Dashboard/Kemi Badenoch

Kemi Badenoch

Leader, Conservatives

Some bluff & spin

Bluff23%Spin35%

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Against the field

Kemi Badenoch

Conservative · UK

3rd highest BS Index of 9

Some bluff & spin

BS Index · 29Lower is better

0 · straight talk50

Accuracy · 77% of checked claims hold upHigher is better

0%100%

Answers · 65% of questions answered straightHigher is better

0%100%

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Unsupported claims 23% Checked claims that did not hold up (partly supported counts as half) Self-contradictions – Not checked yet Dodged questions 35% Questions not answered straight (partly answered or openly declined counts as half) Emotional appeal Not scored yet 23% 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.

What makes up the score

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Accuracy77%

Checked claims that hold upadds 11.5 of 50.0

Partly supported“We are doing something for everybody, whether you're retired or a pensioner earning 10,000 or 100,000 or 200,000, we have something for you.” Interview, 6 Oct 2026 · The Guardian (via AOL) · Conservative Party

Supported“We shouldn't have a cliff edge where you suddenly lose [£10–20,000] worth of child care because you've had a [£1] pay rise.” Interview, 6 Oct 2026 · Institute for Fiscal Studies · Conservative Party

Partly supported“This affects teachers. If you're a deputy head and you want to become a head teacher, that has an impact on you.” Interview, 6 Oct 2026 · NASUWT (pay scales from the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document) · Edapt

All 63 checked claims, with sources

Answers questions65%

Questions answered straightadds 17.6 of 50.0

Partly answeredQ: “Can we say good to see you? As you know, I get confused very easily. Um you say you want to win back reform voters and if I'm sure you're aware the av…” ITV News interview with Robert Peston: Reform voters, the triple lock and the Green Party, 6 Oct 2026 · video

Partly answeredQ: “the broader point of of people on lower incomes, what are you doing for them?” ITV News interview with Robert Peston: Reform voters, the triple lock and the Green Party, 6 Oct 2026 · video

Partly answeredQ: “But my point is slightly different. I mean, from what I can see, what you're trying to do is win back richer southern households who are currently eit…” ITV News interview with Robert Peston: Reform voters, the triple lock and the Green Party, 6 Oct 2026 · video

All 61 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.

SubstanceNot enough data

Emotion that comes with substanceshown, not in the score

13 emotional passages labelled, 3 flagged as deflecting. Needs 20.