Interview · 30 Sep 2026
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby: Iran, the cost of living and Europe
Video: YouTube: Sky News (official channel). Retrieved 7 Oct 2026.
Mostly straight talkProvisional
127 sentences · 18 checked claims · 21 questions
What makes up this item's score
DefinitionsAccuracy83%
Checked claims that hold upadds 8.3 of 50.0
Supported“I didn't hesitate to call the Cobra meeting this week.”
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Partly supported“I didn't talk about the other party leaders or the other parties.”
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Partly supported“most of the political parties have indicated support.”
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Partly supported“my predecessors in this role haven't been prepared to do that.”
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Supported“tomorrow VAT comes off electricity bills.”
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Supported“unfunded budget proposals caused a run on people's mortgages”
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Supported“if you look at what the ONS has said today about quarter 2 growth, we've had stronger figures than expected.”
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Supported“We've had a decade of low growth, too much division.”
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Supported“Canada is talking about a new relationship with Europe.”
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Answers questions71%
Questions answered straightadds 14.3 of 50.0
Partly answeredQ: “Prime Minister, I'm going to get on to your incredibly consequential speech in a moment, but before I do, you've said there is a strong indication tha…”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby: Iran, the cost of living and Europe, 30 Sep 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “Will you recall parliament?”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby: Iran, the cost of living and Europe, 30 Sep 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “Okay. And right, okay, Prime Minister, thank you for that. Now, you said in your speech yesterday that you want to draw a line on a decade of division…”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby: Iran, the cost of living and Europe, 30 Sep 2026 · video
DodgedQ: “Yes, indeed. And Prime Minister, I'm going to I want to come on to a couple of those policies, but just in terms of your reform agenda for Britain, vo…”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby: Iran, the cost of living and Europe, 30 Sep 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “But your big reform, but your big reform program requires a general election, doesn't it?”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby: Iran, the cost of living and Europe, 30 Sep 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “So you you're not going to call a general election till 2029.”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby: Iran, the cost of living and Europe, 30 Sep 2026 · video
Partly answeredQ: “PM, even what you want to do, give people some breathing space. You can't deliver on that, can you? One think tank is estimating every household will …”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby: Iran, the cost of living and Europe, 30 Sep 2026 · video
Partly answeredQ: “But you can people are going to be worse off, aren't they? Before they get better.”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby: Iran, the cost of living and Europe, 30 Sep 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “Just to be just so but just to be for people out there cuz you've talked a lot about breathing space. Can you just be honest with them? It's going to …”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby: Iran, the cost of living and Europe, 30 Sep 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “What are you saying to people issues around bed in there and I will do what I can when I can. Is that what you're saying?”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby: Iran, the cost of living and Europe, 30 Sep 2026 · video
Partly answeredQ: “But it is going to get worse before it gets better. Just Yes. Isn't it?”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby: Iran, the cost of living and Europe, 30 Sep 2026 · video
Declined openlyQ: “PM I'm already running out of time, so I'm going to have to crack on. Um just on the policies, you've said you want to start a debate on Britain's lon…”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby: Iran, the cost of living and Europe, 30 Sep 2026 · video
ConsistencyNot checked
No unacknowledged contradictionsshown, not in the score
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SubstanceNot enough data
Emotion that comes with substanceshown, not in the score
4 emotional passages labelled, 0 flagged as deflecting. Needs 20.
How the number is built
8.3 + 14.3 = 22.6Bluff = 50 × (1 − Accuracy 83%) = 8.3
Spin = 50 × (1 − Answers questions 71%) = 14.3
BS Index = Bluff + Spin = 22.6 → shown as 23
The same fixed weights for everyone. Consistency and Substance are shown alongside, never in the number.
The record
Andy Burnham tells Beth Rigby it will be a 'tough winter' | Watch full interview - YouTube. YouTube: Sky News (official channel), 30 Sep 2026. Open the video · hash and fetch details