Fake Boris Johnson quote spreads on Facebook
Boris Johnson did not say "we have wiped out the national debt". He did say the Conservatives had tackled the debt and deficit. Read
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Fact checks of content undertaken as part of Full Fact’s work on the Third Party Fact Checking Programme with Facebook
A judge did say he would pay a teenage girl’s victim surcharge after she stabbed the man who had sexually assaulted her
The judge spared her prison time and gave her a two year youth rehabilitation order. Read
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You do not need to stay home for two weeks after getting the flu vaccine
Most flu injections in the UK are inactive and therefore cannot spread between people. Read
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These 130,000 deaths cannot be explicitly linked to austerity
The think-tank behind the figure says wider policy issues are also important. Read
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That claim you’ve seen about Supreme Court judges getting paid £175,000 by the EU is totally made up
Some work ad hoc for the European Court of Human Rights, but that is separate from the European Union. Read
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Despite reports to the contrary, Clint Eastwood is alive
Despite reports to the contrary, Clint Eastwood is alive. Read
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Don’t trust claims about the change in the number of churches and mosques in London
It’s hard to say exactly how many churches and mosques there are in London. Read
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The Royal British Legion will offer poppies in all UK communities
The charity has confirmed poppies will be offered “in every community in the UK.” Read
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The Royal British Legion is not stopping poppy sales in certain areas due to “upset minorities”
The charity has routinely said this claim is untrue. Read
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This post incorrectly claims everyone with cancer has a pH that is too acidic
This post makes claims about the relation between the body’s pH and health that have been widely debunked. Read
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