The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain) is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe.
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Is viewing extremist material a terrorism offence?
In regard to the quote from the Metropolitan Police warning, is it an offence specifically under the terrorism legislation to watch a video?
A Met police spokesperson
"We would like to remind the public that viewing, downloading or disseminating…
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Are vets legally allowed to treat humans?
A letter in The Daily Telegraph claims:
Vets are allowed legally to treat humans although doctors cannot treat animals. In my experience, vets offer the efficiency, pragmatism, charm, humour and common sense so often lacking in the NHS.
Are vets…
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Is it better to obtain vitamins and minerals from food rather than by taking supplements?
It seems that a great debate rages about whether we all need to eat our 5 a day in order to maintain our health or whether it is conceivably cheaper, faster and easier to obtain necessary vitamins and minerals from supplements.
The thrust of my…
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Did UK police agree to drop sex-offense charges in exchange for an apology?
In the United Kingdom, Community Resolution Orders give the police the powers to deal with minor offences in which the offender pleads guilty and agrees to reparations, without using the court systems to get a formal conviction.
The Daily Mirror…
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Is there a breeding population of big cats living wild in the UK?
In an October 2020 Daily Mail article, a 'big cat tracker', Rhoda Watkins claims the UK has a healthy wild population of leopards and pumas.
However, when I search on Wikipedia and other wildlife/conservation sources, the distribution range of pumas…
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Are 85% of autistic college grads unemployed?
In 2016, a paper entitled Autism in the Workplace: Assessing the Transition
Needs of Young Adults with Autism Spectrum
Disorder claimed:
The most recent unemployment statistics for adults with ASD show that 85% are
unemployed [...]
They cite the…
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Have the Russian state media spread 21 theories about the Salisbury chemical attack?
The U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has recently said in his article (highlight mine):
Our allies have not been deterred by Russia’s usual tactics for avoiding pressure. Sure enough, the Kremlin began pumping out a deluge of lies almost as…
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Did the former prime minister of UK say this about the Koran?
There was a heated argument between news presenter Piers Morgan and Tommy Robinson. Here is the video for those interested.
He makes a claim:
Sir William Gladstone held this book above his head in Parliament and
said "There will never be peace on…
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Did King Henry VIII of England explode in his coffin?
Did King Henry VIII of England explode in his coffin?
There abound many stories about the life and times of Henry VIII of England. There is one in particular that I find rather disgusting.
It is said that Henry VIII of England exploded in his…
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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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Did Stalin personally tell Churchill that "the great bulk" of "10 millions" people were "wiped out" during collectivization?
The War Memoirs of Winston Churchill: Face to Face with Stalin Life Magazine 30 October 1950 at pages 104 and 106:
[about 1am August 18, 1942]
"I thought you would have found it bad," said I [Churchill], "because you were not dealing with a few…
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Are media reports about squatters' rights accurate?
So a few months ago there was a spout of stories in the UK papers pertaining to squatters, and the fact that they have just been breaking into houses and changing the locks whilst the owners had been on holiday. This was apparently resulting in the…
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Did Prime Minister David Cameron commit necrophilia with a pig's head?
Doing the rounds on Twitter at the moment is the idea that UK Prime Minister David Cameron did something unspeakable to a dead pigs head when he was in University.
Twitter being Twitter, the actual details of the events are sparse and unreliable. I…
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Is Prince Harry the son of James Hewitt?
Similarity between the Prince and James Hewitt have always been questioned and strengthened after Princess Diana's affair with James was…
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Do BT routers secretly connect to a NSA/GHCQ network?
Today I was pointed at this document which claims, among other things, that the secret agencies perform man-in-the-middle attacks by using a second network connection established by the home router. BT routers in particular.
Now I know:
there were…
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