👤 Ben Quinn Political correspondent

9 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
9
2026-09-19 – 2026-11-01
Claims per article
24
218 extracted in total
Hedged claims
11%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
4,198
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
67%
Crime & Law
22%
Technology
11%
Most-tagged topics
BritainReformReform UKGuardianTikTokWalesAfghanBritish

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.
2026-11-01 · The Guardian · Crime & Law
Tommy Robinson conviction leaves far right with leadership void
7 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-20 · The Guardian · Politics
Specialist courtrooms to prioritise rape cases in England and Wales
5 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-19 · The Guardian · Politics
Reform UK activists squabble over Farage’s plan for £72m donations
4 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-08 · The Guardian · Politics
French minister invites UK to ‘come all the way back’ to the EU
3 outlets covered this event
2026-09-21 · The Guardian · Politics
Helen Jenner unveiled as Reform UK’s new leader in Wales after arrest of Dan Thomas
3 outlets covered this event
2026-10-12 · The Guardian · Politics
Children and mothers included in Reform plan to immediately deport 90,000 asylum seekers
2 outlets covered this event · leans strongly right

What they said would happen

2026-09-19 · The Guardian
Reform UK activists squabble over Farage’s plan for £72m donations
🔮 Yet among Reform’s grassroots, the fattening of party coffers comes with challenges of its own, with some activists less than impressed by Farage’s announcement that the money would be used to hire 400 campaign managers in target constituencies. assertive
2026-09-20 · The Guardian
Meta launches legal challenge against UK media regulator over Online Safety Act
🔮 Meta launched a legal challenge in London in May, claiming that Ofcom’s methodology for calculating the charges was flawed and should not be based on a company’s global revenue. assertive
2026-09-20 · The Guardian
Specialist courtrooms to prioritise rape cases in England and Wales
🔮 The changes, designed to encourage more survivors to come forward, will include the provision of private entrances and waiting rooms, and facilities equipped for recording evidence in advance and observing sentencing remotely. assertive
2026-09-21 · The Guardian
Helen Jenner unveiled as Reform UK’s new leader in Wales after arrest of Dan Thomas
🔮 Jenner, who was previously Reform’s deputy leader in Wales, joined Farage on the steps of the Senedd, where he said the party would “carry on as if nothing has happened”. assertive
2026-10-08 · The Guardian
French minister invites UK to ‘come all the way back’ to the EU
🔮 Roland Lescure was speaking after the prime minister used his Labour conference speech to pledge that the government would explore closer ties with the bloc at a summit later this year. assertive
2026-10-12 · The Guardian
Children and mothers included in Reform plan to immediately deport 90,000 asylum seekers
🔮 Children and mothers would not be exempt from plans by Reform UK to immediately deport 90,000 asylum seekers and impose a five-year ban on people being granted asylum. assertive
2026-10-15 · The Guardian
Farage accused of ‘protecting’ Reform candidate over racist slurs against David Lammy
🔮 Nigel Farage was told by a senior Reform official that he was “protecting” a high-profile mayoral candidate accused of making racists comments about David Lammy, an undercover investigation has revealed. assertive
2026-11-01 · The Guardian
Tommy Robinson conviction leaves far right with leadership void
🔮 It took more than 11 hours of jury deliberations to find the far-right activist guilty of harassment causing fear of violence to two journalists, enough time for a band of lieutenants and hangers-on to get their hopes up that he might be acquitted. mixed
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