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Fact check: Fake MP defection video, bus pass verification and immigration removals

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard

AI Deepfake Sparks Political Panic After Falsely Showing Tory MP Defecting Ahead of Election

A convincing AI deepfake of Tory MP George Freeman falsely claiming to defect to Reform UK has ignited panic in Westminster, fuelling fears that synthetic media could upend Britain's election integrity.

International Business Times UK

Tory MP reports ‘AI-generated deepfake’ video announcing his defection to Reform UK

Mid Norfolk MP George Freeman calls spread of AI-generated misinformation a ‘dangerous development’

The Guardian - UK

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Tory MP George Freeman reports deepfake Reform defection video to police

George Freeman, the Tory MP for Mid Norfolk, said he had ‘no intention of joining Reform or any other party’.

Evening Standard

Tory MP reports deepfake Reform defection video to police

George Freeman, the Tory MP for Mid Norfolk, said he had ‘no intention of joining Reform or any other party’.

The Independent UK

Conservative MP refers himself to watchdog over adviser role

It is alleged that George Freeman asked the director of a company that paid him what questions to ask the government.

Evening Standard

Tory MP refers himself to watchdog over ‘cash for questions’ row

George Freeman, a former minister in Rishi Sunak’s govermment, is alleged to have asked the director of a company that paid him what questions to ask the government

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Some British MPs spending equivalent of a day a week doing second jobs

Guardian analysis finds six MPs have worked at least 300 hours since July in outside employment

The Guardian - UK

Brickbat: Up, Up, and Away

George Freeman, a Conservative Party member of the British Parliament, says the United Kingdom should become a global leader in… The post Brickbat: Up, Up, and Away appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason

Celebrated jazz guitarist George Freeman, best known for his work with Charlie Parker and Gene Ammons, has died aged 97

Freeman was a staple of Chicago's jazz music scene – and played with contemporaries including Gene Ammons and Groove Holmes

Guitar World

UK has ‘huge opportunity’ to be space watchdog, says former science minister

George Freeman urges country to act as global lead for space regulation, insurance and finance

The Guardian - UK

Rivers and bogs tamed for centuries at risk of returning to North Sea, MP fears

Flooding minister Emma Hardy said she would try her best to make water infrastructure maintenance ‘sexy’.

Evening Standard

‘Suicide for democracy.’ What is ‘bothsidesism’ – and how is it different from journalistic objectivity?

“Bothsidesism” is a term of disparagement against a form of journalism that presents “both sides” of an issue without any regard for their relative evidentiary merits.

The Conversation

Tories split over timeline to elect leader with Sunak hoping to quit by autumn

Some senior figures in party fear appointment of interim replacement for ex-PM could present Nigel Farage with an ‘open goal’

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The Guardian - UK

Don’t worry, little people. Nicola Sturgeon can run this Covid inquiry for you

What about these missing WhatsApp messages? Who better to decide what is relevant than the former first minister herself?

The Guardian - UK

Rish! puts himself through his hardest ordeal yet – ITV’s This Morning sofa

The PM tried to look like a man at home with spontaneity, rather than a work experience teenager who had wandered in

The Guardian - UK

Beleaguered Rishi Sunak on a wing and a prayer – and now a fasting regime

PM battling to salvage his party from predicted electoral obliteration but Tories carry on plumbing the depths

The Guardian - UK

Minister quit ‘because he could not afford rising mortgage costs’ on £120,000 salary

George Freeman, who left government role in November, said payments were now £2,000, up by £1,200

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Evening Standard

Tory ex-minister 'quit because he could not afford mortgage hike from £800 to £2000 a month'

Ex-science minister George Freeman said he resigned because his ministerial salary of nearly £120,000 would not cover his rising mortgage repayments.

The Guardian - UK

UK abandoned plans to rejoin Euratom after concluding impact of absence ‘could not be reversed’– as it happened

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Chicago Sun-Times

Chico Freeman to honor his famous father, ‘my hero’ Von Freeman, at Chicago Jazz Festival

Even while absorbing his dad’s unique sound, tenor saxophonist found his own powerful voice early on.

The Hindu

India and UK to connect their space clusters: UK science minister

India, UK to connect space clusters; keen to collaborate on nuclear energy. Both countries to work together on telecoms, satellite communications, AI, and 5G. UK to invest in space clusters, pass Space Act. Talks ongoing to develop ideas for PMs to announce when Sunak visits India. India's innovation economy, scale…

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak under pressure over Covid inquiry legal battle as Boris Johnson hands over WhatsApps

The former prime minister said he was willing to pass on messages dating back to pre-May 2021 that are on a locked phone.

The Independent UK

Boris bypasses Rishi to tell Covid inquiry it can have his unredacted messages

Ex-PM says he is keen to provide messages from his old phone – discarded for security reasons

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson hands over WhatsApp messages directly to Covid inquiry

Former PM bypasses government’s attempts to keep unredacted communications secret

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