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12 March 2025

Social media posts confuse Germany’s 2024 EU election results with recent federal election

Although there are similarities between the overall results of the two elections, there are some important differences, such as the area boundaries and the performance of certain parties.

5 March 2025

37% of the UK electorate voted for Brexit

A social media post that claimed 26% of the electorate voted to leave the EU in 2016 was corrected after we got in touch.

3 March 2025

No, a German pilot wasn’t sacked for refusing to spray chemtrails

A video claiming to highlight the case of a Lufthansa pilot who is suing his former employer for dismissing him over his stance is a satirical skit.

27 February 2025

Trump and Starmer's White House talks: fact checked

On Thursday the Prime Minister and the US President held their first face-to-face meeting since the latter’s return to office, discussing Ukraine, trade and a second state visit.

1 December 2023

PM’s claim about Labour’s migrants plan based on inaccurate Conservative analysis

Rishi Sunak has repeated his claim that it would mean accepting an “additional 100,000 migrants” a year, but the way this figure was calculated is incorrect.

7 November 2023

Lee Anderson claim about Labour migrants ‘deal’ appears to be based on unreliable Conservative party estimate

The Conservative party deputy chair’s claim that Labour’s immigration plans would “give hundreds of thousands of migrants a golden ticket” to the UK is similar to recent comments from other ministers.

20 September 2023

Conservative estimate that UK would take 100,000 migrants a year under Labour plan is not reliable

It’s not clear how many more migrants might come as a result of any future returns agreement with the EU, but the 100,000 figure is based on a number of assumptions.

17 May 2023

McDonald’s french fries are not made from potatoes treated with the pesticide Monitor

The claim comes from a speech given in 2013 by an author, who has since admitted Monitor is no longer in use in the US.

5 October 2022

Liz Truss’s 2022 Conservative party conference speech: fact checked

We check five key claims from Ms Truss’s speech, including on tax, GP access and whether she was the first PM to attend a comprehensive school.

6 July 2022

Boris Johnson repeats false claim about Keir Starmer voting 48 times to ‘take us back’ into the EU

The Prime Minister has made the same incorrect claim several times before.

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Social media posts confuse Germany’s 2024 EU election results with recent federal election

37% of the UK electorate voted for Brexit

No, a German pilot wasn’t sacked for refusing to spray chemtrails

Trump and Starmer's White House talks: fact checked

PM’s claim about Labour’s migrants plan based on inaccurate Conservative analysis

Lee Anderson claim about Labour migrants ‘deal’ appears to be based on unreliable Conservative party estimate

Conservative estimate that UK would take 100,000 migrants a year under Labour plan is not reliable

McDonald’s french fries are not made from potatoes treated with the pesticide Monitor

Liz Truss’s 2022 Conservative party conference speech: fact checked

Boris Johnson repeats false claim about Keir Starmer voting 48 times to ‘take us back’ into the EU

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