👤 George Thompson

7 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
7
2026-08-26 – 2026-10-13
Claims per article
23
159 extracted in total
Hedged claims
0%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
3,548
characters
Writes for The Independent, Evening Standard.
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
IsraelJerusalemBritishIsraelithe UK MissionAmericaBritainChannel 5 News

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 -0.17 (centre).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-08 · Evening Standard · Politics
Israel says UK consulate in East Jerusalem has ‘ceased to function’
13 outlets covered this event
2026-10-08 · Evening Standard · Politics
Israel says UK consulate in East Jerusalem has ‘ceased to function’
13 outlets covered this event
2026-10-08 · Evening Standard · Politics
Israel says UK consulate in East Jerusalem has ‘ceased to function’
13 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-08 · Evening Standard · Politics
Israel says UK consulate in East Jerusalem has ‘ceased to function’
13 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-08 · Evening Standard · Politics
UK withdraws staff and families from Jerusalem consulate
13 outlets covered this event
2026-10-13 · Evening Standard · Politics
MPs vote to continue progress of Northern Ireland Troubles legacy legislation
no other outlet in the corpus covered this

What they said would happen

2026-08-26 · The Independent
Burnham defends past remarks about Trump after branding US politics ‘poisonous’
🔮 The Prime Minister stressed he would seek to establish "common ground" with the US leader, despite having once described politics in America as "poisonous" and "polarised". assertive
2026-10-08 · Evening Standard
UK withdraws staff and families from Jerusalem consulate
🔮 “Following discussions with the Government of Israel, our Consulate General building will not be closing, and will be known as the UK Mission, Jerusalem from today. assertive
2026-10-08 · Evening Standard
Israel says UK consulate in East Jerusalem has ‘ceased to function’
🔮 The Consul General and 19 diplomats are ending their assignments and will leave Israel. assertive
2026-10-08 · Evening Standard
Israel says UK consulate in East Jerusalem has ‘ceased to function’
🔮 The Consul General and 19 diplomats are ending their assignments and will leave Israel.” assertive
2026-10-08 · Evening Standard
Israel says UK consulate in East Jerusalem has ‘ceased to function’
🔮 The Consul General and 19 diplomats are ending their assignments and will leave Israel.” assertive
2026-10-08 · Evening Standard
Israel says UK consulate in East Jerusalem has ‘ceased to function’
🔮 However, the UK insisted the building would continue to operate and maintain its diplomatic status, under an agreement to downgrade its name and reduce staff numbers. assertive
2026-10-13 · Evening Standard
MPs vote to continue progress of Northern Ireland Troubles legacy legislation
🔮 DUP leader Gavin Robinson also said: “I think it is deeply unfortunate for victims, for innocent victims, and for veterans to have but a week to consider and to comprehend the import of the amendments, scores of them, 60 additional pages in this book, and to understand the impact that will have on their quest and their rightful quest for truth and for justice.” assertive
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