“Actually the single issue that voters in this country care about is immigration, and this issue of migrants trying to get here is at the top of voters’ concerns and right now this government does not seem to have a plan to deter it and to prevent these appalling tragedies.” 10:10pm 24 November 2021, ITV… Read More »
Warning: posts linked to in this article contain graphic images. Posts on Facebook claim to show a picture of a baby born with her heart outside of her body. The posts also claim that a certain amount of money needs to be raised for the little girl’s operation, and for every share some money is… Read More »
An article on a website that has repeatedly published misinformation about the pandemic, The Exposé, says that countries with higher Covid-19 vaccination rates tend to have higher case numbers, claiming “the inescapable conclusion[…] is that vaccines increase case numbers.” The fact that there is a correlation between case numbers and vaccination rates is not proof… Read More »
“There are now more people in work in this country […] than there were before the pandemic began.” Boris Johnson, 24 November 2021. During Prime Minister’s Questions, Boris Johnson claimed that there are more people in work now than there were before the Covid-19 pandemic began. Number 10 told Full Fact the Prime Minister was… Read More »
A number of Facebook posts have shared a screengrab of a (since deleted) tweet claiming that the deputy prime minister and justice secretary Dominic Raab said he watched Peppa Pig “with his parents when he was young”, even though the children’s TV show first aired in 2004 when he would have been 30. The tweet… Read More »
Here are this week’s Life Pro Tips. 1. If your grandma or mom knits/crochets you something, keep it. Even if you don’t wear it, trust me, one day you won’t care what’s cool, you’ll just wish you had that scarf that your mom spent days making for you. They are irreplaceable. 2. HR can’t be…… Read More »
