A number of Facebook posts, and a widely shared tweet, have compared monthly Universal Credit payments with daily allowances in the House of Lords. The posts and the tweet all said: “In April a member of the House of Lords (inc Lord Lebedev) will receive £323 per DAY A single person on Universal Credit will… Read More »
A video on Facebook claims to show Russian and Ukrainian soldiers dancing together, with the caption urging people not to “buy into the drama that is being propagated by the media”, falsely indicating that this is a recent video following the invasion of Ukraine. However, this video predates the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24… Read More »
A post on Facebook claims: “Ukraine just silently announced it’s the first country to implement the WEF’s ‘Great Reset’ by setting up a Social Credit Application combining Universal Basic Income (UBI), a Digital Identity & a Vaccine Passport all within their Diia app”. People in Ukraine have been able to use the Diia app for… Read More »
A photo purporting to show Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe with her husband and daughter is being shared on Twitter and Facebook, with a caption along the lines of “What a lovely picture of Richard and Gabriella thrilled to have Nazanin back home”. In the picture, Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British and Iranian dual citizen who was detained in… Read More »
Whether we return to in-person job interviews is still in question, and for convenience and health purposes, they may not come back at all. This means that if you’re lucky enough to land an interview, it will likely take place online and you will need to prepare accordingly. Without question, you’ll still need to engage… Read More »
A video on Facebook showing soldiers unsuccessfully discharging a rocket propelled grenade launcher, has the caption: “Russian soldiers using weapons that have been in a cupboard since soviet times”. It’s been viewed over 2.4 million times. But evidence suggests that these aren’t Russian soldiers. We found a longer version of the video on YouTube, which… Read More »
A video on Facebook appears to show a number of bodies in body bags, and a person in one of the bags smoking a cigarette. The video’s audio says: “Dead bodies in Ukraine smoking cigarette”. Text over the video says “Sky news and the media bulsh** lies. Don’t believe everything see [sic]”. The implication seems… Read More »
A post by the Labour party on Facebook, and on Twitter, claims the Chancellor Rishi Sunak spent £8.7 billion on “dodgy PPE so useless it will have to be burnt”. While a large amount of PPE purchased during the pandemic is now being burned, the figure £8.7 billion refers to PPE spending which has been… Read More »
