Europe
Fact checks about Brexit, the 2016 referendum, the UK's trade relationships and the EU
Millions did not vote in favour of the UK withdrawing from the ECHR
Brexit did not have any direct impact on the laws relating to human rights in the UK.
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Not all fish in the Channel belong to the EU
A post on Facebook also makes a misleading claim about small boat crossings to the UK.
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BBC didn’t ‘censor’ footage of Brexit march
Thousands of people have shared claims that the BBC censored footage of a People’s Vote march.
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Rishi Sunak pledge to review ‘2,400’ remaining EU laws doesn’t tell the full story
The government’s own figures show that hundreds of EU laws have already been amended, repealed or replaced.
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Poll saying 5% of Northern Ireland trusts UK government is about protocol specifically
A poll said 5% of people in Northern Ireland trusted the UK government to manage the interests of Northern Ireland with respect to the protocol.
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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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The EU did not completely outlaw use of imperial measures in the UK
Claims that the EU forced the UK to adopt the metric system and made the use of imperial measures illegal are not entirely true.
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Decision to stop Rwanda flight nothing to do with EU
The European Court of Human Rights is a totally separate institution from the EU.
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EU rules didn’t ‘ban’ crown symbols on pint glasses
The law is more complicated than recent headlines have made it seem.
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Chris Bryant wrong on 0% EU VAT for heat pumps
Labour MP Chris Bryant also claimed that VAT exemption on solar panels already happens in the EU. This isn’t quite true.
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