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Has freedom of movement of people lead to a reduction in wages and worsening of working conditions in the UK?
Has freedom of movement of people lead to a reduction of wages, and a worsening of working conditions, in the UK?
From 'If you've got money, you vote in ... if you haven't got money, you vote out'
A few years later, we met builders in South Shields…
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Did Jean-Claude Juncker claim that more than 80% of EU citizens want to abolish daylight saving time?
Background: After a recent public call to send in opinions on whether or not to keep the daylight saving time switch in the EU, it seems like a vast majority among the people who sent in their opinions is in favour of abolishing the time switch. In…
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Did European Muslim protestors carry signs "Shariah for the Netherlands", "Islam Will Dominate the World, Freedom Can Go to Hell"
Does the following alleged photograph represent an actual demonstration by real self-identified Muslims, in Europe?
I found at: http://www.billionbibles.org/sharia/sharia-europe.html
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Are three quarters of immigrants "flooding Europe today" from central Africa?
In a November 16, 2016 op-ed in the New York Times titled Donald Trump, Help Heal the Planet’s Climate Change Problem, Thomas L. Friedman claims:
When you visit the Pentagon, ask the generals about climate change. Here’s what they’ll tell you: A…
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Was there a pattern of women in Middle Ages Europe poisoning their husbands to keep them close?
There's a claim doing the rounds on social media, that women in the Middle Ages would poison their husbands, and then administer an antidote on their arrival home. The implication is that this would "keep the men close" as the longer they stayed…
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Did the "Windows Web Browser Choice Screen" enforced by the EU make a difference?
In response to a EU anti-trust ruling, European Android users will soon be presented with a browser choice screen.
Those of us who are old enough will remember that the same thing happened on Windows in 2010.
Did it work?
Apparently, the EU seems…
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Did an Austrian court require a child to prove that they did not consent to rape?
The Sun's headline says:
SHOCK RULING Outrage as Iraqi migrant who raped boy, 10, in ‘sexual emergency’ at swimming pool has conviction OVERTURNED because court couldn’t prove the child said ‘no’
I came across this article which made an…
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Has the Council of Europe called for the banning of British newspapers mentioning when a terrorist is Muslim?
From the Daily Mail: European human rights chiefs order the British press NOT to reveal when terrorists are Muslims in crackdown on freedom of speech
European human rights chiefs have told the British press it must not
report when terrorists are…
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Did "the" (or a) European Court declare that Covid-19 PCR tests are "not fit for purpose"?
In a long video denying the validity of Covid-19 PCR tests, it's stated at one point (15:17), without much context that
the European court declaring that Covid-19 tests are "not fit for purpose"
The previous minutes don't mention any particular…
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Is only 13% of the UK economy and only 8% of its businesses involved with european Union trade?
CAPX recently published a pro-Brexit opinion piece by John Longworth who headed a pro-Brexit pressure group. He argued that the UK were being held to ransom and were being treated like a "vassal state" of the EU in trade negotiations.
He included a…
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Is large Muslim immigration within an European country a cause for higher sexual violence in that particular country?
An article in FrontPage Magazine argues that:
the more open a European country is to Muslim mass migration, the more
dangerous it is to women.
It provides various examples of European countries that accept quite many immigrants over the time and…
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Did switching to a common currency cause prices to go up in European countries?
Many consumers in the European Union are afraid of switching to Euros since it (reportedly) means increased prices on most products. For example:
In order to address consumers' concerns about price increases and
abusive practices during the…
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Is melatonin used as a contraceptive in Europe?
On Episode 515 of the Wellness Mama podcast, Dr. Michael J. Breus made the statement that melatonin is used for birth control in Europe:
Melatonin in Europe is used as a contraceptive. Let me say that one more time. Melatonin in Europe is used as…
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Are all Oreo-cookie ingredients listed in accordance with EU ingredient labelling regulations?
I have read in several places about the claim that Oreo cookies may be using titanium dioxide in their preparation. This additive, although widely used, has been recently under the suspicion of provoking cancer (still low level of risk and not…
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Does the EU fund you only if you legally agree not to damage the EU's reputation in any way?
In this YouTube video shows clips of Jacob Rees-Mogg.
At 6:55, he is shown hosting
an LBC talkback show, talking about EU funding. He claims:
You don't get money from the EU unless you sign up to a contract saying that you won't do anything that…
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