‘Injured’ man in fake post is popular YouTuber
The image is three years old and relates to a medical emergency, not a car accident. Read
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Private Eye did not say Kwasi Kwarteng was paid £20,000 a month by a hedge fund
Claims circulating on social media don’t reflect what was reported by the magazine, or what’s recorded in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Read
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Old picture of Jacob Rees-Mogg in 2018 scuffle going viral
A photo taken in 2018 is being mistakenly shared as being from recent events in Parliament. Read
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Halloween Cadbury chocolate hamper offer is not genuine
An alleged offer posted on Facebook has no connection with Cadbury despite claiming to. Read
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Video doesn’t show American B-2 stealth bomber deployed to Poland
Footage purporting to show the aircraft landing was shot in England in 2020. Read
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President Zelenskyy’s office was not blown up in recent Kyiv strikes
Claims online that the Ukrainian presidential office was bombed around 10 October 2022 are unevidenced. Read
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Outdated parliamentary processes should never hamper politicians from acting honestly
Full Fact invited by MPs to give evidence on Parliament's broken corrections system. Read
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The mRNA vaccines don’t show Covid-19 ‘doesn’t exist’
A post has wrongly claimed Pfizer and Moderna vaccines do not contain a live virus because SARS-CoV-2 doesn’t exist. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Bank of England did not sell £80 billion in gilts shortly before mini-Budget
Sir Iain Duncan Smith claimed the Bank of England sold ‘some £80 billion in gilts’ around the time of the mini-budget announcement on 23 September. This didn’t happen. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Is government plan to cap revenues of renewable electricity generators a windfall tax?
Jacob Rees-Mogg strenuously denied that the new government policy proposal is a windfall tax during an appearance on the Today programme. Read
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