Fact check, Politics
Claim blue passports are made abroad and cannot be imported to UK is Mostly False
Ferret Fact Service looked at a viral claim about new blue UK passports and a ‘no deal’ Brexit.
Scottish independence
Fact check, Finance, Politics
Claim Scotland needs a deficit of 3% or lower to join EU is Mostly False
Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim by Ian Murray MP that Scotland would need a deficit of three per cent or below to join the EU.
Fact check, Politics, Society
FFS explains: estimating the crowds at Scottish independence and anti-Brexit marches
Ferret Fact Service looks at crowd estimation and the claims about the sizes of recent Scottish independence and Brexit marches
Fact check, Health, Politics, Society
Claim Scotland’s drug-related deaths are not comparable with the UK is False
Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim about the statistics on Scotland’s drug-related deaths and how they compare to the UK and EU.
Fact check, Politics
How has polling changed on Scottish independence since 2014?
Ferret Fact Service looks at polling on Scottish independence since the first referendum in 2014.
Fact check, Politics
Prime Minister’s claim of £1,400 dividend of UK membership is Unsupported
Nuclear weapons
Nuclear submariners snub the Clyde due to ‘Scottish independence’
UK nuclear submarine crews don’t want to live around the Faslane naval base on the Clyde because of the prospect of Scottish independence, according to an internal report for the Ministry of Defence.