👤 Chris Blackhurst

9 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
9
2026-09-15 – 2026-11-01
Claims per article
63
564 extracted in total
Hedged claims
8%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
7,946
characters
Writes for 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

Economy/Business
33%
Politics
33%
Technology
22%
Crime & Law
11%
Most-tagged topics
LondonCityEnglandSouthwarkAthensBarclaysBetfredBilimoria

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
5 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.
2026-10-28 · Evening Standard · Politics
OPINION - Banks raise a glass to Healey’s Budget… not in celebration, but with a sigh of relief
7 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-24 · Evening Standard · Crime & Law
Can the new traffic ban save Oxford Street?
5 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-11-01 · Evening Standard · Technology
The City's next chapter? It's another very tall story...
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-18 · Evening Standard · Politics
The fight for justice in the City’s own Post Office scandal
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-10-10 · Evening Standard · Economy/Business
Has Bread Ahead really risen too much for Borough Market?
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-04 · Evening Standard · Politics
Burn Brexit, burn, signals Burnham — the City is with him
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans strongly left

What they said would happen

2026-09-15 · Evening Standard
The global war on AI data centres: Why cities including London are rebelling against big tech
🔮 The approval of one in London’s Brick Lane is the latest of the many colossal data centres mushrooming across the country — but will a backlash halt the march of AI? assertive
2026-09-21 · Evening Standard
The fear of a terrifying exit tax will send more billionaires abroad
🔮 The fear of a terrifying exit tax will send more billionaires abroad assertive
2026-09-28 · Evening Standard
Why the hospitality industry is losing sleep over tourist tax
🔮 When one of our most feted restaurateurs says the new tourist tax will prevent him expanding here, it should give the Government pause. assertive
2026-10-04 · Evening Standard
Burn Brexit, burn, signals Burnham — the City is with him
🔮 Across London, businesses are breathing a collective sigh of relief at the prospect of closer ties with the EU, writes Chris Blackhurst Every year, the leading business networking group, E2Exchange or E2E, holds a gala event in London, usually in Mayfair. assertive
2026-10-10 · Evening Standard
Has Bread Ahead really risen too much for Borough Market?
🔮 On a typical day, the stand will shift 4,000 doughnuts and 1,000 pastries. assertive
2026-10-18 · Evening Standard
The fight for justice in the City’s own Post Office scandal
🔮 Each day in London, banks would submit an estimate of the cost of borrowing cash from other banks and an average would be taken to Libor benchmark. assertive
2026-10-24 · Evening Standard
Can the new traffic ban save Oxford Street?
🔮 After years of political disputes and mooted, promoted, criticised and scrapped proposals, Oxford Street will at last be pedestrianised on Monday, October 26 — or at least, some of it will be. assertive
2026-10-28 · Evening Standard
OPINION - Banks raise a glass to Healey’s Budget… not in celebration, but with a sigh of relief
🔮 In cost terms, the additional charge will not hurt much. assertive
2026-11-01 · Evening Standard
The City's next chapter? It's another very tall story...
🔮 With London set to expand upwards again, Chris Blackhurst explains why commercial forces trump heritage in the surge to the sky In the battle of the skyscrapers, it is honours even. assertive
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