PMQs (asking) · 9 Sep 2026
Prime Minister's Questions (asking, as Leader of the Opposition)
Official record: UK Parliament, Hansard (House of Commons). Retrieved 3 Oct 2026.
No BS Index for this transcript
No questions were put, so answering cannot be measured. Claims that held up: 71% of 14 checked (Bluff 14.3 of 50). Its claims still count towards the overall score.
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9 Sep 2026Everyone in our line-up who spoke here, each rated by the same rules on their own words. Our model rated this. The BS Index is not compared here because the speakers were scored on different measures (for example, one asked the questions and the other answered them). Compare the measures instead.
Kemi Badenoch this transcript
Leader of the Opposition
71%of 14 checked claims hold up
–no questions to answer
Andy Burnham
Prime Minister
–of 16 checked claims hold up
–of 24 questions answered
What we found
DefinitionsAccuracy71%
Checked claims that hold up
Supported“His Chancellor resigned as Defence Secretary because the Labour Government would not increase defence spending to 3% by 2030”
PMQs (asking), 9 Sep 2026 · Meta-Defense · London Loves Business
Partly supported“when he was the shadow Home Secretary, when the then Labour leader wanted us to leave NATO, disarm our nuclear deterrent and defund the Army”
PMQs (asking), 9 Sep 2026 · Euronews · The Scotsman
Supported“The Prime Minister says the target is 2035”
PMQs (asking), 9 Sep 2026 · Hansard, UK Parliament · The Spectator
Supported“Russia is threatening us in the North sea—now”
PMQs (asking), 9 Sep 2026 · ITV News · Royal Navy
Supported“The Chancellor used to say that not hitting 3% by 2030 would put our troops at risk”
PMQs (asking), 9 Sep 2026 · Fox News · LBC
Supported“He also said that Keir Starmer was “unable”, and the Treasury “unwilling”, to provide that funding”
PMQs (asking), 9 Sep 2026 · TIME · London Loves Business
Partly supported“On Monday, Chris Rokos, Britain’s third biggest taxpayer, announced that he was leaving the country”
PMQs (asking), 9 Sep 2026 · Bloomberg · The National
Partly supported“That is £330 million of taxes walking out the door because of this Labour Government—every year, £330 million”
PMQs (asking), 9 Sep 2026 · LBC · New Statesman
Partly supported“The benefits bill is set to rise by £32 billion under him”
PMQs (asking), 9 Sep 2026 · Office for Budget Responsibility · Full Fact
Partly supported“The Prime Minister will not approve the Rosebank oilfield—£1.4 billion of tax revenue”
PMQs (asking), 9 Sep 2026 · Offshore Energies UK · The Scotsman
Partly supported“Keir Starmer’s £35 billion surrender of the Chagos islands and its crucial military base”
PMQs (asking), 9 Sep 2026 · House of Commons Library · UK Statistics Authority
Answers questionsNot enough data
Questions answered straight
ConsistencyNot checked
No unacknowledged contradictionsshown, not in the score
Contradiction checks start once more of the record is in. Until then this measure is left out, not counted as perfect.
SubstanceNot enough data
Emotion that comes with substanceshown, not in the score
1 emotional passages labelled, 0 flagged as deflecting. Needs 20.
The record
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