Pictures of Parliament don’t tell the whole story
Facebook memes about MP attendance exclude important information. Read
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Sarah Turnnidge
Fact Checker (former)
Sarah previously worked for HuffPost UK, and before that worked in local newsrooms including the Bristol Post, the Essex Echo and the Thurrock Independent.
Prince William is not leading a global depopulation agenda
Agenda 21 is a sustainable development plan published by the UN in 1992, not a “global depopulation plan”. Read
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Claims 163 million people searched ‘how to hit a woman so no one knows’ are untrue
The researcher behind the claim has publicly stated that her research methods were flawed. Read
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Health
The risk of vaccination does not rise when Covid-19 becomes scarcer
What changes is the balance of risk—meaning that for some people the risk of getting seriously ill with Covid eventually becomes even smaller than the risk from vaccination. Read
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Influencer video full of untrue vaccine claims
These include false claims that all animals in Covid vaccine trials died and that vaccines can change your DNA. Read
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Home Office denies £77,000 was spent on eyebrows and beauty products
The Home Office said the sum was spent on PPE, not beauty products. Read
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Police cars don’t need MOT registration
Some categories of vehicles, including police vehicles, don’t have to have an up-to-date MOT registration. Read
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Ketchup did not ‘test positive’ for Covid-19
You’re more likely to get a false negative than a false positive from a lateral flow test. Read
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Health
Being near to people vaccinated against Covid-19 won’t give you side effects
There is nothing in the Covid-19 vaccines used in the UK that could cause vaccine shedding. Read
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Here’s what you should know about the Lobbying Act
The Greensill story has brought the legislation back under public scrutiny, but disagreements over it are nothing new. Read
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