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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Does England devote as much land to Golf as housing?
England is, apparently, one of the most "crowded" countries in the world with a high population density and the population is growing quite quickly. This has prompted a variety of concerns about immigration and the possibility of "concreting over…
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Does smoking cannabis kill 30,000 people per year?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-179264/Cannabis-kills-30-000-year.html
Cannabis is as dangerous as cigarette smoking...
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[C]annabis could be a major contributor to UK deaths.
Researchers calculate that if 120,000 deaths are caused…
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Did British homes increase greenhouse gas emissions by 4% in 2018?
According to this report from The Times,
Greenhouse gas emissions fell in every sector — including transport, industry and energy — in 2018, but emissions from homes went up 4 per cent, government data shows.
Is it true that emissions from homes…
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Do 30 year old Millennials have lower average household income than Gen X did?
A 2017 Business Insider article claims that, in the UK:
for the first time in more than 100 years the current generation of workers — millennials — are doing worse than the generation before them, Generation X.
In particular, a chart compares the…
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Will smart meters cost each UK household 420 GBP?
The roll out of smart meters is well on its way in the UK. In this article it is claimed that smart meters will cost each household 420 pounds. Apparently, this money will be taken from each customers energy bill. In the article I couldn't…
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Was a flamethrower used to incinerate Skripal's cat after its death?
In March 2018, British spy Sergei Skripal is believed to have been poisoned in his home with a nerve agent. Wikipedia explains his three pets died:
On 5 April 2018, British authorities said that inside Sergey Skripal's house, which had been sealed…
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Did Master Stone Masons have to Bow to the King?
I have heard this multiple times, including in a documentary once. The claim is that the Master Stonemason, in historic times, did not have to bow to the King (generally implied to be from the British master Stonemason to the British King) 1,…
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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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Does food on blue plates look tastier?
This Daily Mail article says the NHS is replacing their plates with blue ones to get patients to eat more.
NHS caterers have finally found a means of getting frail patients to eat more – putting the meals on blue plates.
The simple switch has…
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Can the UK fire its nuclear weapons without US agreement?
Somebody told me that the UK cannot fire its nuclear weapons without the agreement and support from US. Is this true?
This claim is made in the following locations:
David Morrison - Britain’s “dependent” nuclear deterrent
There is some doubt…
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Are half of transgender women inmates (in England and Wales) sex offenders or category A prisoners?
The group Fair Play for Women published a report in Oct 2017 claiming that
Half of all trans-identifying males (transwomen) in prison are convicted sex offenders or dangerous Category A prisoners.
However a Medium article by Kaylin Hamilton…
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Is most intermediate level radioactive waste according to UK regulations barely radioactive?
Lester Haines writes in Sellafield's nuclear waste measured in El Reg units:
Most intermediate level waste is barely radioactive at all. If you put
a completely legal luminous watch in a barrel containing half a tonne
of dirt, that dirt would…
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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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Were 59% of British people unable to name the then Prime Minister David Cameron in 2015?
According to this article The British public still have no idea what they voted for with Brexit – it’s not elitist to admit it, it is claimed:
A survey carried out in the run up to the 2015 general election revealed that 69 per cent of Britons…
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Was Tommy Robinson transferred to a prison with a 71% Muslim population?
Paul Joseph Watson claims that Tommy Robinson has been moved to a prison with a predominantly Muslim population.
BREAKING: Tommy Robinson has reportedly been moved to a prison with a 71% Muslim population.
Inmates were banging on cell walls last…
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