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Farage gets migrant worker stats wrong by factor of four
UKIP leader claims “over 70%” of “new jobs… created in the UK last year” went to non-Brits. He has overstated the figure four-fold by confusing the net increase in employment with “new jobs”.
Published: 12 Jun. 2016
Farage’s jihadi figure “100% false” says Europol boss
UKIP leader keeps misquoting Rob Wainwright, claiming 5,000 jihadis have returned to EU from Middle East. This is the number who have left – Europol chief suspects “less than one third” have returned.
Published: 09 Jun. 2016
Farage dreams up Turkish family reunion scare
UKIP boss says Turks will use visa-free travel to Schengen to get “family reunion” rights in Germany, then come to UK. Family reunion is normally only considered for people applying from outside EU.
Published: 18 Apr. 2016
Farage flunks US history
Farage says “Obama is the most anti-British president America’s ever had”. This would have surprised President James Madison, who declared war on Britain and subsequently watched us raze Washington.
Published: 16 Mar. 2016
Farage’s Irish free-travel fantasy
UKIP leader thinks leaving EU won’t affect UK-Ireland travel. He can’t know. Brexit would leave an unprecedented situation in Ireland, implying either border controls or a migration loophole.
Published: 2 March 2016
Farage conjures passport for Cologne attackers
UKIP leader says sex fiends could come to Britain on German passports in three years. It actually takes roughly a decade and a clean criminal record to get a German passport.
Published: 26 Jan. 2016