Claims extracted
16
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
19%
3 of 16 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
withheld
no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
69/100
BBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
4
Politics
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
- Published
Reform UK has suspended a party activist who reportedly said that you cannot be Muslim and British in footage recorded by an undercover reporter from ITV News.
uncertain
you → publish → News
It is also investigating two of its councillors who appear to have advocated for the mass shooting of grooming gang members in the footage.
asserted
who → investigate → footage
The party's response follows the latest allegations from undercover filming by ITV News, external, which has led to Reform facing questions over its vetting procedures for candidates.
asserted
Reform → follow → candidates
A party spokesperson told the BBC it was pursuing legal action against ITV and the documentary's production company which had used undercover reporting to obtain its material.
asserted
which → tell → material
In the ITV documentary Undercover: A Year in Reform - set to be broadcast on Sunday - party activist Jason Powell reportedly says: "You cannot be Muslim and British, it's like oil and water."
uncertain
it → set → oil
In the footage, Powell, who has applied to be a Reform parliamentary candidate, also says he believes migrants who arrive illegally should be kept in "concentration camps" if they cannot be returned to their country of origin.
asserted
they → apply → origin
Reform said Powell has been suspended from party membership while an internal investigation takes place.
asserted
investigation → say → place
Reform is also investigating two councillors who represent the party in the London borough of Hounslow.
asserted
who → investigate → Hounslow
In the footage, Councillor David Kerr advocates machine gunning thousands of grooming gang members.
asserted
machine → advocate → members
His colleague Councillor Adam Parkins suggests if he became prime minister he would conduct Sunday morning executions in the Downing Street rose garden.
uncertain
he → suggest → garden
The BBC has contacted both councillors for comment.
asserted
BBC → contact → comment
In a statement to ITV, Reform said there is "no room for racism" in the party, and added that it has opened investigations where activists or members had "clearly behaved inappropriately".
asserted
activists → say → investigations
Reform UK has said it has prioritised and improved its vetting procedures.
asserted
it → say → procedures
On Wednesday night, ITV News broadcast undercover filming which showed some of Reform's councillors and candidates using racist, violent and sexist language.
asserted
some → broadcast → language
Responding to the broadcast, Reform UK MP Robert Jenrick said all political parties had "bad apples".
asserted
parties → respond → apples
Speaking to the BBC's Today programme, he said he "didn't like what I heard in the documentary" but argued that the party had acted quickly, removing or suspending those in the undercover film.
asserted
party → speak → film
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