive with his supposed show of support for entrepreneurs who persevere ‘through sheer bloody-mindedness’.
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who → suppose → mindedness
If he really wants to demonstrate his solidarity, then the very least he could do is reverse the crippling increases in employers’ National Insurance contributions introduced under Labour.
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he → want → Labour
But we won’t be holding our breath for that to happen.
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that → hold → breath
For all his soothing words, Mr Healey clearly has as little concern for the business community as he does for the hard-pressed taxpayers who stump up for the benefits bill.
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who → have → bill
That his union guests arrived for their private audience in Downing Street armed with a wish list of extravagant demands is par for the course.
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arrived → arrive → course
But that they left apparently happy at the hearing they received from the Chancellor is a deeply worrying pointer to what we can expect next Wednesday.
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we → leave → what
Stating the obvious
It would be interesting to know how much civil service overtime - not to mention taxpayers’ money - was involved in drafting the Government’s guidance for households in a national crisis.
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overtime → state → crisis
Practically all of the advice on offer seems like basic common sense.
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all → seem → sense
Even the least organised among us had probably worked out that easy access to bottled water, cash and a torch is a good idea.
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access → work → water
Quite why any of this requires a radio and social media campaign is anyone’s guess.
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requires → require → campaign
Of course, it is just the latest example of a patronising Labour administration determined to stick their collective nose in where it is neither wanted nor needed.
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it → determine → nose
Announcing the measures yesterday, Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said they would be vital in the event of wildfires, flooding or cyber attacks hitting Britain.
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wildfires → announce → Britain
Unsurprisingly, he failed to explain how wet wipes and tinned peas will save us if Vladimir Putin decides to launch a military attack.
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Putin → fail → attack
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