Hiking national insurance will raise 'enough money' to pay for social care reforms in England and is 'a very Conservative thing to do', says Sajid Javid

Sep 08, 2021 View Original Article
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    16% Somewhat Conservative

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    16% Somewhat Conservative

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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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"The health secretary told Kay Burley that while I don't like raising taxes, without these changes, NHS waiting lists would have reached 13 million people in three years time - the equivalent to one person in every family."
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-16% Liberal
"EPA ethics experts flagged a then upcoming event in 2017 where Wheeler's predecessor -- a Trump appointee and former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt -- was set to speak at an Oklahoma Republican Party fundraiser."
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4% Conservative
"EPA ethics experts flagged a then upcoming event in 2017 where Wheeler's predecessor -- a Trump appointee and former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt -- was set to speak at an Oklahoma Republican Party fundraiser."
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4% Conservative
"The Trump administration's top official at the Environmental Protection Agency said in 2019 that the president would be vindicated during his first impeachment trial."
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-8% Liberal
"Trump declined to fire Conway, saying she was exercising her right to free speech."
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-14% Liberal
"That was a notably different approach from the one taken by Trump administration officials, who didn't view complying with the Hatch Act as even a priority that they cared about, Shaub said."
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-14% Liberal
"Those who violate the Hatch Act can lose their government jobs and face fines of up to $1,000, but ethics experts said the law was rarely enforced during the Trump administration."
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-20% Liberal
"Biden's secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Marcia Fudge, violated the Hatch Act when she weighed in on a special election to fill her former congressional seat, the Office of Special Counsel found this year."
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-22% Liberal
"Biden's secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Marcia Fudge, violated the Hatch Act when she weighed in on a special election to fill her former congressional seat, the Office of Special Counsel found this year."
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-22% Liberal
"The documents show how top agency ethics officials sought guidance from the Office of Special Counsel, an independent anti-corruption agency, after Wheeler commented on Trump's impeachment prospects in 2019."
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-24% Liberal
"In October alone, at least 16 Trump officials violated the Hatch Act to support Trump's failed reelection bid, according to the nonpartisan watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington."
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-24% Liberal
"At least one Trump appointee, the former Housing and Urban Development official Lye Patton, was temporarily barred from federal employment and ordered to pay a $1,000 fine after she admitted to violating the Hatch Act."
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-26% Liberal
"The Trump-era emails offer the latest glimpse into how top Trump appointees tested the limits of the Hatch Act, a federal corruption law designed to keep politics separate from government service."
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-28% Liberal
"But that legislation fizzled out when Trump was in the White House and hasn't gained traction since President Joe Biden took office."
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-6% Liberal
"But that legislation fizzled out when Trump was in the White House and hasn't gained traction since President Joe Biden took office."
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-6% Liberal
"Wheeler responded to questions about the House's inquiry ahead of Trump's first impeachment."
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-32% Liberal
"The controversy surrounding Wheeler's impeachment remarks wasn't the only time EPA ethics officials weighed in on whether the Hatch Act was violated by Trump officials, the newly released emails show."
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-34% Liberal
"Congressional Democrats accused the Trump administration of repeated Hatch Act violations and attempted to toughen the penalties for such infractions."
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-36% Liberal
"The Trump administration had more violations than I've ever seen in any administration and, in fact, was openly hostile to enforcement of the Hatch Act, said Walter Shaub, a senior ethics official at the Project on Government Oversight and the former director of the US Office of Government Ethics."
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-18% Liberal
"The Office of Special Counsel in 2019 recommended that Trump's White House counselor at the time, Kellyae Conway, be removed from federal service after she repeatedly violated the Hatch Act by advocating for and against US Senate candidates on TV interviews."
Negative
-44% Liberal
"The Office of Special Counsel in 2019 recommended that Trump's White House counselor at the time, Kellyae Conway, be removed from federal service after she repeatedly violated the Hatch Act by advocating for and against US Senate candidates on TV interviews."
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-44% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : The health secretary told Kay Burley that while "I don't like raising taxes", without these changes, NHS waiting lists would have reached 13 million people in three years time - the equivalent to one person in every family.

*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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