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Interview · 16 Jul 2026
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby in Kyiv: stepping down, Ukraine and family
Video: YouTube: Sky News (official channel). Retrieved 7 Oct 2026.
Mostly straight talkProvisional
239 sentences · 20 checked claims · 23 questions
What makes up this item's score
DefinitionsAccuracy83%
Checked claims that hold upadds 8.8 of 50.0
Supported“the relationship between the UK and Ukraine has been very strong since the outbreak of the conflict.”
Interview, 16 Jul 2026 · Kyiv Independent · Al Jazeera
Supported“We've managed to achieve unity across the House of Commons from the start of the conflict”
Interview, 16 Jul 2026 · Forces News
Partly supported“at the beginning of the conflict everybody assumed that Russia would win within a matter of weeks.”
Interview, 16 Jul 2026 · Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Supported“Ukraine has begun to push back on the front this year.”
Interview, 16 Jul 2026 · NV (New Voice of Ukraine) · Euromaidan Press
Partly supported“Medium-range and long-range missiles have been used to great effect.”
Interview, 16 Jul 2026 · Euronews · Meduza
Supported“The economic sanctions have had real damage to the Russian economy.”
Interview, 16 Jul 2026 · Euronews · Carnegie Endowment
Supported“we've had such strong statements coming out of the G7 meeting, the global leaders meeting a few weeks ago, out of NATO more recently”
Interview, 16 Jul 2026 · Élysée (French Presidency) · Enab Baladi
Supported“We had just lost the 2019 election. That was the worst election result for the Labour Party since 1935.”
Interview, 16 Jul 2026 · Channel 4 FactCheck
Partly supported“We ripped out antisemitism.”
Interview, 16 Jul 2026 · The Jewish Chronicle · Campaign Against Antisemitism
Supported“second biggest majority ever of a Labour government.”
Interview, 16 Jul 2026 · Full Fact · Economics Observatory
Partly supported“a stable economy, which it's impossible to imagine that we've done in 2 years, much stronger public services, huge measures on child poverty.”
Interview, 16 Jul 2026 · Office for National Statistics · UK Government (gov.uk)
Answers questions80%
Questions answered straightadds 9.8 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
DodgedQ: “But have you had assurances from him?”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby in Kyiv: stepping down, Ukraine and family, 16 Jul 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “Okay. Okay. And you also said, something you haven't said before, today, you said you now believe Ukraine can win this war. You haven't said that befo…”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby in Kyiv: stepping down, Ukraine and family, 16 Jul 2026 · video
Declined openlyQ: “When will they win this conflict?”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby in Kyiv: stepping down, Ukraine and family, 16 Jul 2026 · video
Partly answeredQ: “PM, you've spent a lot of time on foreign affairs. You care deeply clearly about Ukraine. You've worked very hard with Zelenskyy and Macron. You're cl…”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby in Kyiv: stepping down, Ukraine and family, 16 Jul 2026 · video
Partly answeredQ: “agree with the answer?”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby in Kyiv: stepping down, Ukraine and family, 16 Jul 2026 · video
Partly answeredQ: “That's a different answer to agree with it.”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby in Kyiv: stepping down, Ukraine and family, 16 Jul 2026 · video
Partly answeredQ: “Do you think if you'd stayed on, you could have won the next election? Labour could have won with you as the leader.”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby in Kyiv: stepping down, Ukraine and family, 16 Jul 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “the kids in a moment, but Morgan McSweeney, your former chief of staff and your campaign manager who helped win that landslide, he's he said that we d…”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby in Kyiv: stepping down, Ukraine and family, 16 Jul 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “When I hear you talking about your achievements as Labour leader and then Prime Minister, it must hurt to have to leave.”
Sky News interview with Beth Rigby in Kyiv: stepping down, Ukraine and family, 16 Jul 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
6 emotional passages labelled, 1 flagged as deflecting. Needs 20.
How the number is built
8.8 + 9.8 = 18.6Bluff = 50 × (1 − Accuracy 83%) = 8.8
Spin = 50 × (1 − Answers questions 80%) = 9.8
BS Index = Bluff + Spin = 18.6 → shown as 19
The same fixed weights for everyone. Consistency and Substance are shown alongside, never in the number.
The record
Starmer opens up about family in emotional exclusive final interview as prime minister | Beth Rigby - YouTube. YouTube: Sky News (official channel), 16 Jul 2026. Open the video · hash and fetch details