Europe
There almost certainly weren’t a million people on the People’s Vote march
Experts in crowd estimation put the number at between 312,000 and 400,000. Read
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Abbas Panjwani
Fact Checker (former)
Abbas joined Full Fact in 2018. Before this, he worked as a social researcher, collecting quantitative and qualitative research to help inform policy development and evaluation for government departments and other public bodies. Most recently he worked as research manager at Ofgem, Great Britain’s energy regulator, and has also worked on projects for BIS, the Home Office and the Competition and Markets Authority.
This isn’t a picture of Angela Merkel and Adolf Hitler
A Facebook post doesn’t show a picture of a young Angela Merkel and Adolf Hitler. Hitler died nine years before Merkel was born. Read
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Red Cross documents do not undermine official Holocaust death toll
Anti-Semitic claims that Red Cross documents show the Holocaust death toll was well below the widely accepted six million estimate are false. Read
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Environment
Does the government subsidise grouse shooting?
Grouse moorland is eligible for agricultural subsidy, provided it is kept in a fit state for grazing. We don’t know how much subsidy grouse moors receive in total. Read
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Overblown: Wind turbines don’t take more energy to build than they will ever produce
A post claiming wind turbines can never produce as much energy as was taken to build them is based on a selective quotation and is incorrect. Read
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Middle-EastEnders? No, the BBC isn’t adding Arabic subtitles to its flagship soap
A claim that the BBC will add permanent Arabic subtitles to EastEnders, to help refugees and other migrants settle in, is from a satirical news website and not true. Read
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Europe
Brexit: What’s a “Germany plus” deal?
A viral post stating the “benefits” of remaining in the EU is largely accurate—but most “benefits” would also be achieved by leaving the EU Read
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Europe
Mark Carney didn’t say Brexit could usher in “a golden age of trade”
Bank of England governor Mark Carney said Brexit is the first test of the new global order, not that it could usher in a golden age of trade. Read
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Greenwich Council have removed a Lee Rigby memorial
Greenwich council have removed a memorial stone to Lee Rigby and replaced it with an official memorial. Read
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No, this image doesn’t show Merkel, May and the Lithuanian president hanging out as teenagers
An image of Angela Merkel as a teenager with friends does not also show Theresa May and the Lithuanian President, Read
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