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 this a photo of a rough sleeper who froze to death?
The caption reads:
This picture is a picture of a DEAD homeless man who has froze to death on our streets , in Leicester a few days ago ,not one mention in the media about it and you are probably thinking why is Nigel posting a pic like this…
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Is this comparison of Carol Irving and David Laws MP accurate?
I saw this on Facebook today. It has been shared over 3,600 times.
It is a photo of the two individuals, Ms. Irving on the left and Mr. Laws MP on the right. Below Ms. Irving's photo it has the following points:
Single mother of…
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In the UK, are young white men the most derided ethnic/gender/age group?
A month, or so, ago this YouGov study was trending on FB and attracting some controversy.
The most derided ethnic group in Britain: young white men
YouGov data from 48 separate surveys reveals that young white men are seen as the worst ethnic,…
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Are the 2016 UK guidelines on alcohol consumption evidence based?
The UK government issues public health advice about how much booze people ought to consume. It has recently revised those guidelines. The previous guidelines were the subject of this SK.SE question: Recommended alcohol drinking quantity: are they…
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Were staff at Bletchley Park predominantly male?
In The Imitation Game, most of the staff portrayed on-screen were male, and Joan Clarke faced sexist assumptions that because she was a woman, she was in the wrong room when she tried to go into the examination room for the cross-word solving…
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Are Scotland's oil and gas reserves dwindling?
This article states that Scotland's oil and gas reserves and tax incomes are dwindling:
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/feb/07/scottish-independence-economic-implications-niesr
Scotland's immediate fiscal position would be in a worse state…
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Does higher education increase international competitiveness?
In this story, the UK chancellor is quoted as saying:
Each year, around 60,000 young people who have worked hard at school,
got the results, want to go on learning and want to take out a loan to
pay for it, are prevented from doing so because…
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Did British officers in Egypt use Indian soldiers to translate all radio messages into Hindustani?
I'm not entirely sure how notable this claim is. But a popular Tweeter named WW2 Tweets from 1941 made the following claim:
British officers in Egypt now using their Indian soldiers to translate all radio messages into Hindustani- fearful of…
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Does the "Eatwell plate" cost £16.70 per week?
The "Eatwell Plate" is a broad dietary recommendation produced by the UK National Health Service.
This article in The Guardian says that a diet based on the Eatwell plate could cost as little as £16.70 per person per week:
The government, after…
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Is the weather particularly bad in England?
There's a well-known claim that weather is particularly rainy in England.
In the UK, a country known for its bad weather and lack of sunshine, there appears to be an ever increasing number of very tanned young people.
—Sunbeds
Is it true that…
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Does an “average-sized” power station pay over a quarter billion pounds per day when unable to generate electricity?
Given the war in Ukraine and associated sanctions on Russia and reciprocal withholding of supply, Europe is facing a gas shortage.
The UK imports very little Russian gas, but because of the reduced supply is still facing potential shortages over the…
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Was Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire, the largest private house in the UK?
Wentworth Woodhouse is a large country house in South Yorkshire, England.
In 2016, Mansions Global describe it as:
the largest private house in the UK
In 2014, Yorkshire Life described it as
the largest privately-owned house in Europe
Visiting…
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Are the "DHSC Communications Team" using bots to flood social media with posts showing NHS workers supportive of government policy?
The image below seems to be circulating on Facebook along with a text
To give you an idea of the times we are living in, Twitter has been
flooded with hundreds of new accounts today.
All have the NHS tag and a picture of a Nurse or doctor. All…
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Is British MP and Brexit campaigner Jacob Rees-Mogg receiving support on social media from known Kremlin networks?
This article, which is being linked and shared on Facebook, claims that British MP and Brexit campaigner Jacob Rees-Mogg is receiving support on social media from known Kremlin networks.
Analysis of social media traffic between January and February…
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Is Boris Johnson the only politician in British history to set up a photoshoot of the signing of their own resignation letter?
Tom Watson, deputy leader of the British Labour party, said this about outgoing foreign secretary Boris Johnson in an interview on radio station LBC:
[Boris Johnson is] the only politician in UK history that posed for a photograph
while signing…
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