PMQs · 15 Jul 2026
Prime Minister's Questions
Official record: UK Parliament, Hansard (House of Commons). Retrieved 2 Oct 2026.
Some bluff & spinProvisional
182 sentences · 19 checked claims · 30 questions
What makes up this item's score
DefinitionsAccuracy79%
Checked claims that hold upadds 10.5 of 50.0
Supported“The Hillsborough law that we passed in this House last night”
PMQs, 15 Jul 2026 · Independent Public Advocate · Hill Dickinson
Supported“Just this week, we invested a record £250 million to protect our Jewish communities”
PMQs, 15 Jul 2026 · ITV News · RTÉ
Supported“we are using the new powers we have introduced to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps”
PMQs, 15 Jul 2026 · Al Jazeera · Iran International
Supported“NHS waiting lists are coming down at the fastest rate for 17 years”
PMQs, 15 Jul 2026 · NHS England · National Health Executive
Partly supported“It was the worst result since 1935, and we were found to be institutionally antisemitic.”
PMQs, 15 Jul 2026 · Parliamentary Affairs (Oxford University Press) · Equality and Human Rights Commission
Supported“That is why we set the mission to halve violence against women and girls in a decade.”
PMQs, 15 Jul 2026 · House of Commons Library · End Violence Against Women Coalition
Supported“I am proud to have overseen the biggest boost to renters’ rights in a generation”
PMQs, 15 Jul 2026 · Law Society · House of Commons Library
Supported“I have set a target of two thirds of young people either to go to university or to a gold standard apprenticeship”
PMQs, 15 Jul 2026 · Times Higher Education
Contradicted by evidence“when his party was in the coalition Government, they did not do anything about social care”
PMQs, 15 Jul 2026 · House of Commons Library · House of Commons Library
Answers questions58%
Questions answered straightadds 20.8 of 50.0
AnsweredQ: “I associate myself with the Prime Minister’s remarks about Ann Widdecombe. I take this opportunity to thank him for his public service, and wish him a…”
Prime Minister's Questions, 15 Jul 2026 · official record
AnsweredQ: “Thank you, Mr Speaker. May I take this opportunity to thank the Prime Minister for his many years— It was an honour to march with people from across W…”
Prime Minister's Questions, 15 Jul 2026 · official record
AnsweredQ: “Can I start by thanking the Prime Minister for the way that he responded to the murder of Ann Widdecombe last week? This is the first opportunity I ha…”
Prime Minister's Questions, 15 Jul 2026 · official record
Partly answeredQ: “I thank the Prime Minister for that answer. No doubt, he will be disappointed that he will not be emulating his hero Harold Wilson in winning multiple…”
Prime Minister's Questions, 15 Jul 2026 · official record
Partly answeredQ: “I know how much the Prime Minister has come to enjoy our exchanges—in fact, in the King’s Speech debate he told me that on difficult days my input was…”
Prime Minister's Questions, 15 Jul 2026 · official record
Declined openlyQ: “I thank the Prime Minister for that answer and for paying tribute to so many of the people he has been able to help. In fact, I remember when I starte…”
Prime Minister's Questions, 15 Jul 2026 · official record
Partly answeredQ: “That is a lovely statement that the Prime Minister has just made to Pooja; I am sure that the whole House will agree. I think that the whole House wil…”
Prime Minister's Questions, 15 Jul 2026 · official record
AnsweredQ: “The Prime Minister may not think so now, but it is a tribute to him that not a single sitting Labour MP could beat him. Not the right hon. Member for …”
Prime Minister's Questions, 15 Jul 2026 · official record
AnsweredQ: “It is an emotional Prime Minister’s Question Time today, and I really welcome the tone that has been struck. I think we should hear more of this, more…”
Prime Minister's Questions, 15 Jul 2026 · official record
DodgedQ: “I associate myself with so many of the Prime Minister’s comments today, but particularly with his remarks about Ann Widdecombe. She devoted her life t…”
Prime Minister's Questions, 15 Jul 2026 · official record
AnsweredQ: “Can I invite the Prime Minister to join me at Chessington World of Adventures? We have not always agreed across the Floor, but can I pay my own tribut…”
Prime Minister's Questions, 15 Jul 2026 · official record
Partly answeredQ: “Before coming to this House, the Prime Minister and I attended the launch of my uncle’s book. It was entitled “Fine Lines and Distinctions”. Clearly, …”
Prime Minister's Questions, 15 Jul 2026 · official record
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
11 emotional passages labelled, 3 flagged as deflecting. Needs 20.
How the number is built
10.5 + 20.8 = 31.3Bluff = 50 × (1 − Accuracy 79%) = 10.5
Spin = 50 × (1 − Answers questions 58%) = 20.8
BS Index = Bluff + Spin = 31.3 → shown as 31
The same fixed weights for everyone. Consistency and Substance are shown alongside, never in the number.
The record
Engagements. UK Parliament, Hansard (House of Commons), 15 Jul 2026. Open the official record · hash and fetch details