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Were the European elections a victory for leavers or remainers?
If we want to gauge opinion on Brexit, we’re better off considering opinion polls.
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Theresa May’s slips, u-turns and broken promises
Her time in office will forever be associated with Brexit. But the trials and tribulations of Mrs May’s premiership don’t end there.
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Is there time for a second referendum before Brexit?
Change UK’s Chuka Umunna says we don’t have time to hold a “People’s Vote” before 31 October.
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There’s no evidence Nigel Farage was in the National Front
A lot of people are claiming that Nigel Farage was involved in the notorious far-right National Front party as a teenager.
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Is Labour right that the UK ‘has never been more unequal’?
That was the claim in one of the Labour party’s official leaflets.
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May not telling the whole story on NHS funding
Theresa May fired off a volley of stats about the NHS under the Conservatives at this week’s Prime Minister’s Questions.
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Shaky evidence for Labour ‘youthquake’ stat
The party claimed this week that 2017 saw the highest youth turnout in 25 years.
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Universities catch less than one per cent of ‘bought in’ essays, own records suggest
One in six students admit to getting someone else to write their coursework.
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How popular is “no deal” Brexit?
Leading Brexiters have been accused of exaggerating the popularity of a no-deal Brexit among voters. In recent TV interviews, John Redwood and Andrew Bridgen both said “most of the public” now want to leave the EU with no withdrawal agreement in place. Jacob Rees-Mogg has also tweeted this graphic, which draws on two recent opinion…
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FactCheck: viral video doesn’t show violence in a ‘Sharia Law Zone’ in London
This video is shockingly violent – but it doesn’t show what many people say it does.
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Labour and Conservative front benches both split over second referendum
Frontbenchers from both parties have appeared to contradict their own colleagues on the question of a “confirmatory vote”.
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Corbyn cherry-picks child poverty stats
The Labour leader claimed child poverty has risen by half a million since 2010. But it’s only half the story.
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Is austerity reducing life expectancy?
Life expectancy in England is not growing at the rate that experts predicted before 2011. What’s going on?
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Is the “stop Brexit” petition reliable?
People can sign from all over the world, and there doesn’t appear to be a way of definitively checking their nationality or residency.
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Independent Scotland would have to agree to adopt Euro after joining EU
Under EU law, a new member state is required to join the euro – but there is no compulsory timetable.