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Keir Starmer led the CPS when it did not charge Jimmy Savile, but …
2020年6月26日 · Since the election of Sir Keir Starmer as leader of the Labour party earlier this year, there has been a lot of discussion online and in the media about the role Mr Starmer played in the Jimmy Savile scandal and the decision not to prosecute him in 2009. Our readers have asked us to look into this. Mr Starmer was head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) when the decision not to prosecute ...
World Trade Center 7 didn’t collapse for ‘no apparent reason'
2021年9月16日 · A nearby building did collapse on 9/11 despite not being hit by a plane, due to a complex process of structural failures caused by fire.
How many migrants come to the UK? – Full Fact
2024年11月28日 · Based on ONS administrative data, annual net migration between 2012 and 2023 totalled 4.26 million. Looking back further, IPS-based figures show net migration was broadly negative in the 1960s and 1970s (in other words, more people were leaving the country than arriving), but was increasing by the mid-1990s.
Current flu vaccines don’t use mRNA technology – Full Fact
2023年1月24日 · A post on Facebook says “the flu vaccine has the mrna in it like the covid vax” and includes screenshots of various articles reporting trials of flu vaccines containing mRNA technology. However, these are not currently available.. The influenza vaccines currently being used in the UK are:. Inactivated vaccines, which use killed or altered versions of the virus
Increasing the state pension age – Full Fact
2017年2月1日 · “This injustice [changes to the state pension retirement age] has short changed 2.6 million WASPI women and brings shame to this government.” Chris Elmore MP, 1 February 2017 “We did commit over £1 billion to lessen the impact on those worst affected so no-one will see their pension age change by more than 18 months.
How does the UK’s GDP growth compare with other majo
2024年5月23日 · The UK economy has also recovered more slowly following the Covid-19 pandemic than most other G7 countries (though the House of Commons Library notes that this data is “not 100% comparable” due to differences in how output in the education and health sectors was calculated in the UK).. UK GDP growth in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the fourth quarter of 2019 (the last full period ...
The UK's Sharia 'courts' – Full Fact
2015年7月3日 · Sharia, or Muslim religious law, has been highly controversial in the UK. Interpretations of Sharia are associated in other countries with harsh penalties unknown in the UK; campaigners and politicians worry that Muslim women are discriminated against when family disputes are resolved under Sharia. UKIP says that: "the law of the land must apply to us all.
The Great Pyramid’s location isn’t as spooky as this post make
2020年3月31日 · A popular Facebook post suggests that the location of the Great Pyramid of Giza is mysteriously connected to the speed of light. It says: “Speed of light: 299,792,458 m/s. Coordinates of the Great Pyramid of Giza: 29.9792458°N. Coincidence?” This figure for the speed of light (in a vacuum) is correct.And, as the post implies, it is not necessarily a …
Fake video touts 10-day cure for diabetes – Full Fact
2024年7月9日 · A video posted on Facebook makes claims about an unnamed herbal remedy for diabetes. The video features several clips of celebrities and includes audio attributed to naturopath and wellness promoter Barbara O’Neill, who we have fact checked a number of times before.. The video claims that the remedy cures diabetes within 10 days and that over 50,000 people have taken it and are now “free ...