A photo of Greta Thunberg and Al Gore has been edited to replace him with George Soros
The photo has been edited to put George Soros’ face over Al Gore’s. Read
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Viral post has flawed understanding of EU debt
The EU acknowledges that Brexit will leave a “sizeable gap” in its budget, but has plans to manage it. Read
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There’s no evidence Shamima Begum has been flown back to the UK
And Cherie Blair is not her lawyer. Read
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There’s absolutely no evidence the man who confronted Boris Johnson in a hospital was wearing a microphone
It’s extremely unlikely from the sound quality in all the videos taken at Whipps Cross we can find that the man was wearing a microphone. Read
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You don’t need to worry about that video claiming to show a snake in a pepper
A viral video claims to show a poisonous snake in a pepper. It doesn’t. Read
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Jo Swinson said the Liberal Democrats supported an EU referendum in 2008
She also said in 2019 that she couldn’t forgive David Cameron for calling a referendum. Read
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Diane Abbott did not say an Iraqi migrant was found off the coast of a landlocked country
The unedited tweet was actually about a body found off the coast of Belgium. Read
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There was not a 12kg rat in London
A photo of a rat makes it look deceptively big. It almost certainly weighed less than 3kg, rather than 12kg as claimed. Read
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Photo shows Jeremy Corbyn shaking hands with man previously jailed for electoral fraud
A post on Facebook shows a genuine photo of Jeremy Corbyn shaking hands with Tariq Mahmood, who was convicted in 2008 for electoral fraud. Read
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John Major did prorogue parliament for three weeks in 1997
Major’s prorogation in 1997 delayed a report into Conservative MPs taking bribes, whether or not that was his intention. Read
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