👤 Dan Haygarth

15 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
15
2026-09-06 – 2026-10-29
Claims per article
23
344 extracted in total
Hedged claims
9%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
3,677
characters
Writes for The Independent.
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
93%
World
7%
Most-tagged topics
IranRussianTehranUkraineRussiaAmericansDemocratsFrance

Leaning

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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 -0.19 (centre).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-07 · The Independent · Politics
Iran-US war latest: Tehran vows to extend ‘exclusion zone’ near Strait of Hormuz after US strikes on tankers
32 outlets covered this event
2026-09-06 · The Independent · Politics
Iran-US war latest: Tehran attacks ships in Strait of Hormuz after US strikes Iranian oil tankers
32 outlets covered this event
2026-09-06 · The Independent · Politics
Far-right AfD set for historic win in crucial German state election, exit polls show
31 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-26 · The Independent · World
Hundreds of thousands line Champs-Élysées for Pope Leo parade in France
23 outlets covered this event
2026-10-24 · The Independent · Politics
France protests latest: 135 arrested and tear gas fired at demonstrators as unrest erupts
22 outlets covered this event
2026-10-28 · The Independent · Politics
Vance ‘reaches out to Iran for peace talks’ days after Trump threatens new bombing campaign
9 outlets covered this event

What they said would happen

2026-09-06 · The Independent
Trump approval rating drops to record low in new poll
🔮 This is the lowest number recorded since the newspaper began asking the question in May and a three-point decrease from the previous month. assertive
2026-09-06 · The Independent
Iran-US war latest: Tehran attacks ships in Strait of Hormuz after US strikes Iranian oil tankers
🔮 Admiral Brad Cooper, head of US Central Command, said: “Let the message to the IRGC be clear: If you shoot at two of our ships, we will impose an even higher economic cost — taking out three of yours.” assertive
2026-09-06 · The Independent
Far-right AfD set for historic win in crucial German state election, exit polls show
🔮 If the full results, expected on Monday, show that the AfD has secured a majority, the party could form its first regional government in what would be a seismic moment in post-war German history. assertive
2026-09-07 · The Independent
Iran-US war latest: Tehran vows to extend ‘exclusion zone’ near Strait of Hormuz after US strikes on tankers
🔮 The new head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei, said the zone would be declared in the coming days and would stretch for some distance on either side of the Strait "begin[ning] from the line of the US naval blockade". assertive
2026-09-07 · The Independent
Trump approval rating drops to record low in new poll
🔮 This is the lowest number recorded since the newspaper began asking the question in May and a three-point decrease from the previous month. assertive
2026-09-14 · The Independent
Member of UK armed forces dies in Ukraine, MoD says
🔮 Ukraine’s railway operator said the attack may have been aimed at the train carrying the former prime minister, among other dignitaries. assertive
2026-09-26 · The Independent
Trump trolls Iran by renaming the Strait of Hormuz shipping route after himself
🔮 They stated that Tehran would reopen the key waterway and resume talks on its nuclear programme but only if the US lifts its naval blockade, waives oil sanctions and observes a ceasefire that includes Lebanon. assertive
2026-09-26 · The Independent
Hundreds of thousands line Champs-Élysées for Pope Leo parade in France
🔮 He also repeated his frequent appeal for the world to reconsider the development of artificial intelligence, telling French leaders that AI could create a future where "a paradise of machines" takes control of the Earth. assertive
2026-10-24 · The Independent
France protests latest: 135 arrested and tear gas fired at demonstrators as unrest erupts
🔮 "When we came, we thought there could be a problem but not that the museum would be closed," Italian social educator Selena Bertoni, 31, said in front of the Musée d'Orsay. assertive
2026-10-28 · The Independent
Putin hails Elon Musk as ‘genius’ weeks after Starlink access slowed down for Ukraine
🔮 In 2025, Putin's investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev said Russia would like to work with him on a mission to Mars. assertive
2026-10-29 · The Independent
Vance ‘reaches out to Iran for peace talks’ days after Trump threatens new bombing campaign
🔮 According to the Journal, Vance used the letter to test whether the two nations could find enough common ground to encourage Trump not to order further strikes on Iran. assertive
2026-10-29 · The Independent
Putin calls Elon Musk ‘genius’ weeks after Starlink access slowed down for Ukraine
🔮 In 2025, Putin's investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev said Russia would like to work with him on a mission to Mars. assertive
2026-10-29 · The Independent
Putin says Russia is ‘ready for war’ with Europe in chilling threat
🔮 In a chilling threat, he said that if tensions were to escalate too far, there would be no winners. assertive
2026-10-29 · The Independent
Norway trolls Trump with toilet joke after his Nobel Prize meltdown
🔮 As he attributed unrest in France to immigration, the president said he would welcome immigrants from some countries but not from Norway "because I didn't get the Nobel Prize ... assertive
2026-10-29 · The Independent
Reeves urges EU to ‘act now’ and seize £175bn of Russian assets to protect Ukraine
🔮 Rachel Reeves has urged the European Union to seize €210bn (£175bn) of frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine defend itself against Kremlin aggression, warning that failing to act now would risk the continent’s security. assertive
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