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Interview · 14 Apr 2026
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby in Scotland: local election hopes, council tax promises and NHS funding
Video: YouTube: Sky News (official channel). Retrieved 9 Oct 2026.
No BS Index for this transcript
Only 13 rated questions; a transcript needs 15 for a number. Claims that held up: 63% of 8 checked (Bluff 18.8 of 50). Its claims still count towards the overall score.
What we found
DefinitionsAccuracy63%
Checked claims that hold up
Supported“In Wales well, we're neck and neck right now, and literally neck and neck with Plaid in those polls.”
Interview, 14 Apr 2026 · Ipsos · Channel 4 News
Partly supported“the Labour Party particularly in the valleys, you know, Keir Hardie real birthplace of the Labour Party almost disappearing off the map.”
Interview, 14 Apr 2026 · Ipsos · Channel 4 News
Partly supported“I was very careful last year, even when I spoke to you that night on the eve of the election, very careful not to over-promise and under-deliver.”
Interview, 14 Apr 2026 · Full Fact
Partly supported“A year on, we have delivered.”
Interview, 14 Apr 2026 · Full Fact · Express & Star (PA)
Supported“The NHS is funded through general taxation.”
Interview, 14 Apr 2026 · Office for National Statistics · The Health Foundation
Partly supported“there are other models in our European neighbors where taxpayers' money is farmed out through efficient, competitive ways that gets better bang for the buck.”
Interview, 14 Apr 2026 · The Health Foundation
Partly supported“we've gone from being 7.5% of GDP to 11.5% of GDP in the last few years expenditure on health with fewer hospital beds with worse outcomes.”
Interview, 14 Apr 2026 · Office for National Statistics · Full Fact
Answers questionsNot enough data
Questions answered straight · observed 77% on 13 (needs 15)
AnsweredQ: “Nigel, thanks for speaking to us today. We're here in Scotland. You're about to do a rally. The stage is set. You're polling second here. What does su…”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby in Scotland: local election hopes, council tax promises and NHS funding, 14 Apr 2026 · video
Partly answeredQ: “Okay. Let Let's go on to delivery because with your councils, there were promises made by candidates across multiple areas to freeze or cut council ta…”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby in Scotland: local election hopes, council tax promises and NHS funding, 14 Apr 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “But But But Nigel, North Northamptonshire candidates signed a letter pledging to freeze council tax. It's gone up by 4.99%.”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby in Scotland: local election hopes, council tax promises and NHS funding, 14 Apr 2026 · video
Partly answeredQ: “message then to the the voters of North Northamptonshire that were given a leaflet with your face on it, and then that happened.”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby in Scotland: local election hopes, council tax promises and NHS funding, 14 Apr 2026 · video
Partly answeredQ: “point is is that you are stressing that you can't control what local candidates are promising, but this comes back to the delivery risk, doesn't it? B…”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby in Scotland: local election hopes, council tax promises and NHS funding, 14 Apr 2026 · video
DodgedQ: “Yes, but do you understand Do you see Do you acknowledge the risk, and how can you fix that?”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby in Scotland: local election hopes, council tax promises and NHS funding, 14 Apr 2026 · video
Partly answeredQ: “But do you need to tighten the message because you're finding But if if you were if you were a if you were a voter in Northamptonshire, you're going t…”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby in Scotland: local election hopes, council tax promises and NHS funding, 14 Apr 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “Your Your opponents will say it makes you not credible. What do you say to that?”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby in Scotland: local election hopes, council tax promises and NHS funding, 14 Apr 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “A year ago, just go back to where we were last April, I also asked you about the NHS ahead of the last local elections. You clearly told me you did no…”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby in Scotland: local election hopes, council tax promises and NHS funding, 14 Apr 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “I'm really really really sorry. said it doesn't work. It's not working. It Is that still your position?”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby in Scotland: local election hopes, council tax promises and NHS funding, 14 Apr 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “So you do want it funded through general taxation.”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby in Scotland: local election hopes, council tax promises and NHS funding, 14 Apr 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “want to look at insurance models potentially.”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby in Scotland: local election hopes, council tax promises and NHS funding, 14 Apr 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
1 emotional passages labelled, 0 flagged as deflecting. Needs 20.
The record
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