Was William Wilberforce a Tory?
Abolitionist William Wilberforce was an independent MP, not a Tory MP, though he was fairly loyal to the Tory Prime Minister, Pitt the Younger. Read
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This viral image on immigration and homelessness has a fundamental flaw
An estimated 320,000 people are homeless in Great Britain, and that figure includes people who aren’t British. Read
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What’s a free port, and does the EU have them?
Free ports (areas within countries where import tariffs don’t apply) exist within the EU, but in a more limited form than elsewhere in the world. Read
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This footage of the Queen doing the Nazi salute is real
The video was filmed around the time Hitler became Chancellor of Germany, before the Second World War began. Read
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There’s no easy way to compare benefit and tax fraud.
This graphic comparing benefit fraud and tax fraud is wrong. It’s difficult to compare DWP and HMRC, and most of the numbers quoted are incorrect. Read
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George Soros was not a Nazi SS officer
George Soros was not a Nazi in the Second World War, and a picture claiming to show him as one is actually of the Auschwitz officer Oskar Gröning. Read
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Boris Johnson did say this about Gordon Brown becoming Prime Minister without an election
The now Prime Minister said in 2007 that Gordon Brown taking over from Tony Blair was a “scandal”. Read
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These tweets are from an Anjem Choudary parody account
Other tweets from that profile indicate it doesn’t belong to the radical preacher. Read
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Europe
Lamb exports to Japan aren’t due to EU trade deal
It’s incorrect to say we can only export lamb to Japan because of the EU-Japan trade deal. It’s because Japan lifted a ban on lamb imports from the UK. Read
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You are at risk of serious facial injuries if your feet are on the dashboard during a car crash
There have been multiple cases of people suffering severe facial injuries from having their feet on a car dashboard during a crash. Read
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