Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
15%
3 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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Publisher signals
64/100
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Politics
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“This is the pro-devolution prime minister,” Mr Farage told reporters.
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Farage → tell → reporters
“To even consider rejoining the single market, the customs union, let alone the European Union itself, is the opposite of devolution – a massive transfer of huge powers up to an authority, whereby there’s nothing Parliament could do to change any of it.
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Parliament → consider → it
“So I find the whole thing totally contradictory.”
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thing → find → ?
When it was put to him that the majority of the public supported rejoining the bloc, the Reform leader suggested they would change their mind once they knew the costs and other implications.
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they → put → costs
He said: “I actually think that Burnham has made a very big political mistake.”
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Burnham → say → mistake
Mr Farage also told Sky News: “Here in Doncaster and across the north of England, I think what he’s done is open the door to Reform in the most extraordinary way.”
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done → tell → way
During his rally in the leave-voting Yorkshire city, the Reform leader also said: “If Andy Burnham, the king of the north, wants a fight in Doncaster… with me on rejoining the EU, then bring it on.”
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Burnham → vote → it
The Prime Minister promised in his first Labour Party conference speech in Liverpool on Tuesday to set out options on the country’s ties to Brussels around the time of a UK-EU summit later this year.
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Minister → promise → summit
He later acknowledged this could include an option to go “all the way” and rejoin the bloc if that is what public opinion favoured.
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opinion → acknowledge → what
He did not rule out putting a pledge to rejoin in Labour’s next election manifesto.
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He → rule → manifesto
Mr Burnham also used his speech to announce an adjustment of the state pension triple lock to pay for social care, and a potential change in the UK’s electoral system.
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Burnham → use → system
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A national commission will investigate overhauling the first-past-the-post voting system.
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commission → read → system
Mr Farage said he was supportive of “a degree of proportionality”, but that electoral reform was not a priority.
“I always thought a degree of proportionality in British politics would be useful because what it would mean is significant minority views would at least get a voice in Parliament.
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views → say → Parliament
As to where you draw that line and how you do it, I don’t know.”
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I → draw → it
He said he backed proposals in the 1998 Jenkins Commission, including that “the man or woman that represents the area still continues to get elected by first past the post”.
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that → say → post
Changing the voting system would “take years”, Mr Farage said, arguing that politicians should focus on more urgent issues such as migrant boat arrivals and soaring borrowing costs.
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politicians → change → arrivals
On Mr Burnham’s plan to break the triple lock’s automatic link with increases in average earnings, the Reform leader said pensioners were the “wrong target”.
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pensioners → break → earnings
Reform UK has faced ongoing questions about its finances and is under criminal investigation after allegations the party breached donation rules on foreign funding.
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party → face → funding
An undercover report by Channel 4 last month showed senior party figures discussing how to disguise donations from foreign sources.
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figures → show → sources
Mr Farage on Thursday told journalists an internal probe into the matter has “been done and it’ll be out in public very, very soon”, as he threatened media outlets with “legal challenges”.
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he → tell → challenges
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