Politics
Statements from and about the political arena, checked against the record.
North Yorkshire Police suspended Luke Salmons for six months after he questioned and criticised Islam during a diversity training session.
HARDLY BS
Fernando Collor de Mello was impeached in the 1990s for helping defraud the Brazilian state by channeling state resources to himself and his associates.
HARDLY BS
Trumpism is a neo-fascist political ideology or movement.
SOME BS
Under the Constitution of the People's Republic of China, the President of the People's Republic of China does not hold the highest executive power, and the highest executive power is held by the Premier of the State Council.
HARDLY BS
Pete Hegseth was responsible for the bombing of a school in Iran that killed 100 children.
TOTAL BS
The Trump administration is dismantling the National Science Foundation-funded Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI), a roughly $368 million ocean-monitoring network in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
HARDLY BS
In the United Kingdom, immigrants are more likely than UK-born citizens to live in social housing.
MOSTLY BS
Gavin Newsom proposed that California should impose a 100% tax rate on any California resident who receives money from a specific federal settlement fund.
NOT BS
The Australian states of Victoria, Queensland, and South Australia have adopted renewable energy targets that are more ambitious than the Australian federal government's renewable energy targets in some cases.
NOT BS
The reformed Safeguard Mechanism introduced in 2023 requires Australia's largest industrial emitters (about 215 facilities) to reduce their emissions intensity over time.
HARDLY BS
Australia's reformed Safeguard Mechanism (implemented in 2023) applies to around 215 facilities.
NOT BS
Leicestershire County Council has made zero cuts to services.
TOTAL BS
Leicestershire County Council is investing £30 million into special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) services because of a Reform UK policy or proposal.
TOTAL BS
Reform UK councillors at Leicestershire County Council secured £29 million in ring-fenced funding for pothole repairs.
TOTAL BS
Reform UK in Leicestershire has invested £270 million into roads.
TOTAL BS
After Reform UK was elected to run Leicestershire County Council, Leicestershire County Council sent in auditors.
MOSTLY BS
The United States warned Oman against facilitating Iranian ship tolls in the Strait of Hormuz.
NOT BS
United States sanctions lists do not designate the Government of Oman for Iran sanctions evasion.
NOT BS
The government of Oman is helping Iran evade international sanctions.
TOTAL BSNo checks match that verdict.