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Tory MP Peter Bone faces six-week suspension following bullying and sexual misconduct probe

  • Bias Rating

    6% Center

  • Reliability

    35% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    6% Center

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Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. 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.

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Mr Bone was a staunch supporter of the UK leaving the EU, while in 2019 he spoke at a DUP fundraising event in Co Down.
52% : "A Downing Street spokesperson said Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been "clear about the importance of integrity, professionalism and accountability being core values at the heart of Government" and "wants those standards to be rigorously upheld".Labour Party chair Anneliese Dodds said the allegations were "extremely serious", while Liberal Democrat chief whip Wendy Chamberlain said Mr Sunak must remove the whip from Mr Bone and call on him to resign.
36% : In a social media post, Mr Bone said the earlier Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme (ICGS) investigation into him "was flawed, procedurally unfair and didn't comply with its own rules and regulations".

*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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