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It can be hard to keep up with what Labour frontbenchers are saying about Brexit. FactCheck takes a look.
Gary Gibbon
Boris Johnson allies say some in the Cabinet did come to his support during the exchanges on the NHS. But that’s not what it felt like in the room if you listen even to pro-Leave Cabinet members. One Cabinet minister said that Michael Gove and Chris Grayling “didn’t row towards him, they rowed past. The rest…
There are deep divisions among mental health professionals regarding questions about Donald Trump’s mental health. FactCheck looks into the details.
Theresa May has spent the day reshuffling her cabinet, but not that much of it. The government big hitters have kept their jobs, and only a handful of cabinet ministers have moved or left the government altogether. In fact the biggest changes came at Conservative Party Headquarters. Former Immigration Minister Brandon Lewis has been made Conservative Party Chairman, with a new team of deputies…
2017 has been a busy year for FactCheck. With a snap election and the start of Brexit negotiations, politicians have churned out a stream of lies, half-truths and misleading claims. Here are the lowlights of 2017, which were exposed by FactCheck. 1. Jeremy Hunt was wrong about NHS staffing Speaking on World Mental Health Day,…
We’ve heard a lot in recent weeks about Russia’s alleged involvement in the EU referendum. On Monday, Theresa May said Vladimir Putin’s government was trying to “undermine free societies” and was “planting fake stories” to “sow discord in the West”. Although on Wednesday, the Prime Minister appeared to soften her language. She told parliament: “if…
In 2014, Channel 4 News conducted an exclusive survey of parliamentary staff, uncovering a widespread and deep-rooted problem. In the wake of the findings, political parties pledged to take action. But now, the scandal has emerged again, with allegations of inappropriate behaviour by dozens of MPs. So what has actually changed since 2014?
Two MPs – one Labour, one Conservative – are now vying for the spotlight. Labour’s Jared O’Mara is under investigation by the Labour Party over offensive comments. And Conservative Chris Heaton-Harris is under fire after writing to universities asking for the names of academics who are teaching Brexit.. Critics said his letter had a “whiff…
Gary Gibbon
Theresa May had hoped that the offer of €10bn a year for every year of a transition, plus the hint, delivered in her Florence speech, of a readiness to consider more cash, might help towards the price of the admission ticket to Trade talks. Turns out the Trade talks ticket price is higher. Some UK…
The talk in Conservative circles has switched from plots against the Prime Minister to who she should sack. While some MPs had already demanded that Boris Johnson be removed from the Foreign Office, right-wing Brexiteer Nadine Dories today called for Philip Hammond to go.
Gary Gibbon
“What a psycho drama, really sphincter-tightening,” was how one senior Tory put it to me at the end of Theresa May’s speech.
The chancellor, Philip Hammond, has defended the “market economy”, saying it has brought people out of poverty. In media interviews and his speech to Conservative conference, Mr Hammond repeatedly accused the Labour Party of posing a threat to this economic model. The chancellor even appeared to compare Labour’s policies to countries like North Korea and…
The Labour party finds itself in the middle of a row over antisemitism – in the week when the party will change rules to explicitly forbid antisemitism. FactCheck investigates.
Gary Gibbon
Jeremy Corbyn didn’t sit in on most of the Brexit debate. Just in case.
Gary Gibbon
Boris Johnson’s Telegraph article is clearly the speech he had hoped to give about now but was told by a No 10 emissary he should not. Instead he has burst on to the scene in print, albeit unhelpfully behind a paywall and on a day when the threat level has been raised and eyes are…