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BBC News takes the Deputy Scorecard beyond the island
By Bridgehead Research
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BBC News covered the Guernsey Deputy Scorecard launch, and the story was picked up on Yahoo News and AOL, carrying it well beyond the Channel Islands.
Key findings
- BBC News, in a piece by Joelle Lowe for BBC Guernsey headlined "New website tracks promises made by deputies", reports the Scorecard measures deputies' votes, committee and States meeting attendance, and words spoken in the Chamber.
- It records 610 promises made in the 2025 election manifestos, and notes the site carries statistics on healthcare and education, including A&E waiting times from 2018 to 2024 and GCSE results from 2008 to 2025.
- The BBC describes the Scorecard's method as an AI assistant that researches government websites and local news outlets, with the output checked by a human editor before publication.
- The story was picked up by Yahoo News and AOL on 25 August, which took a Guernsey accountability story to an audience well beyond the Channel Islands.
- William Walter was interviewed on BBC Radio Guernsey's breakfast show the following morning.
BBC News covered the launch of the Guernsey Deputy Scorecard in a piece by Joelle Lowe for BBC Guernsey, under the headline ‘New website tracks promises made by deputies’.
The report sets out what the site measures: deputies’ votes, their committee and States meeting attendance, and how many words each has spoken in the States Chamber. It notes that only what is on the public record is counted, so committee-level contributions are out of scope, and that deputies can attach their own response and explanation alongside any verdict without the verdict changing. It records 610 promises made in the 2025 election manifestos, and picks up the wider statistics the site carries on healthcare, education and the economy, including A&E waiting times from 2018 to 2024 and GCSE results from 2008 to 2025.
It is also clear about the method, describing an AI assistant that researches government websites and local news outlets, with the output checked by a human editor before publication.
Nobody is paying for this and nobody commissioned it. I grew up in Guernsey and this is the kind of thing an island of 64,000 people should already have.
The story was then picked up on the wire, running separately on Yahoo News and AOL on 25 August, which took a Guernsey accountability story to an audience well beyond the Channel Islands. William Walter was interviewed on BBC Radio Guernsey’s breakfast show the following morning.
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The Guernsey Deputy Scorecard is free to use at bridgeheadcommunications.com/guernsey.
