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Interview · 6 Oct 2026
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby: an early election, Reform and the triple lock
Video: YouTube: Sky News (official channel). Retrieved 7 Oct 2026.
Some bluff & spinProvisional
129 sentences · 18 checked claims · 24 questions
What makes up this item's score
DefinitionsAccuracy86%
Checked claims that hold upadds 6.9 of 50.0
Supported“We had a prime minister who came in two years ago on a huge landslide, and he's gone.”
Interview, 6 Oct 2026 · CBS News · ABC News
Supported“I have said that if Andy [Burnham] doesn't fund defense properly, we should have an election”
Interview, 6 Oct 2026 · Guido Fawkes
Partly supported“the people in reform are up to their necks in scandal”
Interview, 6 Oct 2026 · ITV News Anglia · ITV News
Supported“we went into a coalition with the Liberal Democrats in 2010.”
Interview, 6 Oct 2026 · GOV.UK (Cabinet Office)
Supported“We have this in 1974. In 1974, there were two elections.”
Interview, 6 Oct 2026 · Shropshire Star · Wikipedia
Partly supported“Inheritance tax right now has dragged in a lot of people who weren't covered before.”
Interview, 6 Oct 2026 · HM Revenue & Customs · interactive investor (reporting OBR/HMRC)
Partly supported“The wealthiest people don't pay it. They have all these trusts and so on.”
Interview, 6 Oct 2026 · HM Revenue & Customs
Supported“The triple lock is conservative policy. We brought it in.”
Interview, 6 Oct 2026 · Economics Observatory · ITV News
Supported“The person who's talking about changing it is Andy Burnham.”
Interview, 6 Oct 2026 · City AM · Politics.co.uk
Answers questions63%
Questions answered straightadds 18.8 of 50.0
Partly answeredQ: “Cammy Badnock, you're here at this conference to talk about progress, but on the hard facts, your party is still polling lower than when you were at y…”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby: an early election, Reform and the triple lock, 6 Oct 2026 · video
Partly answeredQ: “you don't want an election right now.”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby: an early election, Reform and the triple lock, 6 Oct 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “You brought up an you brought up a prospect of an early election. That's why I'm asking you about it. Your chairman Kevin Holl said yesterday, "We're …”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby: an early election, Reform and the triple lock, 6 Oct 2026 · video
DodgedQ: “Um, since you are preparing for a snap poll, will you rule out any deal with reform? Not pre-election, which you've already done, but post election.”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby: an early election, Reform and the triple lock, 6 Oct 2026 · video
DodgedQ: “to be really clear for people watching this to be really clear not be in government than do a deal with”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby: an early election, Reform and the triple lock, 6 Oct 2026 · video
Partly answeredQ: “you would not you'd rather not be in government after an election if that's”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby: an early election, Reform and the triple lock, 6 Oct 2026 · video
Declined openlyQ: “I'm just asking you. You wouldn't deal do a deal with reform after an election.”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby: an early election, Reform and the triple lock, 6 Oct 2026 · video
Partly answeredQ: “You've been very clear about no deals before. I'm just asking if that's the same after.”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby: an early election, Reform and the triple lock, 6 Oct 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “So clearly, you're not going to deal with do deal with reform. You're saying you'd rather have another election.”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby: an early election, Reform and the triple lock, 6 Oct 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “other people did too. And you are still here. Uh you have proved your doubters wrong. uh your ratings are outping the party. Is there some quiet satis…”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby: an early election, Reform and the triple lock, 6 Oct 2026 · video
Partly answeredQ: “I haven't got loads time. Let's get on to policies. on policies. Are you really going to find up to 15 billion pounds a year from cuts elsewhere to fu…”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby: an early election, Reform and the triple lock, 6 Oct 2026 · video
Partly answeredQ: “Only one in 20 estates pay inheritance tax. Is that really your priority?”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby: an early election, Reform and the triple lock, 6 Oct 2026 · video
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
5 emotional passages labelled, 3 flagged as deflecting. Needs 20.
How the number is built
6.9 + 18.8 = 25.7Bluff = 50 × (1 − Accuracy 86%) = 6.9
Spin = 50 × (1 − Answers questions 63%) = 18.8
BS Index = Bluff + Spin = 25.7 → shown as 26
The same fixed weights for everyone. Consistency and Substance are shown alongside, never in the number.
The record
Kemi Badenoch hits out at Suella Braverman's 'identity politics' - YouTube. YouTube: Sky News (official channel), 6 Oct 2026. Open the video · hash and fetch details