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Interview · 6 Oct 2026
ITV News interview with Robert Peston: Reform voters, the triple lock and the Green Party
Video: YouTube: ITV News (official channel). Retrieved 7 Oct 2026.
No BS Index for this transcript
Only 13 rated questions; a transcript needs 15 for a number. Claims that held up: 74% of 17 checked (Bluff 13.2 of 50). Its claims still count towards the overall score.
What we found
DefinitionsAccuracy74%
Checked claims that hold up
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
Supported“There are GPs who don't work more hours because they don't want to hit that cliff edge.”
Interview, 6 Oct 2026 · BHP (chartered accountants) · British Medical Association
Contradicted by evidence“The country is getting poorer”
Interview, 6 Oct 2026 · Office for National Statistics
Partly supported“Until I had that press conference with those victims, Andy Burnham was going to let out pedophiles, killers, rapists, people like the killers of PC Andrew Harper.”
Interview, 6 Oct 2026 · Express & Star (PA) · Express & Star (PA)
Supported“Reform don't even have a defense spokesman.”
Interview, 6 Oct 2026 · PoliticsHome · Shropshire Star (PA)
Not supported“The plan for the missile defense system I've already set out about 3 weeks ago in September.”
Interview, 6 Oct 2026 · The Guardian · The Guardian (via AOL)
Supported“We've explained how we're going to get to 3% on defense.”
Interview, 6 Oct 2026 · LBC · Daily Sceptic
Partly supported“We're the only party that has done that.”
Interview, 6 Oct 2026 · Liberal Democrats · The Guardian
Supported“Labour has kicked this into the long grass again until next year”
Interview, 6 Oct 2026 · The Guardian · Hansard
Answers questionsNot enough data
Questions answered straight · observed 77% on 13 (needs 15)
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
AnsweredQ: “But the problem with ignoring I mean, your advisers are telling you the electoral calculus says unless voters think that you are the main opposition a…”
ITV News interview with Robert Peston: Reform voters, the triple lock and the Green Party, 6 Oct 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “but on that, you have basically said the priority is to win back the Tory reputation for economic”
ITV News interview with Robert Peston: Reform voters, the triple lock and the Green Party, 6 Oct 2026 · video
Partly answeredQ: “But you keep announcing these really pretty expensive spending commitments, whether it's the new missile protection system a billion a year, whether i…”
ITV News interview with Robert Peston: Reform voters, the triple lock and the Green Party, 6 Oct 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “So I'm going to have to wait for tomorrow to see the details.”
ITV News interview with Robert Peston: Reform voters, the triple lock and the Green Party, 6 Oct 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “But what if you were serious about controlling the public finances, you would do what your current shadow foreign secretary said you should do about a…”
ITV News interview with Robert Peston: Reform voters, the triple lock and the Green Party, 6 Oct 2026 · video
Partly answeredQ: “Now, I've got to change the subject just in a couple of ways. Um your shadow home minister, Blake Stevenson, has said there are no-go zones in Luton, …”
ITV News interview with Robert Peston: Reform voters, the triple lock and the Green Party, 6 Oct 2026 · video
Partly answeredQ: “And Jenrick said something very similar when he was a member of the Tory party. He said there's a problem here, isn't”
ITV News interview with Robert Peston: Reform voters, the triple lock and the Green Party, 6 Oct 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “On Man City, surely the Prime Minister is right that alienating an important security and economic partner like Abu Dhabi, the owners of Man City, wou…”
ITV News interview with Robert Peston: Reform voters, the triple lock and the Green Party, 6 Oct 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “Couple of other things. Um you'll understand why I'm asking you this. Are you a proud Zionist?”
ITV News interview with Robert Peston: Reform voters, the triple lock and the Green Party, 6 Oct 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
4 emotional passages labelled, 0 flagged as deflecting. Needs 20.
The record
Kemi Badenoch on Zionism, the triple lock, and Manchester City - YouTube. YouTube: ITV News (official channel), 6 Oct 2026. Open the video · hash and fetch details