👤 Lisa O’Carroll Senior correspondent

8 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
8
2026-09-06 – 2026-10-17
Claims per article
28
220 extracted in total
Hedged claims
12%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
4,491
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
62%
Economy/Business
25%
Crime & Law
12%
Most-tagged topics
BrusselsChinaBritishBritonsEuropeanSwedenSwedishAustralia

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
4 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.
2026-09-16 · The Guardian · Politics
Is EU’s offer to Canada a blueprint for Britain – or a reminder it is out in the cold?
26 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-17 · The Guardian · Politics
Ireland to boycott Eurovision again over ongoing deaths in Gaza
7 outlets covered this event
2026-09-25 · The Guardian · Crime & Law
Jeffrey Donaldson could face more than 10 years in jail for child sexual abuse, court told
3 outlets covered this event
2026-10-17 · The Guardian · Politics
‘We are in hiding’: Briton with severe health issues fears deportation from Sweden
2 outlets covered this event
2026-10-16 · The Guardian · Politics
UK could quickly re-enter EU with ‘Switzerland plus’ deal, senior MEP says
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-09-20 · The Guardian · Politics
‘I have nothing in the UK at all’: British man torn from his Swedish wife and home
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-09-06 · The Guardian
EU faces 300,000 factory job cuts as China ‘colonises’ supply chains, industry warns
🔮 Job losses in EU manufacturing will rapidly increase unless Brussels stops the “colonisation” of industry by Chinese component manufacturers, a leading industry trade body has warned. assertive
2026-09-16 · The Guardian
Is EU’s offer to Canada a blueprint for Britain – or a reminder it is out in the cold?
🔮 The European Commission president’s deal could be seen as an “earthquake” offer said Joel Reland, of UK in a Changing Europe, thought it remains “deliciously vague”. mixed
2026-09-17 · The Guardian
Ireland to boycott Eurovision again over ongoing deaths in Gaza
🔮 RTÉ announced on Thursday it would not participate in the 2027 competition. assertive
2026-09-20 · The Guardian
China’s stranglehold on rare earths must be ended, says hopeful supplier to EU
🔮 Industry leaders had hoped Trump would have sealed a deal to extend the suspension at the two leaders’ last summit in May but the question remains hanging over next week’s summit. assertive
2026-09-20 · The Guardian
‘I have nothing in the UK at all’: British man torn from his Swedish wife and home
🔮 The situation persists despite promises from opposition parties now on track to form a government that they will introduce urgent laws to give Britons a second chance to apply for residency. assertive
2026-09-25 · The Guardian
Jeffrey Donaldson could face more than 10 years in jail for child sexual abuse, court told
🔮 Jeffrey Donaldson, the former leader of the Democratic Unionist party in Northern Ireland, could be sent to prison for more than 10 years over the sexual assault of two women when they were children, a court heard on Friday. assertive
2026-10-16 · The Guardian
UK could quickly re-enter EU with ‘Switzerland plus’ deal, senior MEP says
🔮 The UK could re-enter the EU in a “Switzerland plus” package that could be negotiated within months of any decision to deepen ties with the bloc, the head of a European parliament committee has said. mixed
2026-10-17 · The Guardian
‘We are in hiding’: Briton with severe health issues fears deportation from Sweden
🔮 A seriously ill British man living in Sweden has been forced into hiding amid fears he will be deported as a result of what he says is a government Brexit residency error. assertive
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