Philip Davies
We’ve fact checked Philip Davies five times.
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We’ve fact checked Philip Davies five times
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A surgeon made several incorrect claims about Covid-19 vaccine on GB News
If you look at the UK safety agency data, there’s some incredible stuff coming out, which shows that if you’re double vaccinated and boosted, you’re more likely to get infected than [un]vaccinated [people]
Philip Davies, 22 January 2022
A £2.5 billion shortfall in social care funding?
“The shortfall in social care funding by 2020 is estimated at about £2.5 billion a year”
Philip Davies, 14 December 2016
UK development aid spending
“Back in 2010 the overseas aid budget was around £7 billion a year. By 2020 it will have more than doubled to over £15 billion a year... surely the government priority should be to look after the elderly, vulnerable and disabled people in our own country, before we hand money over to other countries?”
Philip Davies, 14 December 2016
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