Tony Thompson

Specialist Journalist

Tony joined Full Fact in May 2022. He previously worked as the Crime Correspondent of The Observer and News Editor of Time Out. He is the author of 11 non-fiction books.

26 May 2022

Not everybody is getting their passports issued in four to six weeks

The Prime Minister’s claim that everybody is getting their passports within four to six weeks is not true.

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20 May 2022

Smallpox not the only infectious disease eradicated by humans

While reporting on the rise of monkeypox, the Times said that smallpox is the only disease ever eradicated by humans. But there has been another—the cattle disease, rinderpest.

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