Bob Seely
We’ve fact checked Bob Seely twice.
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We’ve fact checked Bob Seely twice
Full Fact scrutinises claims made by public figures on all sides of political debate. We prioritise claims that have the potential to cause most harm.
Our team isn’t able to monitor and fact check all claims made by people in public life, so this list isn’t exhaustive.
No evidence for MP’s claim 100,000 ‘ghost kids’ disappeared from school rolls in pandemic
To come on to the next scandal, our schools were shut. That is a disaster that has stalled educational improvement, and 100,000 kids—ghost kids—have disappeared off the rolls.
Bob Seely, 19 June 2023
We don’t know how many children aren’t on school rolls
we have now seen from the 100,000 children who have come off school rolls and disappeared
Bob Seely, 31 January 2022
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