Only 9 rated questions; a transcript needs 15 for a number. Claims that held up: 63% of 12 checked (Bluff 18.8 of 50). Its claims still count towards the overall score.
13 claims checked against independent sources, chosen by a fixed rule (every material claim (one that supports an argument, a policy or an attack) in the transcripts that count towards a score; in other transcripts, up to 10 claims spread evenly across each; plus any claim an emotional passage relies on). 0 more were found but not checked yet; they do not count.
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Partly supported85% confidence
“It was Alastair Campbell in the late ’90s, “We don’t do God.””
Claim checkedAlastair Campbell said “We don’t do God” in the late 1990s.
Alastair Campbell did say "We don't do God", but it was on 5 May 2003, when he interrupted a Vanity Fair interview with Tony Blair. That was not the late 1990s. The attribution is correct and the date is wrong by several years.
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Not supported55% confidence
“the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Race Action Plan put in place, whereby the most serious thing a police officer can be told is that somebody has committed an act of racial abuse, whether it’s true or not. And if the officer doesn’t take that accusation seriously, they will be suspended immediately.”
Claim checkedUnder Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary's Race Action Plan, a police officer who does not take an accusation of racial abuse seriously, true or not, is suspended immediately.
The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary Race Action Plan 2024-2026 exists. As reported, it commits the force to 'zero tolerance of racism', training, and reducing disproportionality. No report or summary found says that an officer who does not take a racism accusation seriously is suspended immediately, or that an accusation must be treated as true whether or not it is. In July 2026 the IOPC was investigating whether race influenced the officers' actions in the Henry Nowak case (December 2025), and the NPCC was reviewing its race guidance.
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Partly supported60% confidence
“the police chiefs themselves admit we now police different communities and different groups in different ways”
Claim checkedIn June 2026, police leaders (the National Police Chiefs' Council) had acknowledged that police in England and Wales treat different communities and ethnic groups differently, rather than treating everyone the same.
The Police Race Action Plan, written by the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) and the College of Policing, says officers should respond to people and communities 'according to their specific needs', and that this 'does not mean treating everyone the same or being colour blind'. In 2026 the NPCC chair, Gavin Stephens, announced a review of how these commitments were worded. The plan does depart from identical treatment, but it frames this as meeting different needs to get equal outcomes. It does not describe enforcing the law differently by group.
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Partly supported60% confidence
“And the tax system has penalized people getting married.”
Claim checkedThe UK tax system has penalised people for getting married.
Since 1990 UK income tax has been assessed on each person separately, so getting married does not raise anyone's income tax, and the Marriage Allowance (from 2015) gives a small tax benefit worth up to £252 in 2026/27. Analyses find 'couple penalties' in the combined tax and benefit system, which affect cohabiting couples as well as married ones. They also find single-earner couples pay more than in most OECD countries; an IFS figure from 2010 put the couple penalty at £45 a week for 68% of couples.
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Supported95% confidence
“They even wrote net zero into law”
Claim checkedThe Conservative government wrote net zero into law.
Under Theresa May's Conservative government, the Climate Change Act 2008 (2050 Target Amendment) Order 2019 (SI 2019/1056) was made on 26 June 2019. It came into force on 27 June 2019 and changed the legally binding 2050 target from an 80% cut to net zero.
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Partly supported75% confidence
“Not only have we got the most expensive energy prices in the world”
Claim checkedThe UK has the most expensive energy prices in the world.
Government (DESNZ) figures for 2024 show the UK had the highest industrial electricity prices of all IEA members with data, both including and excluding taxes. For households, UK prices were the highest excluding taxes and second highest, behind Germany, including taxes. These comparisons cover only developed IEA and EU economies. Wider price lists show some countries above the UK for household electricity, so 'in the world' is not established.
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Partly supported55% confidence
“he let in 3.8 million people, only 17% of those on work permits”
Claim checkedBoris Johnson's government let 3.8 million people into the UK, only 17% of them on work permits.
The 3.8 million figure is Reform UK's count of long-term visas issued from January 2021 to June 2024, which includes Johnson's successors after September 2022. The same analysis puts gross immigration at 4.8 million and net migration at 2.6 million over the period. The 17% share on work visas comes from Reform UK's own document. A Telegraph analysis counted 1.1 million work visas out of 4.2 million people arriving in 2021 to 2024 (about 26%, including dependants), so the share depends on what is counted.
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Supported85% confidence
“Our 5.7 million small businesses and sole traders”
Claim checkedIn June 2026, the UK had 5.7 million small businesses and sole traders (Business Population Estimates, start of 2025).
The Department for Business and Trade's Business Population Estimates 2025 counted 5.7 million private sector businesses in the UK at 1 January 2025. 99.9% of them were small or medium-sized, and most were sole traders or businesses with no employees. Strictly, the 5.7 million figure covers all private sector businesses, but only a few thousand of these are large firms.
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Partly supported80% confidence
“they’re now being told that they must put their tax returns online 4 times a year”
Claim checkedUK small businesses and sole traders are now required to submit their tax returns online four times a year.
Since 6 April 2026, Making Tax Digital for Income Tax requires quarterly digital updates to HMRC, plus a final declaration. It applies only to sole traders and landlords with qualifying income over £50,000 in 2024-25; the threshold falls to £30,000 in April 2027 and £20,000 in April 2028. It does not apply to companies, and partnerships are not yet included. The quarterly updates are summaries of income and expenses, not full tax returns.
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Supported65% confidence
“You take 2008, the global financial crash, American economy GDP, Eurozone GDP, exactly the same. Now America’s doubled in that time.”
Claim checkedUS and eurozone GDP were exactly the same in 2008, and US GDP has since doubled.
Measured in current US dollars, the US and euro area economies were close to the same size in 2008, with US GDP about $14.8 trillion. US GDP was about $30.8 trillion in 2025 and is projected at about $32.4 trillion in 2026, roughly double, while the euro area was about $19.5 trillion. The doubling holds in nominal dollar terms only: in real terms US GDP grew about 40% from 2008 to 2025 and euro area GDP about 17%.
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Partly supported55% confidence
“I don’t think anybody who’s Jewish now lives in central Brussels.”
Claim checkedNo Jewish people now live in central Brussels.
Reports describe Brussels Jews moving over decades, and in response to antisemitic attacks, from central working-class districts near the Midi station to southern communes such as Uccle and Forest. A 2013 report on a downtown Jewish school said only three Jewish families remained nearby. No source found shows that no Jewish people live in central Brussels.
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Can't verify50% confidence
“the Muslim Brotherhood thrives in this country. It’s the main spreader of hate and extremism in Britain today, yet it has offices all over the country.”
Claim checkedIn June 2026, the Muslim Brotherhood was thriving in Britain, was the main source of hate and extremism in the country, and had offices all over the country.
The Muslim Brotherhood is not banned in the UK. Ministers told the Lords in January and February 2026 that it is kept under review, and a 2015 government review called its ideology a 'possible indicator of extremism' but did not recommend proscription. No official source found ranks it as the 'main spreader' of extremism in Britain or says it has offices across the country. That part is a judgement that cannot be tested against the evidence.
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Supported85% confidence
“sensible, sensible Arab Muslim states prescribe those organizations”
Claim checkedSensible Arab Muslim states have proscribed the Muslim Brotherhood and similar organisations as extremist.
These Arab states have designated or banned the Muslim Brotherhood: Egypt (terrorist organisation, December 2013), Saudi Arabia (7 March 2014), Bahrain (March 2014), the UAE (on its terrorist list) and Jordan (banned, with assets confiscated, 23 April 2025). The claim reads 'prescribe', which is taken here to mean 'proscribe'.