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FFS explains: how does EU trade work?
Ferret Fact Service takes a look at how European Union trade works, and what the UK’s options may be after Brexit.
Ferret Journalists
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Brexit trade deals with the US and Australia are not ‘in the bag’
Ferret Fact Service assesses Lord Digby Jones’s tweet that trade deals with the US and Australia are ‘in the bag’.
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Common Fisheries Policy has not ‘devastated’ North-East fishing industry
Ferret Fact Service looks at Michael Gove’s claim that the North-East fishing industry has been ‘devastated’ by the Common Fisheries Policy.
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Did Ruth Davidson break Army rules by wearing military uniform?
Ferret Fact Service looks at the claim that Scottish Conservatives leader Ruth Davidson broke army impartiality rules by wearing military uniform.
Fact check, Politics
Has Scotland been ‘short-changed’ by £2.9bn in the Conservative-DUP deal?
The SNP says the DUP deal has “short-changed” Scotland to the tune of £2.9bn which would have come through the Barnett formula. This is not quite accurate.
Environment, Fact check
Did the SNP vote to ‘cut off puppy dog tails’?
Ferret Fact Service looks at the claim from Kezia Dugdale that the SNP voted to "cut off puppy dog tails".
Fact check, Politics
EU referendum: eight controversial Brexit claims fact-checked
Ferret Fact Service takes a look at some of the biggest EU claims on the first anniversary of the referendum.
Fact check, Politics
Did 80 per cent of British people vote for parties that accept Brexit?
Ferret Fact Service assesses David Davis’s claim that 80 per cent of voters supported parties who have backed Brexit being carried out.
Fact check, Politics
Is no Brexit deal with the EU better than a bad deal?
Ferret Fact Service looks at Theresa May’s claim that no Brexit deal with the European Union is preferable to a bad deal for the UK.