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Keir Starmer

Former Prime Minister · Labour Party

Mostly straight talk

Bluff20%Spin25%

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Against the field

Keir Starmer

Labour · UK

Joint 7th highest BS Index of 9

Mostly straight talk

BS Index · 22Lower is better

0 · straight talk50

Accuracy · 80% of checked claims hold upHigher is better

0%100%

Answers · 75% of questions answered straightHigher is better

0%100%

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Unsupported claims 20% Checked claims that did not hold up (partly supported counts as half) Self-contradictions – Not checked yet Dodged questions 25% Questions not answered straight (partly answered or openly declined counts as half) Emotional appeal 19% Emotional passages used in place of an answer or evidence, or off the subject. Emotion that fits the subject is not counted Vague answers Shown, not scored – Not measured yet

Each spoke shows how often it happened: further out means more often. The BS Index goes up with the first four; a hollow dot is context only and does not change the score.

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Accuracy80%

Checked claims that hold upadds 9.9 of 50.0

Supported“trained over 60,000 Ukrainian troops.” Speech, 16 Jul 2026 · UNITED24 Media · Rubryka

Supported“In January last year Volodymyr, you I signed a 100-year partnership between our two nations –” Speech, 16 Jul 2026 · CNN · NBC News

Supported“In March last year, together with President Macron We created the Coalition of the Willing” Speech, 16 Jul 2026 · NPR · Euronews

All 66 checked claims, with sources

Answers questions75%

Questions answered straightadds 12.5 of 50.0

AnsweredQ: “Prime Minister, you're here in Ukraine today. This is your last big act as Prime Minister. What's your message to President Zelenskyy as you prepare t…” Sky News interview with Beth Rigby in Kyiv: stepping down, Ukraine and family, 16 Jul 2026 · video

AnsweredQ: “he said in the press conference, didn't he? He said, "I'm afraid. I'm afraid of the change."” Sky News interview with Beth Rigby in Kyiv: stepping down, Ukraine and family, 16 Jul 2026 · video

AnsweredQ: “So, PM, you've always said uh recently that you will not offer advice to your successor. But you are sending a message to your successor here.” Sky News interview with Beth Rigby in Kyiv: stepping down, Ukraine and family, 16 Jul 2026 · video

All 74 questions

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.

Substance81%

Emotion that comes with substanceshown, not in the score

26 emotional passages labelled, 5 flagged as deflecting. Needs 20.