Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
33%
6 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
withheld
no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
70/100
Daily Mail's corrections and
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Labour's 'culture of capitulation' will cost the UK dear, a former top diplomat warned on Thursday, as the Government is set to apologise for Britain's role in the slave trade.
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Government → cost → trade
John Jenkins likened Andy Burnham's planned apology to a 'shakedown' by 'professional grievance entrepreneurs' seeking reparations from UK taxpayers.
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Jenkins → liken → taxpayers
The ex-Foreign Office director for the Middle East and North Africa warned a series of 'capitulations' by the British State 'only invites further demands'.
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series → warn → demands
Sir John said attempts to 'surrender' the Chagos Islands have not only failed to settle the matter, but created more challenges to British sovereignty as other countries have 'scented weakness'.
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countries → say → weakness
He added that by 'unnecessarily accepting' a non-binding court ruling on ownership of the archipelago, Labour has 'emboldened Argentine claims on the Falklands'.
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Labour → add → Falklands
In a report for the Policy Exchange, the former ambassador to Saudi Arabia also points to responses to the IRA, Iran and Islamists as examples of how the UK has 'accepted threats and grievances detrimental to British interests, with each retreat encouraging fresh concessions'.
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retreat → point → concessions
Sir John warned this has left the UK exposed to 'increasingly extravagant claims', such as an £18trillion bill for slavery after the UN voted in favour of Britain and other former colonial powers paying reparations.
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Britain → warn → reparations
He said: 'Even the most casual observer might be forgiven for thinking all this simply represents a cynical and mercenary shakedown of a guilt-ridden West by professional grievance entrepreneurs.
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this → say → entrepreneurs
It is certainly true that the claims made in support of reparations range from the ignorant to the bizarre.'
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claims → make → bizarre
King Charles III speaks with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, right, as they attend the Commonwealth Business Forum in Osbourn, Antigua and Barbuda
Sir John Jenkins, former British ambassador to Saudi Arabia, who has warned that Labour's 'culture of capitulation' risks costing the UK billions
King Charles III meets Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium
King Charles III reacts after joking while delivering a speech next to Gaston Browne (L) as they attend an official dinner and reception during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
To reassert Britain's position on the world stage and see off such demands, the Government must eschew 'tired mantras about 'soft power' and instead rebuild the Armed Forces, he added.
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he → speak → Forces
In a foreword to the think-tank's report, Professor John Bew, a foreign policy adviser to four prime ministers, said Britons do 'self-flagellation and status anxiety with a relish few nations can match'.
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nations → say → relish
He said foreign policy 'could do with a stiffening of spine' and the Government should pursue 'historical self-reflection rather than historical self-flagellation'.
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Government → say → reflection
If not, it is offering an 'open invitation for others to take advantage of a Britain that appears too up for grabs, and too quick to seek to buy off adversaries with an ever-diminishing pot of national gold', added Professor Bew.
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Bew → offer → gold
At a meeting of Commonwealth countries in Antigua this week, the Prime Minister agreed to hold talks on the harms caused by the slave trade.
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Minister → agree → trade
Mr Burnham said he is willing to make a formal apology on behalf of the UK for its role in slavery, but has ruled out paying reparations.
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he → say → reparations
However, he refused to rule out other contributions short of direct reparations, saying he wants to look at ways to help Commonwealth countries struggling with debt repayments.
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he → refuse → repayments
The UK will also hand out £40million to invest in Caribbean infrastructure.
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UK → hand → infrastructure
The Foreign Secretary, Ed Miliband, has suggested this process would likely be concluded within a year.
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process → suggest → year
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