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“I’m not going to apologise for beating the Conservatives and stopping them”

6 claims checked · Published September 2026 · Checked September 2026

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  1. Claim 1
    False98% confidence▶ 0:03
    “with 56 MPG went down to eight”

    The Liberal Democrats started the coalition period with 56 MPs and later fell to eight MPs.

    The fall to eight MPs is correct, but the starting figure is wrong: authoritative accounts record 57 Liberal Democrat MPs after the 2010 general election. Therefore the combined numerical claim is false.

    Sources

    • 1Our History

      Refutesfinally in the 2015 general election, when only 8 of the party’s 57 MPs were re-elected, on just 7.9 per cent of the vote.

  2. Claim 2
    Accurate93% confidence▶ 0:06
    “we saw a period of austerity”

    The coalition period included austerity.

    The coalition government pursued public-spending restraint, which is a standard description of austerity policies. The claim does not specify a particular measure or quantify the policy.

    Sources

    • 1History of The Rt Hon Lord Cameron

      SupportsIn response, the coalition government embarked on a programme of public spending restraint, which successfully reduced the budget deficit, whilst at the same time seeking to stimulate job creation and economic growth.

  3. Claim 3
    Unverifiable50% confidence▶ 0:09
    “we saw the rise of anti-immigrant and anti-EU sentiment”

    There was a rise in anti-immigrant and anti-EU sentiment during the relevant period.

    The claim does not define the time baseline, population, or measure of either “anti-immigrant” or “anti-EU” sentiment. Surveys document changes in particular attitudes, but they do not establish this broad combined claim exactly as stated.

    Checked twice, independently: the first pass returned Unverifiable and the second Misleading. Recorded as Unverifiable.

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    • 1British Social Attitudes 32

      BackgroundWhile Euroscepticism is more prevalent now than it was before the Coalition was formed, and while a majority want either to leave the EU (24%) or for its powers to be reduced (38%), this majority is no bigger now than it was before UKIP’s vote began to increase in 2012.

    • 2British Social Attitudes 41: Immigration

      BackgroundAs shown in Table 5, younger people are much more likely to report a positive view of immigration.

  4. Claim 4
    Accurate99% confidence▶ 0:11
    “ultimately after the coalition we ended up with Brexit”

    Brexit followed the coalition government.

    The Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition was formed in May 2010 and ended after the 2015 general election; the UK voted to leave the EU in June 2016. Thus Brexit occurred after the coalition.

    Sources

    • 1The 2010 Coalition Government at Westminster

      SupportsFollowing negotiations between the political parties, the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties formed a coalition government in May 2010.

    • 2History of The Rt Hon Lord Cameron

      SupportsIn June 2016, the British people voted to leave the EU and following this result, he resigned as Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party, leaving 10 Downing Street on 13 July 2016.

  5. Claim 5
    Accurate99% confidence▶ 0:46
    “You went down to single figures.”

    The Liberal Democrats fell to a single-digit number of MPs.

    The party won only eight seats at the 2015 general election, which is a single-digit total.

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    • 1Our History

      Supportsfinally in the 2015 general election, when only 8 of the party’s 57 MPs were re-elected, on just 7.9 per cent of the vote.

  6. Claim 6
    Accurate50% confidence▶ 0:47
    “I I I lo I I lost my seat. I know all about that.”

    The speaker, Nick Clegg, lost his parliamentary seat.

    Nick Clegg lost Sheffield Hallam at the 8 June 2017 general election, when Labour’s Jared O’Mara won the constituency.

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