Sadiq Khan was a solicitor for the Nation of Islam
He represented the group back when he was a human rights lawyer. Read
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How many emergency patients are waiting over four hours for a bed?
There was more than a 7x increase in the number of emergency admissions taking more than four hours from decision to admit to admission from 2010 to 2018. Read
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We can’t be sure how many migrants registered with GPs in the last decade
There were 6.5 million new GP registrations in England and Wales from 2007 to 2017 where the person’s previous address was abroad. But we can’t be certain about these figures. Read
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The meme you’ve seen about Instagram privacy settings is not true
Several celebrities have reposted the incorrect image, which has no truth to it. Read
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Hundreds of birds were found dead in the Netherlands but it had nothing to do with 5G
Almost 300 starlings were found dead in a park in The Hague but no 5G tests were going on at the time. Read
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This picture of women ‘dressing up like 9/11’ was taken in the UK, not Israel
The students wore the outfits to a nightclub in Chester in 2013, and it had nothing to do with Purim. Read
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This advice on how to fight a parking ticket is wrong
If you receive a parking charge notice from a private car park and wish to appeal it, don’t pay it immediately. Read
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It's not correct that 98% of world trade is done via the WTO
98% of global trade is done by members of the WTO, but most of this trade is done via trade agreements, not WTO rules. Read
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These figures on MP expenses are incorrect
A post falsely claimed that Scottish Conservative MPs spent far more on travel and accommodation expenses than SNP MPs. Average expenses per MP were lower for Scottish Conservative MPs than SNP ones. Read
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The cabbage myth returns: EU cabbage regulations don’t have 26,911 words
There are not 26,911 words in EU cabbage regulations. It’s an urban legend which dates back to 1951. Read
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