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
Westminster
Fact check, Politics
Claim about Labour MPs in Leave-voting constituencies is Mostly False
Ferret Fact Service looks at a viral claim about Labour MPs not respecting the wishes of their Leave-voting constituents.
Arms trade, Politics
Secretary of State for Scotland held shares in arms firm making weapon sights
Secretary of State for Scotland Alister Jack registered £70,000 worth of shareholdings two years ago in a private equity group linked to weapons makers.
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Fact check, Politics
Brexit Party MEP’s claims about costs of Holyrood and First Minister are Mostly False
Ferret Fact Service looks at claims about the cost of the Scottish Parliament and the First Minister’s salary.
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
How did Scottish MPs vote over Brexit?
Ferret Fact Service looks at the series of votes that Scottish MPs have been involved in as the UK Parliament tries to sort out Brexit.
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Arms trade, Human rights, International
Fife arms firm snubs meeting with MPs over Yemen bombs
Bombs made by arms multi-national Raytheon has been linked to war crimes in Yemen, but the company did not speak to investigating MPs.
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Fact check, Politics
Claim an independent Scotland would need to join the euro is Mostly False
Ferret Fact Service looks at whether or not an independent Scotland joining the EU would have to adopt the euro.
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Finance, Politics
Westminster bill risks ‘flood’ of foreign dark money into politics
A Westminster bill to scrap a time limit on donations to political parties from UK citizens living abroad could unleash a new wave of ‘dark money’ into politics, campaigners have warned.
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