Steve Nowottny
@stevenowottny.bsky.social
Journalist. Editor of Full Fact. Paid to say ‘Well, actually…’
It’s not every day the Deputy Prime Minister corrects the parliamentary record after a fact check. So this is great to see...
Full details here: fullfact.org/live/2025/no...
Full details here: fullfact.org/live/2025/no...
November 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM
It’s not every day the Deputy Prime Minister corrects the parliamentary record after a fact check. So this is great to see...
Full details here: fullfact.org/live/2025/no...
Full details here: fullfact.org/live/2025/no...
Reposted by Steve Nowottny
At #PMQs Kemi Badenoch claimed unemployment has gone up “every single month” under Labour.
We wrote about this last month and found it isn’t quite true 👇
We wrote about this last month and found it isn’t quite true 👇
Kemi Badenoch’s claims about Labour’s unemployment record aren’t quite right—here’s why – Full Fact
The Conservative leader has repeated two claims about Labour’s record on unemployment, neither of which is quite right.
fullfact.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
At #PMQs Kemi Badenoch claimed unemployment has gone up “every single month” under Labour.
We wrote about this last month and found it isn’t quite true 👇
We wrote about this last month and found it isn’t quite true 👇
Reposted by Steve Nowottny
At #PMQs Keir Starmer said the government “delivered five million extra” NHS appointments in its first year of government.
While it’s true there were an extra 5.2m appointments, this is less than the increase in the previous year.
While it’s true there were an extra 5.2m appointments, this is less than the increase in the previous year.
Is the government on course to deliver an extra two million NHS appointments a year? – Full Fact
Full Fact looks at Labour’s pledge to deliver “40,000 more appointments every week” in NHS England, amounting to two million a year.
fullfact.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
At #PMQs Keir Starmer said the government “delivered five million extra” NHS appointments in its first year of government.
While it’s true there were an extra 5.2m appointments, this is less than the increase in the previous year.
While it’s true there were an extra 5.2m appointments, this is less than the increase in the previous year.
Papiss Cisse, Danny Drinkwater, Stephen Ireland - meet the Sunday League team packed full of former Premier League footballers.
Great piece here from the Telegraph (£)
www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...
Great piece here from the Telegraph (£)
www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...
We spent the day with Sunday league team full of former Premier League players
Papiss Cisse showed South Liverpool little mercy in scoring seven goals for Wythenshawe Vets, who can field a team of galacticos every week
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Papiss Cisse, Danny Drinkwater, Stephen Ireland - meet the Sunday League team packed full of former Premier League footballers.
Great piece here from the Telegraph (£)
www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...
Great piece here from the Telegraph (£)
www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...
Fake ‘train attack’ imagery and the truth about childhood obesity stats…
Here’s our latest round-up of fact checks for PA Media, as it appeared in the Independent 👇
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Here’s our latest round-up of fact checks for PA Media, as it appeared in the Independent 👇
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Fact check: Fake ‘train attack’ imagery and child obesity stats
Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.
www.independent.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Fake ‘train attack’ imagery and the truth about childhood obesity stats…
Here’s our latest round-up of fact checks for PA Media, as it appeared in the Independent 👇
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Here’s our latest round-up of fact checks for PA Media, as it appeared in the Independent 👇
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Fact checking claims from AI tools is an increasingly important part of our work - and today @fullfact.org found Grok and Google Lens AI overviews have been claiming that fake imagery shows the Huntingdon train attack last Saturday.
A short 🧵 (1/4)
A short 🧵 (1/4)
November 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Fact checking claims from AI tools is an increasingly important part of our work - and today @fullfact.org found Grok and Google Lens AI overviews have been claiming that fake imagery shows the Huntingdon train attack last Saturday.
A short 🧵 (1/4)
A short 🧵 (1/4)
I'll be honest, when I heard we were fact checking a claim about a "robot dog" which was "patrolling a migrant hotel", I assumed it was the robot dog-bit we were taking issue with...
And yet: fullfact.org/immigration/...
And yet: fullfact.org/immigration/...
November 5, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I'll be honest, when I heard we were fact checking a claim about a "robot dog" which was "patrolling a migrant hotel", I assumed it was the robot dog-bit we were taking issue with...
And yet: fullfact.org/immigration/...
And yet: fullfact.org/immigration/...
Loads of low-grade fake alarmist 'news reports' being shared on TikTok and other social media currently.
Here's another example - videos claiming the government's banning the use of central heating after 9pm.
Entirely untrue, of course - but the videos are getting 10,000s of views.
Here's another example - videos claiming the government's banning the use of central heating after 9pm.
Entirely untrue, of course - but the videos are getting 10,000s of views.
November 1, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Loads of low-grade fake alarmist 'news reports' being shared on TikTok and other social media currently.
Here's another example - videos claiming the government's banning the use of central heating after 9pm.
Entirely untrue, of course - but the videos are getting 10,000s of views.
Here's another example - videos claiming the government's banning the use of central heating after 9pm.
Entirely untrue, of course - but the videos are getting 10,000s of views.
Nope, Hurricane Melissa wasn’t caused by the HAARP research facility, or “generated by the HAARP weather modification weapon”.
Our fact check: fullfact.org/environment/...
Our fact check: fullfact.org/environment/...
October 31, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Nope, Hurricane Melissa wasn’t caused by the HAARP research facility, or “generated by the HAARP weather modification weapon”.
Our fact check: fullfact.org/environment/...
Our fact check: fullfact.org/environment/...
"Somewhat improbably, the person whose stolen phone had randomly come into our possession was a London Centric reader."
Great story from @jim.londoncentric.media and @londoncentric.media - on how thieves are burying stolen mobiles in London's flowerbeds...
www.londoncentric.media/p/london-pho...
Great story from @jim.londoncentric.media and @londoncentric.media - on how thieves are burying stolen mobiles in London's flowerbeds...
www.londoncentric.media/p/london-pho...
London's thieves are burying phones in flowerbeds
The police don't take much interest in returning the stolen devices when they're dug up — so London Centric decided to do it.
www.londoncentric.media
October 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"Somewhat improbably, the person whose stolen phone had randomly come into our possession was a London Centric reader."
Great story from @jim.londoncentric.media and @londoncentric.media - on how thieves are burying stolen mobiles in London's flowerbeds...
www.londoncentric.media/p/london-pho...
Great story from @jim.londoncentric.media and @londoncentric.media - on how thieves are burying stolen mobiles in London's flowerbeds...
www.londoncentric.media/p/london-pho...
No, this dramatic video circulating on social media with claims it shows the eye of Hurricane Melissa filmed from a plane flying above isn't legit - it's AI-generated.
Our fact check (which has a link to genuine footage filmed by storm hunters): fullfact.org/environment/...
Our fact check (which has a link to genuine footage filmed by storm hunters): fullfact.org/environment/...
October 30, 2025 at 8:28 AM
No, this dramatic video circulating on social media with claims it shows the eye of Hurricane Melissa filmed from a plane flying above isn't legit - it's AI-generated.
Our fact check (which has a link to genuine footage filmed by storm hunters): fullfact.org/environment/...
Our fact check (which has a link to genuine footage filmed by storm hunters): fullfact.org/environment/...
Reposted by Steve Nowottny
We’re following several Labour promises mentioned at today’s #PMQs on our Government Tracker, including:
👮♀️ Neighbourhood policing
🏘️ Respect Orders
🩺 Hospital appointments
👮♀️ Neighbourhood policing
🏘️ Respect Orders
🩺 Hospital appointments
Government Tracker – Full Fact
Full Fact is monitoring the government’s delivery on its promises
fullfact.org
October 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
We’re following several Labour promises mentioned at today’s #PMQs on our Government Tracker, including:
👮♀️ Neighbourhood policing
🏘️ Respect Orders
🩺 Hospital appointments
👮♀️ Neighbourhood policing
🏘️ Respect Orders
🩺 Hospital appointments
1,000+ shares for this TikTok video claiming that from this month onwards "every single driver entering central London will face a £100 charge".
It's not true, obviously - but it's part of a recent surge in fake viral claims about personal freedoms.
fullfact.org/economy/100-...
It's not true, obviously - but it's part of a recent surge in fake viral claims about personal freedoms.
fullfact.org/economy/100-...
October 27, 2025 at 7:26 AM
1,000+ shares for this TikTok video claiming that from this month onwards "every single driver entering central London will face a £100 charge".
It's not true, obviously - but it's part of a recent surge in fake viral claims about personal freedoms.
fullfact.org/economy/100-...
It's not true, obviously - but it's part of a recent surge in fake viral claims about personal freedoms.
fullfact.org/economy/100-...
Always nice when marketing emails have that personal touch…
October 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Always nice when marketing emails have that personal touch…
Avoiding Traitors spoilers when scouring news websites seems to have suddenly become much harder with the latest series.
Yes an individual headline/picture combo might not explicitly say who's been banished, but jigsaw identification *is* a thing...
Yes an individual headline/picture combo might not explicitly say who's been banished, but jigsaw identification *is* a thing...
October 23, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Avoiding Traitors spoilers when scouring news websites seems to have suddenly become much harder with the latest series.
Yes an individual headline/picture combo might not explicitly say who's been banished, but jigsaw identification *is* a thing...
Yes an individual headline/picture combo might not explicitly say who's been banished, but jigsaw identification *is* a thing...
🪙 Has the UK pledged £40bn to rebuild Gaza?
📈 Is the UK's national debt set to match the size of the economy?
🛜 Will all households face a new £27/mth 'wifi charge'?
Here's @fullfact.org's latest fact check round-up, as it appeared in the Independent 👇
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
📈 Is the UK's national debt set to match the size of the economy?
🛜 Will all households face a new £27/mth 'wifi charge'?
Here's @fullfact.org's latest fact check round-up, as it appeared in the Independent 👇
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Fact check: National debt, fake wifi charges and the cost of rebuilding Gaza
Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.
www.independent.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 7:16 AM
🪙 Has the UK pledged £40bn to rebuild Gaza?
📈 Is the UK's national debt set to match the size of the economy?
🛜 Will all households face a new £27/mth 'wifi charge'?
Here's @fullfact.org's latest fact check round-up, as it appeared in the Independent 👇
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
📈 Is the UK's national debt set to match the size of the economy?
🛜 Will all households face a new £27/mth 'wifi charge'?
Here's @fullfact.org's latest fact check round-up, as it appeared in the Independent 👇
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
In the last few days viral posts have claimed Italy's PM Giorgia Meloni said of Keir Starmer that "if anything he harmed peace negotiations" in Gaza.
But the Italian embassy says she said no such thing - and there's absolutely no evidence she did.
fullfact.org/world/gaza-d...
But the Italian embassy says she said no such thing - and there's absolutely no evidence she did.
fullfact.org/world/gaza-d...
October 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
In the last few days viral posts have claimed Italy's PM Giorgia Meloni said of Keir Starmer that "if anything he harmed peace negotiations" in Gaza.
But the Italian embassy says she said no such thing - and there's absolutely no evidence she did.
fullfact.org/world/gaza-d...
But the Italian embassy says she said no such thing - and there's absolutely no evidence she did.
fullfact.org/world/gaza-d...
Is Reform UK projected to be on course for the ‘biggest landslide’ in history?
A headline-grabbing poll published earlier this week comes with an important caveat...
fullfact.org/politics/ref...
A headline-grabbing poll published earlier this week comes with an important caveat...
fullfact.org/politics/ref...
Is Reform UK on course for the ‘biggest landslide’ in history? – Full Fact
Various newspapers have claimed a poll found Reform UK is set for a ‘record’ election win. But this could do with some context.
fullfact.org
October 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Is Reform UK projected to be on course for the ‘biggest landslide’ in history?
A headline-grabbing poll published earlier this week comes with an important caveat...
fullfact.org/politics/ref...
A headline-grabbing poll published earlier this week comes with an important caveat...
fullfact.org/politics/ref...
Some very kind words in @pollytoynbee.bsky.social's latest column about Full Fact, "the exceptionally valuable UK factchecker whose word is a gold standard for honesty" - she highlights the financial challenges we and other fact checkers are currently facing
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
October 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Some very kind words in @pollytoynbee.bsky.social's latest column about Full Fact, "the exceptionally valuable UK factchecker whose word is a gold standard for honesty" - she highlights the financial challenges we and other fact checkers are currently facing
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Really interesting speculation here on what the next few years might look like…
Really enjoyed doing a deep dive for @transformernews.ai on what an AI collapse might look like – how much bigger than the dotcom boom would it be? Would it leave infrastructure behind to build upon? Could we get a 2008-style chain reaction? www.transformernews.ai/p/what-happe...
What happens when the AI bubble bursts?
The world is prepping for an AI crash. History points to what that might look like
www.transformernews.ai
October 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Really interesting speculation here on what the next few years might look like…
Reposted by Steve Nowottny
Google has ended its support for Full Fact.
Our fact checks are free to read but not to produce. Support independent, impartial fact checking today: donate.fullfact.org/july-rg-ask?...
Our fact checks are free to read but not to produce. Support independent, impartial fact checking today: donate.fullfact.org/july-rg-ask?...
October 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Google has ended its support for Full Fact.
Our fact checks are free to read but not to produce. Support independent, impartial fact checking today: donate.fullfact.org/july-rg-ask?...
Our fact checks are free to read but not to produce. Support independent, impartial fact checking today: donate.fullfact.org/july-rg-ask?...
Reposted by Steve Nowottny
At #PMQs today, PM Keir Starmer and shadow housing secretary James Cleverly clashed over comments Mr Starmer claimed Mr Cleverly made about China in 2023.
What did the former foreign secretary actually say? Our politics blog has the transcript.
What did the former foreign secretary actually say? Our politics blog has the transcript.
What did James Cleverly say about China when he was foreign secretary? – Full Fact
In the House of Commons today, following discussion of the collapsed China spy case, the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and shadow housing secretary James Cleverly clashed over comments Mr …
fullfact.org
October 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
At #PMQs today, PM Keir Starmer and shadow housing secretary James Cleverly clashed over comments Mr Starmer claimed Mr Cleverly made about China in 2023.
What did the former foreign secretary actually say? Our politics blog has the transcript.
What did the former foreign secretary actually say? Our politics blog has the transcript.
An image doing the rounds on social media at the moment supposedly shows an AP news report claiming that Donald Trump has been barred from consideration for all future Nobel Prizes.
It's fake - there's been no such report and no such decision...
It's fake - there's been no such report and no such decision...
October 15, 2025 at 6:38 AM
An image doing the rounds on social media at the moment supposedly shows an AP news report claiming that Donald Trump has been barred from consideration for all future Nobel Prizes.
It's fake - there's been no such report and no such decision...
It's fake - there's been no such report and no such decision...
Reposted by Steve Nowottny
New figures out today show an increase in unemployment, as well as a decrease in employment and economic inactivity in June-August compared to May-July.
Our updated explainer has the figures 👇
fullfact.org/economy/empl...
Our updated explainer has the figures 👇
fullfact.org/economy/empl...
Unemployment and jobs: what’s changed under Labour? – Full Fact
Labour and the Conservatives have made seemingly contrasting claims about the state of the labour market—here’s what the figures show.
fullfact.org
October 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
New figures out today show an increase in unemployment, as well as a decrease in employment and economic inactivity in June-August compared to May-July.
Our updated explainer has the figures 👇
fullfact.org/economy/empl...
Our updated explainer has the figures 👇
fullfact.org/economy/empl...
Our latest PA Media column looks at some of the most common claims we see about the support given to asylum seekers.
As usual, the column's been run by local and national media across the UK - here it is via the Dumbarton and Vale of Leven Reporter 👇
www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/news/nationa...
As usual, the column's been run by local and national media across the UK - here it is via the Dumbarton and Vale of Leven Reporter 👇
www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/news/nationa...
Fact check: What support do asylum seekers get in the UK?
Full Fact looks at some of the most common claims we see relating to what asylum seekers do – or don’t – get when they come to the UK.
www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Our latest PA Media column looks at some of the most common claims we see about the support given to asylum seekers.
As usual, the column's been run by local and national media across the UK - here it is via the Dumbarton and Vale of Leven Reporter 👇
www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/news/nationa...
As usual, the column's been run by local and national media across the UK - here it is via the Dumbarton and Vale of Leven Reporter 👇
www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/news/nationa...