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Was Ireland’s constitutional claim to Northern Ireland illegal?
24 July 2023
On 7 June, during an evidence session to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (NIAC) in the House of Commons, Baroness Foster was asked the following

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Is there no growth in public support for a United Ireland? Is support shrinking instead?
30 March 2023
On 15 March, DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP told the National Press Club in Washington DC: “There is no evidence of growing support for

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Has the Executive been in a state of collapse for 40% of its existence?
8 November 2022
***UPDATE FOR 28 JULY 2023: Since this fact check was published, another 262 days have passed – all without a functioning Executive. That takes the

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Did the 2006 St Andrews Agreement effectively give the DUP and Sinn Féin a veto over the formation of an Executive?
26 October 2022
The 2006 St Andrews Agreement made significant changes to the rules for nominating a First and deputy First Minister and, thus, forming an Executive. However,

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Do less than 0.03% of the population of Northern Ireland have a vote in the Conservative Party leadership election 2022?
9 August 2022
The Tory Party does not release membership figures The 0.03% figure is based on an estimate of the number of party members in NI While

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How is the NI Protocol affecting the local cost of living?
21 June 2022
Several claims have been made about devastating effects of the Protocol on the cost of living in NI. Claims such as the Protocol “is adding

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When is 40.3 not higher than 39.6?
8 June 2022
CLAIM: The nationalist vote in Northern Ireland has not increased since 1998. RATING: Accurate? Inaccurate? Neither? Maybe a little bit of everything? Most of the

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Do most UUP voters intend to transfer to nationalist parties ahead of other unionists in the May elections?
6 April 2022
Only 7% of UUP voters plan to switch to a nationalist party first, according to the survey. While 31% say their first move will be

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Are 75% of non-voters in Northern Ireland pro-Union?
16 November 2021
This claim is accurate with consideration. The claim that three-quarters of non-voters in Northern Ireland are pro-Union is based on evidence from a research survey

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The electoral register and the 10-year canvass
2 March 2021
What is the electoral register? The Electoral Commission describes the electoral register as “a record of the names and addresses of people eligible to vote

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Must the next electoral canvass be done by 2023?
2 March 2021
Legislation lists the years in which a canvass must be completed. It is specific that a canvass is due in 2021, with the subsequent one

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Was British Army General Robert Ross the last man to attack the US Capitol?
12 January 2021
This claim is inaccurate. Since the burning of the US Capitol in August 1814, during the War of 1812, there have been four notable further