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Interview · 6 Aug 2026
BBC Radio 4 Today interview with Nick Robinson: Restore Britain, Islam and Reform UK
Video: YouTube: BBC Politics (official channel). Retrieved 7 Oct 2026.
Some bluff & spinProvisional
77 sentences · 17 checked claims · 21 questions
What makes up this item's score
DefinitionsAccuracy56%
Checked claims that hold upadds 22.1 of 50.0
Partly supported“which was a very prosperous country with very low national debt.”
Interview, 6 Aug 2026 · Office for National Statistics
Supported“our 219 page rape gang inquiry report”
Interview, 6 Aug 2026 · The European Conservative · NewsGram
Partly supported“with them allowed to pursue a parallel system of Sharia courts.”
Interview, 6 Aug 2026 · Home Office (independent review) · AAP FactCheck
Not supported“very large parts of the country who are running a parallel system.”
Interview, 6 Aug 2026 · Home Office (independent review)
Partly supported“Most of these people are Pakistani Muslims.”
Interview, 6 Aug 2026 · GOV.UK (Baroness Casey national audit)
Partly supported“your listen your listeners are dropping equally fast”
Interview, 6 Aug 2026 · Press Gazette
Partly supported“It is a fact that by 2063, white British people will be a minority on current trends.”
Interview, 6 Aug 2026 · International Business Times UK · Byline Times
Contradicted by evidence“I don't think anyone disputes that.”
Interview, 6 Aug 2026 · International Business Times UK · Byline Times
Not supported“they made false witness statements to the police, tried to have me imprisoned for nothing and booted me out of the party for equally nothing.”
Interview, 6 Aug 2026 · Express & Star (PA) · Irish News (PA)
Supported“I think I'm one of the most active MPs in Parliament since I've been elected.”
Interview, 6 Aug 2026 · The New European
Supported“Nigel decided with his acolytes that I was not part of his party, so he kicked me out.”
Interview, 6 Aug 2026 · Irish News (PA)
Answers questions64%
Questions answered straightadds 17.9 of 50.0
AnsweredQ: “Let's start with that title restore Britain. What does it mean?”
BBC Radio 4 Today interview with Nick Robinson: Restore Britain, Islam and Reform UK, 6 Aug 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “He said that in a recent tweet I'm not going to sit back and watch Britain become an Islamic country. What is the evidence that in your words we are q…”
BBC Radio 4 Today interview with Nick Robinson: Restore Britain, Islam and Reform UK, 6 Aug 2026 · video
Partly answeredQ: “Well it's covered the rape gangs but let me ask you to answer the question.”
BBC Radio 4 Today interview with Nick Robinson: Restore Britain, Islam and Reform UK, 6 Aug 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “I haven't read the whole report no but what's the evidence for your claim?”
BBC Radio 4 Today interview with Nick Robinson: Restore Britain, Islam and Reform UK, 6 Aug 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “What's the evidence for that?”
BBC Radio 4 Today interview with Nick Robinson: Restore Britain, Islam and Reform UK, 6 Aug 2026 · video
DodgedQ: “What I asked you for was the evidence the evidence that we're hurtling towards being an Islamic country.”
BBC Radio 4 Today interview with Nick Robinson: Restore Britain, Islam and Reform UK, 6 Aug 2026 · video
DodgedQ: “Yeah. No, no, I'll briefly give you an answer, which is we covered rape gangs in detail. We covered the National Enquirer. You're You're talking about…”
BBC Radio 4 Today interview with Nick Robinson: Restore Britain, Islam and Reform UK, 6 Aug 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “What Let me try one more time. One more time. What is the evidence that Britain, in your words, is hurtling towards becoming an Islamic country?”
BBC Radio 4 Today interview with Nick Robinson: Restore Britain, Islam and Reform UK, 6 Aug 2026 · video
Partly answeredQ: “Well, the reason I asked you the question is this, because you quote and have often quoted what you say is a prediction that white Britons will be a m…”
BBC Radio 4 Today interview with Nick Robinson: Restore Britain, Islam and Reform UK, 6 Aug 2026 · video
Partly answeredQ: “not splitting hairs. Do you think the monarch of this country is a white Britain?”
BBC Radio 4 Today interview with Nick Robinson: Restore Britain, Islam and Reform UK, 6 Aug 2026 · video
DodgedQ: “Is King Charles a white Britain?”
BBC Radio 4 Today interview with Nick Robinson: Restore Britain, Islam and Reform UK, 6 Aug 2026 · video
Declined openlyQ: “Why don't you answer the question now we've got you on?”
BBC Radio 4 Today interview with Nick Robinson: Restore Britain, Islam and Reform UK, 6 Aug 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
7 emotional passages labelled, 5 flagged as deflecting. Needs 20.
How the number is built
22.1 + 17.9 = 40.0Bluff = 50 × (1 − Accuracy 56%) = 22.1
Spin = 50 × (1 − Answers questions 64%) = 17.9
BS Index = Bluff + Spin = 40.0 → shown as 40
The same fixed weights for everyone. Consistency and Substance are shown alongside, never in the number.
The record
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