Foreign Leader Slams Nancy Pelosi's Involvement in Dispute as 'Entirely Unhelpful'

May 21, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    38% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    N/AN/A

  • Policy Leaning

    6% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    90% Negative

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.

Sentiments

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"Maroš Šefčovič, the E.U. Commission's Vice President in charge of Brexit, said Truss's statements raised significant concerns and that unilateral actions contradicting an international agreement are not acceptable, The Guardian reported."
Positive
14% Conservative
"However, after Brexit, there had to be more checks and trade controls set up at the border because Britain was no longer part of the union."
Positive
12% Conservative
"The Northern Ireland Protocol to the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement is a set of unique arrangements agreed upon by the U.K and the E.U. that would ensure that there would be no hard border between the Republic of Ireland and British-occupied Northern Ireland following Brexit."
Positive
0% Conservative
"Until Brexit, there were limited restrictions on the movement of goods and people between Ireland and Northern Ireland because Britain and Ireland were under the same E.U. trade policies."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"Everybody is blaming the UK Government, of whom I have been critical in the past, but trust is a two-way street and all sides bear responsibility, including the Irish Government and EU, Beattie said."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Respectful of the will of the British people and of Brexit, I urge constructive, collaborative and good-faith negotiations to implement an agreement that upholds peace."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"A British politician slammed Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Thursday remarks on the ongoing post-Brexit trade agreement dispute between the European Union and the United Kingdom over Northern Ireland."
Negative
-34% Liberal
"The Good Friday Accords are the bedrock of peace in Northern Ireland and a beacon of hope for the entire world, Pelosi said, according to the Thursday statement."
Positive
18% Conservative
"It is deeply concerning that the United Kingdom is now seeking to unilaterally discard the Northern Ireland Protocol, Pelosi continued."
Positive
2% Conservative
"Issues relating to Northern Ireland are particularly sensitive in the U.S., where around 30 million Americans share Irish heritage, including U.S. President Joe Biden."
Positive
0% Conservative
"Democratic Unionist Party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson called Pelosi's words entirely unhelpful in a Friday afternoon statement, British outlet GB News reported."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"and I would urge Speaker Pelosi to understand that because I think that her contributions are entirely unhelpful, offer no solution, offer no help and merely repeat a mantra that frankly is hopelessly out of date, the DUP leader said."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"The children of Northern Ireland, who have never known the bloody conflict and do not want to go back, deserve a future free of the violence where all may reach their fulfillment, Pelosi added."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Nancy Pelosi's comments will only lead to a hardening of positions rather than easing a pathway to solutions which is what all politicians should be concentrating on, the UUP leader continued."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Donaldson's comments were in response to a strongly-worded statement Pelosi issued Thursday, warning Britain against taking any action that would unilaterally discard the Northern Ireland Protocol."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie called Pelosi's comments not just deeply regrettable and misinformed ... but completely wrong, GB News reported."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Pelosi's statement stressed that if the U.K. took action to undermine the protocol, Congress would not back a free-trade agreement with the country."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"Donaldson responded Friday to Pelosi's remarks, saying, I noted that Speaker Pelosi talked about the lack of bipartisan approach or agreement on what the UK government are doing.The problem for Speaker Pelosi is that there is not bipartisan or cross-community support for the protocol in Northern Ireland, it is undermining the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, it is undermining the political institutions that were established under that agreement, it undermines the principle of consent, Donaldson continued."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"Donaldson responded Friday to Pelosi's remarks, saying, I noted that Speaker Pelosi talked about the lack of bipartisan approach or agreement on what the UK government are doing.The problem for Speaker Pelosi is that there is not bipartisan or cross-community support for the protocol in Northern Ireland, it is undermining the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, it is undermining the political institutions that were established under that agreement, it undermines the principle of consent, Donaldson continued."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"Donaldson responded Friday to Pelosi's remarks, saying, I noted that Speaker Pelosi talked about the lack of bipartisan approach or agreement on what the UK government are doing.The problem for Speaker Pelosi is that there is not bipartisan or cross-community support for the protocol in Northern Ireland, it is undermining the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, it is undermining the political institutions that were established under that agreement, it undermines the principle of consent, Donaldson continued."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"A British politician slammed Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Thursday remarks on the ongoing post-Brexit trade agreement dispute between the European Union and the United Kingdom over Northern Ireland."
Negative
-16% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Maroš Šefčovič, the E.U. Commission's Vice President in charge of Brexit, said Truss's statements raised "significant concerns" and that "unilateral actions contradicting an international agreement are not acceptable," The Guardian reported.
56% : However, after Brexit, there had to be more checks and trade controls set up at the border because Britain was no longer part of the union.
50% : The Northern Ireland Protocol to the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement is a set of unique arrangements agreed upon by the U.K and the E.U. that would ensure that there would be no hard border between the Republic of Ireland and British-occupied Northern Ireland following Brexit.
49% : Until Brexit, there were limited restrictions on the movement of goods and people between Ireland and Northern Ireland because Britain and Ireland were under the same E.U. trade policies.
47% : "Everybody is blaming the UK Government, of whom I have been critical in the past, but trust is a two-way street and all sides bear responsibility, including the Irish Government and EU," Beattie said.
46% :"Respectful of the will of the British people and of Brexit, I urge constructive, collaborative and good-faith negotiations to implement an agreement that upholds peace.
33% : A British politician slammed Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Thursday remarks on the ongoing post-Brexit trade agreement dispute between the European Union and the United Kingdom over Northern Ireland.

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