With the Brexit referendum coming up, this is one person’s attempt to fact-check the statements being made about it by both campaigns.

Jun 22, 2016

Fact-Checking Brexit: The Conclusion

I’ve now spent the last three weeks fact-checking every detail on Brexit that I possibly could.

I’ve read 90-page government reports on my way to a wedding. I’ve hacked through academic analyses of the EU when I really should have been…

Fact-Check: Is The EU Undemocratic?

This is one of the biggest points of contention in the Brexit debate, particularly amongst Remain voters, oddly enough — is the EU democratic, or isn’t it?

Note: I’m addressing the question “Does the EU have flaws rendering it undemocratic?”…

FACT-CHECK: Are 820,000 jobs at risk as Remain claim?

A friend of mine asked me to look into George Osbourne and the Treasury’s claim that 820,000 jobs could be lost in Brexit, which he described as “blatant lies”. It does sound like a pretty extreme claim — so does it pass a fact check?

Fact-Check: James Dyson’s Claims About Brexit

Billionaire James Dyson has just come out strongly for Brexit, claiming it will make the UK richer. So time for a fact-check: does what he says add up?

Short Brexit Facts 1: Timescale

Time for some VERY VERY short-form facts about Brexit.

Fact 1: If we leave the EU, it will take 4 years or more to put a Free Trade Agreement in place, if one is possible.

Fact-Checking Remain: Do We Get £10 For Every £1 We Put Into The EU?

Here’s the biggest claim on the Remain campaign’s page:

“For every £1 we put into the EU, we get almost £10 back”.

Hugh Hancock

Jun 6, 2016

Fact-Checking Leave: Do We Spend £350m A Week On The EU?

OK, let’s start at the beginning: Leave’s front page at http://www.voteleavetakecontrol.org/campaign

In amidst the rhetoric, they make one fact-checkable claim: that we send £350m to Brussels every week: