👤 Stephen Burgen in Barcelona

5 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
5
2026-08-20 – 2026-10-05
Claims per article
23
117 extracted in total
Hedged claims
3%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
3,797
characters
Writes for The Guardian.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Politics
100%
Most-tagged topics
SpainMadridBarcelonaCatalanCeutaMoroccoSpanishCatalonia

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
3 scored articles; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.26 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-29 · The Guardian · Politics
Spanish government approves measures to ease housing crisis after outcry over eviction
20 outlets covered this event · leans strongly left
2026-09-23 · The Guardian · Politics
Police use teargas on protesters as disabled woman, 87, evicted from Madrid home
20 outlets covered this event
2026-09-03 · The Guardian · Politics
Spain’s PM says no evidence ‘whatsoever’ Morocco behind Ceuta border breach
3 outlets covered this event
2026-10-05 · The Guardian · Politics
Exiled separatist leader is likely to return to a very different Catalonia
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-08-20 · The Guardian · Politics
Spain to allow 500 children in Ceuta to go to mainland in immigration U-turn
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans right

What they said would happen

2026-08-20 · The Guardian
Spain to allow 500 children in Ceuta to go to mainland in immigration U-turn
🔮 The Spanish government has U-turned and said it will allow 500 migrant children in Ceuta to relocate to the mainland. assertive
2026-09-03 · The Guardian
Spain’s PM says no evidence ‘whatsoever’ Morocco behind Ceuta border breach
🔮 It seems likely the government will invest in facilities in Ceuta to accommodate the remaining migrants rather than risk the political backlash both in Spain and across Europe were they to bring them to the mainland. assertive
2026-09-23 · The Guardian
Police use teargas on protesters as disabled woman, 87, evicted from Madrid home
🔮 A hug to everyone and to all the people who are supporting me in this cruel struggle against a person who wants to make money but who should not forget that they have parents and that one day they could find themselves in the situation that, unfortunately, I am in.” assertive
2026-09-29 · The Guardian
Spanish government approves measures to ease housing crisis after outcry over eviction
🔮 Two decrees have been approved by cabinet but will need to be approved in Congress, where the coalition lacks a majority. assertive
2026-10-05 · The Guardian
Exiled separatist leader is likely to return to a very different Catalonia
🔮 After years of legal wrangling, Spain’s constitutional court is expected to remove the last obstacle to the return of the former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont after nearly nine years in exile this week. assertive
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