Alex Brocklehurst
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Politics Editor @FullFact, all views my own
Joined September 2011
RT @FullFact: A video has been claimed to show an “illegal migrant” losing their temper after an Oxford City Council scheme offering free P….
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The footage, in which a man destroys the inside of a video game store, has been shared with misleading claims on social media.
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RT @FullFact: A fake Daily Mail article about the government considering a ban on displaying England flags in public is circulating online.….
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A screenshot of the fake article has been shared widely amid a movement to raise St George’s and Union Jack flags in public spaces across the UK.
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RT @FullFact: A viral photo is circulating with claims it shows veterans’ homes decorated with England flags, causing two neighbours to con….
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The viral image has been shared with claims it shows homes decorated by veterans, but it predates the current social media campaign to raise flags in public spaces across the UK.
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RT @FullFact: We’ve seen images shared on social media alongside claims about “life for minorities in Gaza”. But these pictures are old, a….
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Viral posts use Libyan photos to make claims about life for minorities in Gaza.
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RT @FullFact: Thousands have shared a video on social media that claims 43 Labour MPs have ”just resigned” as a result of “the biggest UK s….
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It appears to show GB News presenter Patrick Christys reporting that 43 MPs have “just resigned”, but the clip isn’t real and is almost certainly AI-generated.
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RT @FullFact: Videos claiming that from 18 September, if you withdraw more than £200 in cash a week your bank must send your transaction de….
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RT @FullFact: A video shared with claims it shows one of the largest demonstrations in Japan “for Palestine” is not genuine. Experts told….
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The video is circulating widely online with claims it shows a huge protest “for Palestine”—but it isn’t real.
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RT @FullFact: A video which appears to show Vladimir Putin criticising the UK’s “hypocrisy” on Gaza is circulating on social media. But we….
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The creator of a video shared widely on social media has said it is a “fictional dramatisation” and we’ve found no evidence Mr Putin actually made these comments.
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RT @FullFact: A video is circulating with misleading claims it shows the Union Jack being replaced with the flag of Pakistan. It’s actuall….
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The clip has been circulating on social media with misleading claims about what it really shows.
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RT @FullFact: People are sharing a real video from the International Space Station that’s been altered to make it look like a fake. https:/….
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A ‘technician’ drinking and waving in normal gravity has been added to a genuine video from 2019.
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RT @FullFact: We’ve seen several social media posts claiming that phone calls longer than 10 minutes will be automatically recorded in the….
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Ofcom confirmed there are no such requirements on telecoms providers.
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RT @FullFact: We’ve seen more claims about how the number of asylum hotels has changed under Labour. Many of these claims fail to acknowle….
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RT @FullFact: A picture which appears to show European leaders sitting on chairs in a White House corridor waiting to speak to Donald Trump….
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A picture that appears to show the French president and other European politicians waiting to speak to Donald Trump offers a number of clues that it was made using AI.
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RT @FullFact: Facebook posts claim an Israeli officer has been “hauled in” by Dutch police, accused of war crimes in Gaza. But the Dutch p….
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Social media posts are sharing a photo from a 2016 Daily Mail article about Newcastle with the implication it shows the officer being “hauled in” by Dutch police.
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RT @FullFact: Viral social media posts claim a marine animal trainer named Jessica Radcliffe was killed by an orca. But there’s no eviden….
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This claim has been shared on social media recently, but there’s no evidence such an attack actually happened, and many images and videos supposedly showing the incident were created with AI.
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Today’s data on the number of asylum seekers in hotel accommodation added to our Government Tracker 👇.
Data published today shows the number of asylum seekers housed in hotels has increased by 8% in a year. We’ve updated our Government Tracker with the latest on Labour’s pledge to end hotel accommodation for asylum seekers. Full details here 👇
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RT @FullFact: We’ve spotted an image circulating online supposedly showing a 2014 post from Donald Trump saying, “any president that tries….
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Full Fact could not find any posts on President Trump’s account with this wording.
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RT @FullFact: Labour’s manifesto promised to introduce a “landmark” Race Equality Act to “strengthen” discrimination protections and “root….
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Full Fact takes a look at Labour’s manifesto promise to bring in new racial equality legislation.
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RT @FullFact: The US health secretary, @SecKennedy, has cut government funding for research on mRNA vaccines, claiming they are not effecti….
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The US health secretary has cancelled research into mRNA vaccines, but his reasons seem to be based on bad information about their effectiveness.
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RT @FullFact: Videos circulating online claim that from January 2026, driving a vehicle without a valid licence will “no longer lead to cri….
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Social media posts are falsely claiming that from January 2026, operating a vehicle without a valid licence will no longer lead to criminal proceedings, but instead will result in a civil fine.
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