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This graphic comparing benefit fraud and tax fraud is wrong. It’s difficult to compare DWP and HMRC, and most of the numbers quoted are incorrect. Read
George Soros was not a Nazi in the Second World War, and a picture claiming to show him as one is actually of the Auschwitz officer Oskar Gröning. Read
The now Prime Minister said in 2007 that Gordon Brown taking over from Tony Blair was a “scandal”. Read
Other tweets from that profile indicate it doesn’t belong to the radical preacher. Read
Europe
It’s incorrect to say we can only export lamb to Japan because of the EU-Japan trade deal. It’s because Japan lifted a ban on lamb imports from the UK. Read
There have been multiple cases of people suffering severe facial injuries from having their feet on a car dashboard during a crash. Read
The original picture was taken in Canada in 2015, but the edited version was shared by Nigel Farage last year. Read
The picture isn’t from the 2016 Mayor of London election. Read
Our first report into our experiences so far fact checking content on Facebook. Read
He was editor of the Spectator, where the comments appeared. Read
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