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24 May 2019

Theresa May's resignation speech: factchecked

We factchecked the claims made by Theresa May during her speech announcing she will resign as leader of the Conservative Party on 7 June 2019.

23 May 2019

This image does not show Nigel Farage wearing a gollywog badge

This picture has been edited to show Nigel Farage wearing a gollywog badge.

23 May 2019

There is no evidence to suggest Nigel Farage was a member of the National Front.

23 May 2019

What happened to council funding, welfare spending and police numbers under the Coalition?

Andrew Marr correctly quoted a number of figures on reductions in welfare spending, council funding and police numbers under the Coalition, during an interview on his show.

23 May 2019

There’s no evidence that this man was attacked because he’s in the armed forces

A member of the British armed forces was hit by a car in West Yorkshire. There’s no evidence that he was attacked for being in the armed forces.

23 May 2019

Measles is not the “number one side effect” of the MMR vaccine

It’s incorrect to claim that measles and death are side effects of the MMR.

23 May 2019

Has cocaine use really doubled in five years?

There isn’t enough available evidence to say that cocaine use in Britain has doubled, and certainly not that one in 50 Londoners are snorting it.

17 May 2019

Claims that a no deal Brexit “will cost us nothing” are incorrect

The government has already spent money preparing for it, and it may reduce economic performance in the long term.

17 May 2019

Was the vote to leave the “largest democratic vote” in British history?

More people voted to leave the EU in 2016 than have voted for any other single electoral option in British political history. But that’s not the only way to define “largest democratic vote”.

17 May 2019

Polish pensions are not directly subsidised by the UK

As of 2018, the most common retirement age for men and women in the EU was 65. In some countries, women can retire as early as 60.

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Theresa May's resignation speech: factchecked

This image does not show Nigel Farage wearing a gollywog badge

There is no evidence to suggest Nigel Farage was a member of the National Front.

What happened to council funding, welfare spending and police numbers under the Coalition?

There’s no evidence that this man was attacked because he’s in the armed forces

Measles is not the “number one side effect” of the MMR vaccine

Has cocaine use really doubled in five years?

Claims that a no deal Brexit “will cost us nothing” are incorrect

Was the vote to leave the “largest democratic vote” in British history?

Polish pensions are not directly subsidised by the UK

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