This viral image on immigration and homelessness has a fundamental flaw
An estimated 320,000 people are homeless in Great Britain, and that figure includes people who aren’t British. Read
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Grace Rahman
News & Online Editor
Grace joined Full Fact in March 2018 from the Press Association. She’s in charge of our work on the Third Party Fact Checking programme with Facebook and is particularly interested in debunking rumours spreading on social media.
She is a qualified journalist and has a Biology degree.
This footage of the Queen doing the Nazi salute is real
The video was filmed around the time Hitler became Chancellor of Germany, before the Second World War began. Read
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Boris Johnson did say this about Gordon Brown becoming Prime Minister without an election
The now Prime Minister said in 2007 that Gordon Brown taking over from Tony Blair was a “scandal”. Read
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These tweets are from an Anjem Choudary parody account
Other tweets from that profile indicate it doesn’t belong to the radical preacher. Read
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This picture of a sign about refugees has been digitally altered
The original picture was taken in Canada in 2015, but the edited version was shared by Nigel Farage last year. Read
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A picture of a woman voting was taken in Pakistan
The picture isn’t from the 2016 Mayor of London election. Read
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Did Boris Johnson write this quote about Liverpudlians and Hillsborough?
He was editor of the Spectator, where the comments appeared. Read
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Europe
There’s no solid evidence to support this Brexit Party MEP’s claim about fishermen’s nets
Ann Widdecombe made a claim about fishing regulation during her maiden speech at the EU parliament saying they’d reduced income by 40%. Read
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Mobile phone base stations like this do not pose a radiation risk
The most powerful antennas have exclusion zones around them, but the mast in this viral post isn’t one of them. Read
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This advert on the tube was not made by the Conservatives
Political adverts aren’t allowed on the London Underground, and the advert is fake. Read
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