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  1. RT @MichaelWhite #PMQs David Cameron joins praise of community services in Cumbria. So much for Broken Britain?
  2. @BenCooper86 What did Newsnight do? Sadly it was past our bedtime
  3. NEW FactCheck: black men on the DNA database http://bit.ly/4OZLF2
  4. DNA FactCheck coming soon. In the meantime, this from The Times http://www.timesonline.co.u...
  5. Do 3/4 of young British black men really have their DNA on the national database? We're checking
  6. RT @T_RRed Facts checked - not by us @leftfootfwd TaxPayersAlliance ad claims EU costs you £2k - it's really £15. http://bit.ly/3kpjxE
  7. A FactCheck #follow friday... @politifact @factcheckdotorg
  8. I joined twitter on 17 June 2008 - though suspect most early followers were looking for factcheck.org - http://whendidyoujointwitte... ?
  9. Thanks @blakesley
  10. NEW FactCheck: sacking head teachers? http://bit.ly/25Tr3s
  11. Interesting Question Time panel tonight so please shout - or Tweet - if you see anything on #bbcqt you think needs FactChecking
  12. David Cameron doing Mumsnet chat today - a reminder of truth behind Brown's "Biscuitgate" http://bit.ly/1rAOtU
  13. @labourmatters Not this time ;-) http://bit.ly/gxOUs
  14. Ed Balls claimed on @channel4news not to have promised to axe 3k teachers... we'll look more tomo but here's a link http://bit.ly/FE70D
  15. @labourmatters It looked pretty clear in the red book... just there was a bit more to it (eg 5bn efficiency savings) than Brown mentioned
  16. We suspect (and the budget suggests) he's not quite telling the whole, cutting, truth... want us to do a full FactCheck?
  17. Hmm. PM asked in parliament how he'll cut the deficit by half, he mentions 50p tax, then tax reliefs and NI increase.
  18. @jon_bernstein What, another list of green heroes that doesn't include Paddy Ashdown? http://bit.ly/wusm0
  19. RT @Nosemonkey: Is the answer "every year since 1952, plus 1702-1714, 1558-160 and 1553-1558"? Standard governmental guff, surely?
  20. 97 indeed.. how times change - "my Government will reduce the budget deficit and ensure that national debt is on a sustainable path" (2009)