The Scotsman Article Rating

Tory leadership race: Rishi Sunak promises to get tough on China as candidates trade blows over immigration

Jul 26, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    6% Center

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    40% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -7% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : The former chancellor made the pledge with Britain's borders set to harden regardless of who becomes the next prime minister, with both Mr Sunak and foreign secretary Liz Truss trading blows over the best way to tackle illegal immigration.
53% : "It's clear that independence is essential if we are to ensure a humane approach to refugees and asylum, and an immigration system that is tailored to Scotland's needs."
41% : In a think-tank report in 2016, the then-junior Tory MP wrote: "Brexit will provide the UK with new economic freedom, and the Government should take the opportunity to create freeports across the nation."

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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