Lord Offord's historical immigration claim is Mostly False
Reform UK's Malcolm Offord claimed one million people came to the UK in the 20th century, and seven million people have come to the UK since 2000. This is not accurate.
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Sam and Ali return for a jam-packed 17th FFS Show.
On this podcast, we find out whether Andrew Marr was right to doubt Boris Johnson’s claim on wages.
Sam puts Ali on the spot over a claim about Bill Gates, leading to the creation of a new discipline: ‘vague fact-checking’.
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