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Recent fact checks
Labour MP Gregor Poynton claimed in a video posted on his social media accounts that a sixth of Scots are on NHS waiting lists.
This figure isn’t reliable, as it may double-count patients waiting for multiple things. The best available estimate suggests it’s more like one in ten.
Old footage has been shared on social media along with false claims it shows ‘Dubai’s international airport’ in flames.
Claims that Cadbury no longer uses the word ‘Easter’ on its chocolate eggs have been shared thousands of times online.
A statement supposedly posted by the Prime Minister’s X account about the consequences of the US leaving NATO has been shared online as if real.
The post isn’t genuine. It was originally published by a satirical account, and Sir Keir Starmer has made no such statement.
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