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Partly supported50% confidence
“He flipped and flopped over the course of just this Wakefield campaign”
Claim checkedAndy Burnham repeatedly changed his positions during the 2026 Makerfield by-election campaign (the captions say 'Wakefield').
During the Makerfield campaign Andy Burnham said he was not proposing that the UK consider rejoining the EU, having earlier said he would like Britain to rejoin in his lifetime. That is one documented shift; 'no idea where he stands on anything' and repeated reversals go beyond the record found.
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Supported90% confidence
“Mr. Burnham, didn't even stand in the 2024 general election”
Claim checkedAndy Burnham did not stand as a candidate at the 2024 general election.
Andy Burnham was Mayor of Greater Manchester at the 2024 general election and did not stand; Makerfield was won by Labour's Josh Simons, who resigned in 2026 to make way for him.
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Supported65% confidence
“16,000 votes would win most by-elections”
Claim checkedAbout 16,000 votes, Reform UK's total in the Makerfield by-election, would be enough to win most by-elections.
Reform's 15,696 votes in Makerfield were more than the 12,645 that won it Runcorn and Helsby in 2025; by-election turnouts are usually low, so about 16,000 votes would have won most recent contests.
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Can't verify50% confidence
“we couldn't find these social media posts.”
Claim checkedReform UK could not find Robert Kenyon's offensive social media posts when vetting him as its Makerfield candidate.
The posts came from X accounts that had been suspended or deleted and were published by Hope Not Hate in late May 2026. Whether Reform's vetting looked for them and failed is not on record.
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Partly supported50% confidence
“it was too late to withdraw him.”
Claim checkedBy the time Robert Kenyon's posts came out it was too late for Reform UK to withdraw him as its Makerfield candidate.
Nominations closed at 4pm on 26 May 2026, after which a candidate cannot be withdrawn. The posts were reported around 25-26 May, so the window to withdraw him was at most very short, but it may not have closed when they first emerged.
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Can't verify50% confidence
“I've been saying this consistently since 2019.”
Claim checkedNigel Farage has consistently called since 2019 for the government and the Bank of England to change their policy on crypto.
His calls for the UK to become a crypto trading centre, a Bitcoin reserve and opposition to a Bank of England digital currency are documented from 2025. No record was found of him making the case in 2019.
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Partly supported50% confidence
“I wasn't in politics.”
Claim checkedNigel Farage was not in politics when he received the £5m gift from Christopher Harborne in 2024.
When he received the £5m in 2024 he held no elected office and worked as a broadcaster, having stood down as Reform UK leader in 2021. But he remained the party's honorary president, and the money came shortly before he became leader and a candidate in June 2024.
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Supported90% confidence
“Boris Johnson got a gift from the same person.”
Claim checkedBoris Johnson also received a gift from Christopher Harborne, the donor of Nigel Farage's £5m.
Christopher Harborne gave £1 million to The Office of Boris Johnson Ltd on 21 November 2022, as recorded in the Register of Members' Financial Interests.
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Partly supported65% confidence
“He was leader of the opposition.”
Claim checkedKeir Starmer was Leader of the Opposition when he accepted the gifts of glasses and clothing.
Lord Alli paid for Keir Starmer's glasses and work clothing while he was Leader of the Opposition, but some of the clothing gifts for his wife came after he became Prime Minister in July 2024.
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Partly supported70% confidence
“we've had seven prime ministers in the course of the last 10 years.”
Claim checkedThe UK has had seven Prime Ministers in the ten years since the 2016 EU referendum.
Since the referendum on 23 June 2016 six people have been Prime Minister (Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak, Starmer). Starmer announced his resignation the day before, so a seventh was due within months, which is how news reports put it.
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