An anti-immigration protest in Glasgow that turned violent last weekend attracted thousands of people. Those attending included loyalists from Northern Ireland with criminal convictions.
Far right organisation Knights Templar International, whose frontman Jim Dowson has a long history of involvement with extremist groups, is now supporting Scotland’s new wave of night patrols.
A string of central Glasgow properties are owned by a company belonging to the head of an investment firm behind a Russian shipping hub. Researchers say the port sustains Moscow’s illegal invasion of Ukraine.
Images and videos of the unrest in France have dominated international news in recent weeks.
But many of the claims shared on social media about the protest have been false and deliberately misleading.
Ali and Paul spoke to Sam Doak, fact checker at Logically Facts, about how and why this disinformation is being spread by far-right activists in the UK.
Elsewhere on the For Fact’s Sake podcast, Ali fact checks Mhairi Black MP, who has announced she will stand down, and we look into whether Orkney really wants to join Norway.
Show notes:
Posters appeared on social media purporting to be from the local authority, but they are fake.
Conservative candidate Meghan Gallacher made the claim in a special education debate hosted by the BBC.
First Minister John Swinney made the claim in an SNP election leaflet
Changes to abortion law in England and Wales have been misrepresented on social media.
