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Brexit department makes misleading claim on Brexit options
DExEU incorrectly claimed that the single market doesn’t cover services. Read
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This photo of an elephant carrying a lion cub is an April Fools' joke
The image was a digitally edited April Fools' Joke made by a South African game reserve. Read
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Most of these claims about the EU aren’t true and have nothing to do with the Lisbon Treaty
The UK wouldn’t be losing its currency, the Queen or ownership of its oil, gas and minerals if it stayed in the EU. Read
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What does a “WTO rules” Brexit look like?
This viral post about a no deal Brexit exaggerates our EU payments and the “free trade” opportunities of no deal, but makes other correct claims. Read
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Crime
No, water cannon will not be deployed at the pro-Brexit march
The Met Police does not own any water cannon and their use is not currently authorised in England and Wales. Read
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Our “backfire effect” research review: areas we need to understand better for factchecking
We take a look at some interesting findings for factcheckers from our "backfire effect" review. Read
Comment
This image on the costs of Brexit is very misleading
The government modelled the impact of different post-Brexit trade deals on the economy. They expect slower growth under each model, but the exact details remain unclear. Read
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This isn’t a real sign at a protest
This protest sign isn’t from the People’s Vote march, it’s from 2011, and has been edited. Read
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This video doesn’t show the final moments of the Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed in March
We can tell from the plane’s interior that it’s not the same flight. Read
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This boy in Sweden was killed but the motive is unclear
A viral image does show Arminas Pileckas, a 15 year-old Lithuanian student in Sweden who was stabbed at school by a 14 year-old boy from Syria in January 2016. Read
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