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The Queen: Not Dead
On Sunday night, the Queen was trending on Twitter. As one Twitter joke goes, a name trending is usually a sign of very bad news. People were debating whether a … Read
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Fact checking two seven-way debates
On Friday and Sunday nights, the BBC and ITV broadcast two televised seven-way debates between leaders and other representatives of the major parties running in Great Britain: the Conservatives, Labour, … Read
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The BBC and ITV seven-party debates, fact checked
We fact check the key claims and major topics from the BBC and ITV seven-party debates, including the NHS, Brexit, poverty, immigration and criminal justice. Read
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Fake Jeremy Corbyn tweet spreads after the London Bridge attack
A fake tweet falsely claims Jeremy Corbyn said the London Bridge attacker was “murdered by British Police”. Read
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The BBC did not “donate” money to the Conservative party
Appearance fees from the BBC appear in some Conservative politicians declarations, as they do for MPs from other parties. These are not donations. Read
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Fact checking Boris Johnson on LBC
This morning Conservative party leader Boris Johnson took part in an audience phone-in with Nick Ferrari on LBC Radio. Full Fact was at LBC’s offices to fact check the claims … Read
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Boris Johnson on LBC: fact checked
Conservative party leader Boris Johnson took part in an audience phone-in on LBC Radio. We fact checked his responses. Read
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Angela Rayner uses exaggerated figure for number of WASPI women in poverty
Ms Rayner said millions of women have fallen into poverty because of changes to the pension age. We don’t know the number for certain but it is certainly not millions. Read
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Politics
Tree-mendous?
A Labour policy regarding the planting of more trees has ruffled a few leaves this morning. Labour announced its “plan for nature” on Thursday morning, which included a pledge to … Read
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Lowering the bar
One of the big themes of this election campaign has been, somewhat surprisingly, bar charts. As a group of people who have been banging on about bad bar charts for … Read
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