GB News, by George Bunn, on UK Politics, 14 November 2026

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Andy Burnham refuses to rule out staggered age of consent laws in wake of Russell Brand scandal as PM says 'nothing is off the table'

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What we found (1)

GB News puts the words "nothing is off the table" in quotation marks in its headline and opening line, but the Prime Minister never says them in the quotes it prints. The headline tells readers Andy Burnham is keeping staggered age of consent laws open. The body itself twice says he played the idea down.

  1. Headline goes beyond the article

    Minor

    “saying "nothing is off the table"”

    Why this matters
    The opening line repeats the invented quotation inside double quotation marks, as if it were his direct speech.
    The impression it gives
    Burnham used the words "nothing is off the table", and so made a firm statement of openness.
    The context
    The quotes GB News prints contain no such sentence. Its own picture caption says Burnham "has played down suggestions of staggering the age of consent". The article turns a non-answer into a quoted declaration.

    How we know

    • Elsewhere in the article“Andy Burnham has played down suggestions of staggering the age of consent”
    • Elsewhere in the article“So, I'm not gonna jump to an answer on what you're saying”

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