Claim: A TikTok death threat against Nigel Farage highlights the polarisation surrounding his rhetoric Summary In October 2025, a 25-year-old man named Fayaz Khan was arrested and charged after posting a TikTok video containing a death threat against Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK. The video, which circulated briefly on the platform before being removed, […]
Month: October 2025
Nathan Gill linked to Russian bribery
Claim: Nathan Gill, a former Farage ally, has pleaded guilty to Russian-linked bribery offences Update: Nathan Gill has since pleaded guilty to eight bribery offences and was sentenced in November 2025 to ten and a half years in prison. You can read our full report on the sentencing here: Former Reform UK Wales Leader Nathan […]
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Online Safety laws
Claim: “Online Safety laws created an ‘awful, authoritarian situation’.” ⚠️ Verdict: Misleading Summary: The Online Safety Act 2023 requires online platforms to tackle illegal harms and improve child protection. Ofcom’s 2025 implementation focuses on those limited areas, not on broad censorship of political speech. Describing the framework as “authoritarian” exaggerates what the law actually does. […]
Migrants are catching and eating swans
Claim: “Migrants are catching and eating swans in Royal Parks and taking carp from ponds.” ℹ️ Verdict: Lacks Evidence (Royal Parks); Anecdotal elsewhere Summary: The Royal Parks charity reported no such incidents. Viral posts about swans and carp lack verification or rely on older, unrelated images. Some historic anecdotes about poaching carp exist, but they […]
The share of higher-rate taxpayers has risen more than five-fold in five years
Claim: “The share of higher-rate taxpayers has risen more than five-fold in five years.” ⚠️ Verdict: Misleading / Unclear basis Summary: Frozen thresholds and wage growth have pulled more people into higher bands, but “five-fold” overstates the change in share and does not align with the most comparable measures. Overview Nigel Farage and Reform UK […]
Reform UK is the government’s main opposition
Claim: “Reform UK is the government’s ‘main opposition’.” ℹ️ Verdict: Lacks Evidence / Depends on definition Summary: “Main opposition” can mean different things. Poll leads, vote share and number of MPs are not the same measure. In formal parliamentary terms it is about seats in the House of Commons, where the claim did not hold. […]
An Afghan male is 22× more likely to be convicted of rape
Claim: “An Afghan male is 22× more likely to be convicted of rape than someone born in the UK.” ⚠️ Verdict: Misleading / Overstated Summary: A review of the available data shows a much smaller difference once like-for-like comparisons are made. The “22×” figure is not supported by reliable evidence and significantly overstates risk. Overview […]
People who arrive illegally are 24× more likely to end up in prison
Claim: “People who arrive illegally are 24× more likely to end up in prison.” ⚠️ Verdict: Misleading Summary: The figure relies on non-comparable groups and methods. Independent reviewers say the calculation is unreliable and exaggerates differences that the official data cannot support. Overview In July 2025 Nigel Farage repeated a striking statistic in interviews and […]
Telegraph op-ed calling for means-tested pensions
Claim: “Nigel Farage wrote a Telegraph op-ed calling for means-tested pensions.” Verdict: False Overview In late April 2025, a screenshot began circulating on social media claiming to show a Telegraph opinion piece written by Nigel Farage. The image included the Telegraph logo and layout and claimed that Farage was calling for pensions to become means-tested […]