👤 Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

10 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
10
2026-09-22 – 2026-11-04
Claims per article
18
182 extracted in total
Hedged claims
12%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
3,123
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
50%
Crime & Law
30%
Entertainment
10%
Environment
10%
Most-tagged topics
Palestine ActionLabourLondonWalesal-Qaidathe Crown Prosecution Servicethe Terrorism ActAPHA

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 -0.29 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-14 · The Guardian · Politics
Sally Rooney says she can no longer sell books in UK due to Palestine Action support
11 outlets covered this event · leans strongly left
2026-11-01 · The Guardian · Crime & Law
Police detain 325 people at pro-Palestine Action protest at US embassy in London
9 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-11-04 · The Guardian · Politics
Palestine Action activists used similar tactics to the suffragettes, court told
6 outlets covered this event
2026-09-22 · The Guardian · Crime & Law
Former Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood charged with two more offences
3 outlets covered this event
2026-09-23 · The Guardian · Crime & Law
Judge wrong to hear case from bed while recovering from surgery, court says
2 outlets covered this event
2026-10-25 · The Guardian · Entertainment
Two children’s laureates to give Sally Rooney royalties after ban on UK sales
no other outlet in the corpus covered this

What they said would happen

2026-09-22 · The Guardian
Former Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood charged with two more offences
🔮 The 68-year-old will appear at Westminster magistrates court on a date to be fixed accused of indecently assaulting a girl aged 16 or 17 in the borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in 1991, the Metropolitan police said. assertive
2026-09-23 · The Guardian
Judge wrong to hear case from bed while recovering from surgery, court says
🔮 Phillips wrote: “The deputy judge is to be commended on his willingness to hear a case whilst recovering from injury and his fortitude in doing so in bed, in trying circumstances. assertive
2026-09-27 · The Guardian
Failure to protect free speech could cost Labour votes at next election, says Liberty
🔮 Free speech will be a big concern for voters at the next general election, with the government’s current approach on the issue perceived by many to be bad for Britain, polling suggests. assertive
2026-10-02 · The Guardian
Palestine Action activists used whips and hammers to threaten guards at arms factory, court hears
🔮 Five defendants are accused by prosecutors of being part of a “black team”, wearing black jumpsuits, whose role was to overwhelm security guards, so that a “red team”, wearing red jumpsuits, could break into the Elbit systems factory in Filton, near Bristol, and smash up equipment including drones. assertive
2026-10-04 · The Guardian
Lack of inspections at fish slaughterhouses a ‘disgrace’, says Animal Equality UK
🔮 It is a disgrace that not a single government agency will take responsibility for checking on their welfare at slaughter. assertive
2026-10-14 · The Guardian
Sally Rooney says she can no longer sell books in UK due to Palestine Action support
🔮 The Irish novelist, whose books include Normal People and Conversations With Friends, said her public support for the direct action group meant she could no longer receive royalties from UK sales. assertive
2026-10-21 · The Guardian
Jess Phillips hopes supreme court ‘sees sense’ and overturns domestic abuse ruling
🔮 Phillips said that if the supreme court upheld the court of appeal’s decision when it hears the case on Wednesday and Thursday, it would prevent police from being held accountable for failures in cases of violence against women and girls. assertive
2026-10-25 · The Guardian
Two children’s laureates to give Sally Rooney royalties after ban on UK sales
🔮 After the ban was introduced, Rooney, whose books include Normal People and Conversations with Friends, said that she would use proceeds from her sales to support Palestine Action. assertive
2026-11-01 · The Guardian
Police detain 325 people at pro-Palestine Action protest at US embassy in London
🔮 The overall number of detentions will probably feature in the hearing before the UK’s highest court, which was granted on the basis that it was arguable that the ban represents a disproportionate interference with the rights of freedom of speech and protest. mixed
2026-11-04 · The Guardian
Palestine Action activists used similar tactics to the suffragettes, court told
🔮 On the first day of the supreme court hearing in central London, Raza Husain KC, representing Ammori, told the five judges: “Palestine Action never advocated for violence against the person and the home secretary has never advocated – and could not advocate – to the contrary. assertive
Forward-looking sentences extracted from their articles, oldest first. Nothing here checks whether any of it turned out to be right.
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