NHS diversity officers donât all make ÂŁ96,000
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Kamala Harris and Tim Walz video in front of a communist poster has been edited
A videocirculating on social media appears to show Democratic presidential candidate and current US Vice President, Kamala Harris, with her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, posing for a selfie in front of a Revolutionary Communists of America poster.
Estimate of ÂŁ400,000 cost per asylum seeker based on the Netherlands, not the UK
But the ÂŁ400,000 figure is based on a report published by researchers at the University of Amsterdam which estimated that the net cost of âasylum migrationâ to the Dutch treasury averages âŹ475,000 per immigrant (approximately ÂŁ400,000).
9.4 million people are classed as economically inactive, not unemployed
For the purposes of that scheme, weâve rated this claim as missing context because the post refers to the number of people in the UK who meet the official definition of economic inactivity, rather than being unemployed.
The Pope has not appointed Klaus Schwab âuniversal bishopâ
The Peopleâs Voice article claims Pope Francis appointed Mr Schwab âuniversal bishopâ because âhis plan to restore nature to its position of primacy in the world order means he is more relevant figure than Jesus Christ in 2024 [sic]â.
Trump Revives – and Further Decreases – His Absurdly Low Estimate of Sea Level Rise
On the campaign trail this summer, former President Donald Trump has routinely cast doubt on climate change by falsely claiming that the oceans will rise just âone-eighth of an inch over the next 400 years.â Heâs previously used the same measurement over a period of 250 years.
Bird Flu Pandemic Preparedness Activities Are Not Evidence of a Conspiracy
Wheeler, for instance, said that the kit âhas everything that you or I will need to combat this lab-created virus that Iâm sure the globalists are going to unleash on us,â referring to H5N1 bird flu and listing ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine as components, while telling followers to buy it using her promo code.
Walz Twists Some Labor Claims
âWhile the administration may be trumpeting this rule as a good thing for workers, that is a ruse,â Heidi Shierholz, president of the Economic Policy Institute, a think tank partly funded by labor unions, wrote in a statement issued the same day.
Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention
Trumpâs proposal to end federal taxes on tips (which Vice President Kamala Harris later said she also supports) is aimed at benefiting mostly low-income workers, though some economists doubt it will work.
Third Night of the Democratic Convention
The late criminologist Richard Rosenfeld, who wrote about crime trends for the nonpartisan Council on Criminal Justice at the end of his long career in this field, told us in 2021 that presidents âcan facilitate a response,â citing an initiative by Biden at the time to work with cities to reduce gun violence.
How Walz Responded to Riots in Minnesota After the Death of George Floyd
Meanwhile, an independent âafter-action reviewâ commissioned by Minneapolis concluded that the delayed deployment of the state National Guard was at least partly the result of inexperienced city officials not following the proper protocols when Walz was first contacted about providing military assistance.
No evidence audio clip supposedly of Wes Streeting comments about Palestinian deaths is genuine
An audio clip, widely shared on X (formerly Twitter), supposedly captures Labourâs shadow health secretary Wes Streeting swearing and saying he doesnât care, when asked about Palestinians being killed.
âZhS Premium” on the losses of the Ukrainian army with a reference to a yoga instructor
The essence of a fake: Yoga instructor accidentally reveals one million dead Ukrainian soldiers during event announcement.
Is a Belarusian pension enough to pay for utilities for five years?
According to official data, last year, the average pension in Latvia was not âŹ320, as claimed by the blogger, but âŹ560 â 2.5 times higher than in Belarus.
Scottish Labour does not have its headquarters in Newcastle
Some of the posts feature a screenshot of Scottish Labourâs website showing that membership enquiries should be directed to an office in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Q&A: How Biden Can Be Replaced as the Democratic Nominee
Biden may endorse his vice president for the nomination, but he wouldnât have âany formal power over the delegates to say they have to vote for X candidate,â said Mayer, the Northeastern University professor.
General election 2024, fact checked
âLive fact checkingââanalysing politiciansâ claims in close-to-real timeâis one of the trickiest things we do, and we did it a lot in this election campaign.