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A Facebook post claimed Boris Johnson said he’d like to live in the middle ages so he could behead “smelly peasants”. Read
Voters should know who is targeting them online and who is paying for it. Read
In this briefing, Full Fact’s Head of Research Amy Sippitt looks at what fact checking organisations can do to influence public debate. Read
Bad information ruins lives. Today’s response from the government about their online harms proposals recognises this threat, but there isn’t enough concrete action on how to tackle it. Read
Two sentences from an article written by Mr Johnson in a 2013 article arguing for and against Brexit have been edited together. Read
If there’s one issue that dominated discussion of campaign techniques in the run up to the election, it was online adverts. We look at how the Conservative and Labour campaigns played out. Read
After the London Bridge attack, there's been a debate over how people in the UK are sentenced for terror offences, in particular Usman Khan, the attacker. Read
Wales makes up about 11% of the rail network in England and Wales. Read
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Today we’ve published our final roundups of the election campaign. You can now see all our key fact checks from the Conservatives, Labour, the Liberal Democrats and SNP, and Plaid … Read
This article is part of our Ask Full Fact series on the 2019 general election, answering your questions about the election, from claims the main parties are making to what happens on polling day. Read
