👤 Patrick Greenfield

9 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
9
2026-09-19 – 2026-11-03
Claims per article
32
291 extracted in total
Hedged claims
6%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
4,450
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
44%
Education
22%
Environment
22%
Crime & Law
11%
Most-tagged topics
ScotlandScottishSNPAberdeenBritishEdinburghIndiaLabour

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 -0.29 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-17 · The Guardian · Politics
SNP says campaign for next referendum on independence ‘has already begun’
3 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-29 · The Guardian · Crime & Law
Former snooker world champion Graeme Dott jailed for child sexual abuse
3 outlets covered this event
2026-09-19 · The Guardian · Politics
Michael Marra elected as Scottish Labour leader
3 outlets covered this event
2026-10-19 · The Guardian · Education
Foamy war? St Andrews students play out modern take on ancient ritual
2 outlets covered this event
2026-09-24 · The Guardian · Environment
Indian oil and gas heir made professor of sustainability at Newcastle University
2 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-11-03 · The Guardian · Politics
UK ministers told not to engage formally with Indian mega-zoo after lobbying
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-09-19 · The Guardian
Michael Marra elected as Scottish Labour leader
🔮 In his acceptance speech, Marra he would spend time reconnecting with Scottish voters. assertive
2026-09-24 · The Guardian
Indian oil and gas heir made professor of sustainability at Newcastle University
🔮 In 2025, an investigation by the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung found that many animals delivered to Vantara arrived through countries with opaque wildlife trading networks such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the United Arab Emirates, raising concerns that endangered species may have been illegally trafficked. assertive
2026-09-27 · The Guardian
‘It’s like the Scottish Upper East Side’: shame and snobbery as American students blamed for St Andrews classism
🔮 When Sophie Rose Jenkins announced she would not return to St Andrews University this academic year because of her experiences of classism on campus, she did not expect much of a response. assertive
2026-09-29 · The Guardian
Former snooker world champion Graeme Dott jailed for child sexual abuse
🔮 He would expose himself to her, she said, and began touching her with different parts of his body, including his penis. assertive
2026-10-01 · The Guardian
Falling glass and ‘decapitated’ plants: the race to protect Edinburgh botanic garden’s plants
🔮 Soon the September sunshine will give way to the storms and gales of the Scottish winter, which can bring hundreds of glass panels crashing to the greenhouse floor on the windiest days. assertive
2026-10-15 · The Guardian
Burnham v Swinney: will the UK PM overshadow the SNP’s conference?
🔮 But by the time John Swinney stands up to address members on Saturday afternoon in Aberdeen to reinvigorate the case for a second independence referendum, his party may regret giving the UK prime minister so much prominence in the conference buildup. assertive
2026-10-17 · The Guardian
SNP says campaign for next referendum on independence ‘has already begun’
🔮 On Saturday, the Scottish first minister said that the SNP would launch its “most sophisticated campaign in history” to convince Scottish of the benefits of independence, backed by “a six-figure war chest”. assertive
2026-10-19 · The Guardian
Foamy war? St Andrews students play out modern take on ancient ritual
🔮 Traditionally, freshers would give their elders a pound of raisins – hence the name. assertive
2026-11-03 · The Guardian
UK ministers told not to engage formally with Indian mega-zoo after lobbying
🔮 The meeting will examine how India has responded to compliance concerns about imports of endangered animals. assertive
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