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A recent Guardian quiz on Boris Johnson attracted over 70,000 responses. The respondents were not representative of Guardian readers or the public. Read
The most powerful antennas have exclusion zones around them, but the mast in this viral post isn’t one of them. Read
Health
A poll found that 16% of respondents who said they had friends or family with dementia also said that person had to sell their home to pay for care. Read
Health
£9.2 billion was spent on purchasing health care from private providers in 2018/19—a record amount in cash terms, but not in real terms or as a proportion of the department’s budget. Read
In most situations, it is fine to give your dogs ice or frozen treats. Read
Political adverts aren’t allowed on the London Underground, and the advert is fake. Read
Europe
Boris Johnson claimed that EU regulation required kipper sellers to pack kippers in ice. This is not an EU regulation – it is UK regulation. Read
Europe
A claim that a new analysis shows the UK will be £135 billion richer after Brexit is based on an old report from Economists for Free Trade. Most other economists think the UK will be worse off. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Jeremy Hunt said since the mid-90s house prices have gone up threefold while incomes of people in their twenties has gone up 20%. That underestimates income growth. Read
The video was taken in Israel during protests by Ethiopian-Israelis. Read
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