The i Paper opinion piece, on UK Politics, 11 November 2026
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Read the original article on inews.co.uk (opens in a new tab)James O'Brien's column argues that UK politicians who praised Donald Trump, among them Kemi Badenoch, Nigel Farage, David Frost and Boris Johnson, have turned on him, and predicts they would return to him if it suited them. It quotes their earlier praise in their own words, mostly with dates, and Johnson's 2024 words match what other coverage reports he told the Sun. We found nothing to list against it on the grounds an opinion piece is judged on.
Opinion piece: read for false claims of fact and for fairness to the people it names, not for its opinions.
“said the self-proclaimed gaffe-free zone Kemi Badenoch in February 2025”
O'Brien gives Badenoch's earlier praise of Trump as her own quoted words with a date. The reader can check the change of tune he alleges rather than take it on his word.
“the disgraced former prime minister had insisted in 2024 that the world had felt “safer” and “more stable” under Trump”
The quoted words match what Johnson told the Sun, as reported in other coverage of the same subject (C1: "the world felt safer and calmer and more stable"). The column does not put words in his mouth.
“she claimed: “Trump is very charming in person, but you see the way that he talks about journalists, about individuals, it doesn’t meet the standards a statesman should meet”
O'Brien sets Badenoch's current position out in her own words and marks it as her claim, so the reader sees exactly what she said.
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