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
LabourReformBBC Radio 4’sBritishConservatiesConservativeConservativesDover
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 -0.28
(leans left).
More from this journalist
Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
🔮 Labour’s improved poll ratings have led to speculation this week that Andy Burnham will call a snap election, but the prime minister rejected that on Friday and said the next contest would be in 2029. assertive
🔮 Ed Miliband will tell campaigners and party members who raised the plight of Palestinians they were right that Labour’s approach had not been enough, saying he was heeding the calls of millions of people by imposing sanctions on Israeli settlements. assertive
🔮 If there’s a risk to life at sea, an RNLI volunteer without any political persuasion at all or any ideology will go out and will save lives at sea. assertive
🔮 Andy Burnham will signal he is prepared to look at scrapping the pensions triple lock to fund a national care service, telling the Labour conference he will be willing to make difficult arguments to tackle the UK’s intractable issues such as social care. assertive
🔮 The Conservatives will announce a bonfire of regulations including abolishing affordable homes and community funding rules as well as scrapping Natural England and the Environment Agency. assertive
Forward-looking sentences extracted from their articles, oldest first.
Nothing here checks whether any of it turned out to be right.
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