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Interview · 23 Jun 2026
BBC Radio 4 Today interview with Nick Robinson: the £5m gift, Andy Burnham, the Makerfield by-election and Brexit
Video: YouTube: BBC Politics (official channel). Retrieved 9 Oct 2026.
Some bluff & spinProvisional
71 sentences · 11 checked claims · 23 questions
What makes up this item's score
DefinitionsAccuracy73%
Checked claims that hold upadds 13.6 of 50.0
Partly supported“He flipped and flopped over the course of just this Wakefield campaign”
Interview, 23 Jun 2026 · The Spectator · LBC
Supported“Mr. Burnham, didn't even stand in the 2024 general election”
Interview, 23 Jun 2026 · Coast FM (Sky News)
Supported“16,000 votes would win most by-elections”
Interview, 23 Jun 2026 · LBC · Left Foot Forward
Partly supported“it was too late to withdraw him.”
Interview, 23 Jun 2026 · Wigan Council · Anglo-Celt (PA)
Partly supported“I wasn't in politics.”
Interview, 23 Jun 2026 · Channel 4 News FactCheck · PA Media via Yahoo News
Supported“Boris Johnson got a gift from the same person.”
Interview, 23 Jun 2026 · Register of Members' Financial Interests (TheyWorkForYou) · BreakingNews.ie (PA)
Partly supported“He was leader of the opposition.”
Interview, 23 Jun 2026 · LabourList · Express & Star (PA)
Partly supported“we've had seven prime ministers in the course of the last 10 years.”
Interview, 23 Jun 2026 · Africanews (AP) · Belga News Agency
Answers questions74%
Questions answered straightadds 13.0 of 50.0
Partly answeredQ: “Now, for weeks you've been saying vote for us to get rid of Starmer. He's gone, isn't it? The danger that people say it's not just over for him, it's …”
BBC Radio 4 Today interview with Nick Robinson: the £5m gift, Andy Burnham, the Makerfield by-election and Brexit, 23 Jun 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “You know though that the rules say there doesn't need to be a general election. There've been many changes of Prime Minister without having a general …”
BBC Radio 4 Today interview with Nick Robinson: the £5m gift, Andy Burnham, the Makerfield by-election and Brexit, 23 Jun 2026 · video
Partly answeredQ: “Yes. Well, you're obviously not convinced, and you hope you hope not given that you fancy being Prime Minister yourself. Now, of course, you have just…”
BBC Radio 4 Today interview with Nick Robinson: the £5m gift, Andy Burnham, the Makerfield by-election and Brexit, 23 Jun 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “Wrong candidate?”
BBC Radio 4 Today interview with Nick Robinson: the £5m gift, Andy Burnham, the Makerfield by-election and Brexit, 23 Jun 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “Why didn't you either withdraw him or get him to apologize?”
BBC Radio 4 Today interview with Nick Robinson: the £5m gift, Andy Burnham, the Makerfield by-election and Brexit, 23 Jun 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “here, I guess, as we get closer to a general election, whether it's on the original schedule or as you expect next May, is whether Reform UK is seen a…”
BBC Radio 4 Today interview with Nick Robinson: the £5m gift, Andy Burnham, the Makerfield by-election and Brexit, 23 Jun 2026 · video
Partly answeredQ: “I asked you in general as a principle. I hadn't come to you, but would you would be happy if any candidate to be Prime Minister banked a secret check …”
BBC Radio 4 Today interview with Nick Robinson: the £5m gift, Andy Burnham, the Makerfield by-election and Brexit, 23 Jun 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “Well, you didn't reveal it. It was revealed by the newspaper you taking 5 million pounds.”
BBC Radio 4 Today interview with Nick Robinson: the £5m gift, Andy Burnham, the Makerfield by-election and Brexit, 23 Jun 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “Because we believe that people should govern in the national interest, not in the financial interests of themselves or their supporters.”
BBC Radio 4 Today interview with Nick Robinson: the £5m gift, Andy Burnham, the Makerfield by-election and Brexit, 23 Jun 2026 · video
Partly answeredQ: “You telling me you weren't discussing becoming an MP?”
BBC Radio 4 Today interview with Nick Robinson: the £5m gift, Andy Burnham, the Makerfield by-election and Brexit, 23 Jun 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “We did a 40-minute interview about whether you might become a member of Parliament.”
BBC Radio 4 Today interview with Nick Robinson: the £5m gift, Andy Burnham, the Makerfield by-election and Brexit, 23 Jun 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “And you took 5 million pounds from a billionaire who wants government and the Bank of England to change its policy.”
BBC Radio 4 Today interview with Nick Robinson: the £5m gift, Andy Burnham, the Makerfield by-election and Brexit, 23 Jun 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
3 emotional passages labelled, 1 flagged as deflecting. Needs 20.
How the number is built
13.6 + 13.0 = 26.6Bluff = 50 × (1 − Accuracy 73%) = 13.6
Spin = 50 × (1 − Answers questions 74%) = 13.0
BS Index = Bluff + Spin = 26.6 → shown as 27
The same fixed weights for everyone. Consistency and Substance are shown alongside, never in the number.
The record
Will Nigel Farage pay back £5m donation? | BBC Radio 4 Today - YouTube. YouTube: BBC Politics (official channel), 23 Jun 2026. Open the video · hash and fetch details