#FullFact

FullFact sides with Keir Starmer https://fullfact.org/health/coronavirus-care-homes-guidance/ Community transmission was confirmed in the U.K. by March 5

We are investigating today's serious but disputed claims about sockpuppet NHS Twitter accounts and we are asking for evidence to back them up.We've written about how to assess claims you've

Nick Gutteridge

1/ Would the UK have to pay more into a larger EU budget to subsidise the bloc's response to coronavirus if the transition is extended, as claimed by No 10?

Very interesting......https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-scotland-45876204 https://www.gov.scot/news/fewer-deaths-in-winter-2018-19/ https://fullfact.org/online/Excess-winter-deaths-UK/ https://fullfact.org/health/coronavirus-

@FullFact - is this true?https://twitter.com/jdpoc/status/1252266724449230848 @FullFact - See also:https://twitter.com/Tom___Scott/status/1252377732064751620 Excellent counterpoint in this thread:https://twitter.com/imbadatlife/status/125251844684955

Jurgen Stenhouse

northernheckler

Gavin Williamson : “The danger is that pupils will be overpromoted into jobs that are beyond their competence.” It looked unlikely as soon as I saw it.Now I've had chance

Fionna O'Leary, 🕯🇪🇺

You wanted evidence of lying @afneil The test claims by Government are littered with untruthfulness and deliberate misdirection.For instance the speed of turn around of tests.https://fullfact.org/health/new-data-reveals-pms-testing-speeds-c

Public satisfaction with the NHS and social care in 2019 | The King's Fund < The long-running ⁦@NatCen⁩ BSA survey has released its latest findings.https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/publications/public-satisfaction-nhs-social-care-2019 This may not

It’s time we had a sensible conversation about this because it’s become short-hand for dog whistle racism alongside Lee Rigby and other whataboutery. Let’s start with the facts @Demilynne7. Hands

Christopher Snowdon

"Criminal damage is not acceptable but..." Some of Corbyn's cheerleaders need to learn when to keep their own counsel. Is it a fact that austerity killed 120,000 people? No. It

Plymouth City Council

Coronavirus misinformation: a thread by us. 1/11 Our Public Health team, like others up and down the country, is made up of people who have expertise and understanding on what

Alistair Coleman

alistaircoleman

Some UK businesses are falling foul of the belief that Magna Carta and Freeman on the Land “common law” allows them to stay open during lockdown. One hairdresser is facing

Hilary Abernathay. Some #Covid19 & #Nexit for all?

atatimelikethis

Bookmark Japan Trade Deal Lie sheet1. HMG estimated a £1.5B upside to the deal by comparing it not to the EU deal we had but to No Deal [https://fullfact.org/economy/uk-japan-trade-benefits/?utm_source=content_page&utm_medium=related_c

This is absolutely damning. With ~20,000 retweets the conspiracy theory in question will likely have reached about 8 million people or more.https://twitter.com/fullfact/status/1252652668922875905 .@joshfeldberg’s write-up of the rapid spread of this

You might have seen the viral thread about 128 fake NHS staff accounts to sockpuppet support for the government's handling of coronavirus?The Guardian's dug into this -- issue is, the

[suicide / mental health]I opened Twitter to those “200% increase in suicide under lockdown” tweets doing the rounds again. This is a lie. Samaritans issued guidance that it doesn’t spread