Rupert Lowe
Leader, Restore Britain
Mostly straight talk
Bluff31%Spin15%
Our model rated these statements. Lower is better.
Against the field
Rupert Lowe
Restore Britain · UK
23
6th highest BS Index of 9
Mostly straight talk
BS Index · 23Lower is better
0 · straight talk50
Accuracy · 69% of checked claims hold upHigher is better
0%100%
Answers · 85% of questions answered straightHigher is better
0%100%
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Five Tells
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Unsupported claims
31%
Checked claims that did not hold up (partly supported counts as half)
Self-contradictions
–
Not checked yet
Dodged questions
15%
Questions not answered straight (partly answered or openly declined counts as half)
Emotional appeal
29%
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
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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
DefinitionsAccuracy69%
Checked claims that hold upadds 15.3 of 50.0
Supported“we led the way in proposing to scrap the unaffordable triple lock and replace it with an annual pension increase linked to the consumer price index.”
Speech, 3 Oct 2026 · GB News · Politics.co.uk
Supported“The state has become bigger.”
Speech, 3 Oct 2026 · House of Lords Library (citing OBR public finances databank, August 2026) · Office for Budget Responsibility
Supported“Taxes have become higher.”
Speech, 3 Oct 2026 · House of Lords Library (citing OBR) · Office for Budget Responsibility
Answers questions85%
Questions answered straightadds 7.5 of 50.0
AnsweredQ: “Let's start with that title restore Britain. What does it mean?”
BBC Radio 4 Today interview with Nick Robinson: Restore Britain, Islam and Reform UK, 6 Aug 2026 · video
AnsweredQ: “He said that in a recent tweet I'm not going to sit back and watch Britain become an Islamic country. What is the evidence that in your words we are q…”
BBC Radio 4 Today interview with Nick Robinson: Restore Britain, Islam and Reform UK, 6 Aug 2026 · video
Partly answeredQ: “Well it's covered the rape gangs but let me ask you to answer the question.”
BBC Radio 4 Today interview with Nick Robinson: Restore Britain, Islam and Reform UK, 6 Aug 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.
Substance71%
Emotion that comes with substanceshown, not in the score
35 emotional passages labelled, 10 flagged as deflecting. Needs 20.
Bluff and spin
15.3 + 7.6 = 22.9Bluff31%Spin15%
Bluff counts claims that do not hold up. Spin counts questions not answered straight. Each is out of 50, and together they make the BS Index.
How the number is built
15.3 + 7.6 = 22.9Bluff = 50 × (1 − Accuracy 69%) = 15.3
Spin = 50 × (1 − Answers questions 85%) = 7.5
BS Index = Bluff + Spin = 22.9 → shown as 23
The same fixed weights for everyone. Consistency and Substance are shown alongside, never in the number.
Scored transcripts
All 18
Speech
No questions – Interview
21 questions 40 Interview
8 questions – Debate
5 questions – Interview
23 questions 20 Interview
39 questions 19
Speech to the Restore Britain conference
YouTube: Manchester Evening News (official channel) · 3 Oct 2026
255 sentences · 17 checked claimsNo questions – Interview
BBC Radio 4 Today interview with Nick Robinson: Restore Britain, Islam and Reform UK
YouTube: BBC Politics (official channel) · 6 Aug 2026
77 sentences · 19 checked claims21 questions 40 Interview
GB News interview with Jacob Rees-Mogg
YouTube: GB News (official channel) · 23 Apr 2026
73 sentences · 11 checked claims8 questions – Debate
Commons debate: Illegal Migrants: Unknown Whereabouts
UK Parliament · 9 Dec 2025
96 sentences · 4 checked claims5 questions – Interview
Interview on The Tucker Carlson Show
The Singju Post (transcript) · 5 Dec 2025
339 sentences · 14 checked claims23 questions 20 Interview
Heretics podcast with Andrew Gold: why he fell out with Farage
YouTube: andrew gold | heretics. (host's own channel) · 25 Sep 2025
711 sentences · 65 checked claims39 questions 19