copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: 77% of young people in the UK don’t want Brexit. (Our Future, Our Choice, 2018-11-17)
Evidence (2020-02-03): Nine months ago I was part of a group of young people who started a political campaign. We wanted our voices to be heard on Brexit. We’ve now built a national movement across campuses, schools, towns and cities. [...] This is not only Labour ducking its duty, it is poor politics. After all, it was my generation that propelled Corbyn to the brink of Downing Street last year. And my generation will turn its back on him if he betrays us now. One poll last week shows Labour’s support among young people would plummet from 60% to 33% if it helps enable Brexit. I am part of a generation that has experimented with political engagement in a way that most young people have not for 30 years or more. But what we’re witnessing from our political leaders makes me want to recoil once more. In October 700,000 people – many of them young – marched peacefully through the streets of London calling for the public to be given the final say on Brexit. We have since taken a bus to every corner of the country, with the statistic that 77% of young people don’t want Brexit emblazoned on the side. We’ve been to hundreds of schools and have heard the same messages time and again: we are scared about how Brexit will affect our futures; many of us did not have a say in the initial vote; and if we were given a chance to make our voices heard we would vote to stay in Europe.
Claim: 77% of young people in the UK don’t want Brexit. (Our Future, Our Choice, 2018-11-17)
Evidence (2016-06-30): NOWHERE in Britain voted for Brexit as keenly as Boston. On June 23rd 77% of the Lincolnshire town’s eligible voters participated in the referendum, fully 76% of them voting to quit the EU. Why? One explanation is obvious. On the train from Grantham, rattling through the big-skied cabbage fields towards Boston, four young men swigging from beer cans joked about its reputation: "You are now entering Boston, one of the worse places in the country for immigration," said one in a silly voice, adding: "That’s what you would say if you were a tour guide, wouldn’t you?" The town has a higher proportion of EU incomers among its population than any other in Britain (13%), mostly Poles and Lithuanians who work on the surrounding vegetable farms. This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline "Brexitland versus Londonia"
Claim: 77% of young people in the UK don’t want Brexit. (Our Future, Our Choice, 2018-11-17)
Evidence (2024-10-09): The demonstration, organised by youth movement Our Future, Our Choice (OFOC), was aimed at making the Government hear about the ways Brexit could hurt young people. [...] Mr Shaughnessy, 22, said OFOC had produced a report that found Brexit would be financially and socially damaging to young people. [...] The group brought to the protest a blue "battle bus" emblazoned with the message: "77% of us don't want Brexit - stand up for our future."
Claim: 77% of young people in the UK don’t want Brexit. (Our Future, Our Choice, 2018-11-17)
Evidence (2024-10-06): However, the youngest Britons are divided on whether or not to keep the monarchy – as they have been since 2020. Currently, just 37% of 18-24 year olds want to Britain to remain a monarchy, while 40% would prefer an elected head of state. [...] It should be noted, however, that those who want to keep the UK a monarchy are more likely to say they feel strongly about this than those who want the country to become a republic (71% vs 50%). This is, again, a consistent finding with previous polling. [...] The youngest Britons disagree with the majority view, however. Only 30% of 18-24 year olds say that the monarchy is good for Britain; the same number think it is bad for the country, and 27% say it is neither good nor bad.
Claim: 77% of young people in the UK don’t want Brexit. (Our Future, Our Choice, 2018-11-17)
Evidence (2023-05-02): it should amount to under £10,000 and another 18% think it should be between £12,501 and £15,000 - 48% of students ‘strongly oppose’ Brexit and a further 21% ‘somewhat oppose’ it, while 2% ‘strongly support’ Brexit and 4% ‘somewhat support’ it - 76% of students think pupils aged 11-to-16 should be prioritised when it comes to public spending on education and 75% say the same about sixth-formers but only 16% want to see early years provision prioritised - 77% of students say the NHS is a high priority for them, 58% say the same about education and 46% about reducing poverty, but few students give priority to defence (6%), migration (5%) or international development (2%) [...] 9. Brexit continues to be fiercely opposed by students, with 48% ‘strongly’ opposing it and a further 21% ‘somewhat’ opposing it. Only 6% of students support Brexit (comprised of 2% who support it ‘strongly’ and 4% who support it ‘somewhat’). Some people may regard this clear split as providing support for the main argument in Professor Matthew Goodwin’s controversial new book, as he writes of a deep and growing divide between better educated people, who he says make up a ‘new elite’ on the one hand and traditionalists on the other. Respondents were asked to explain their answer and the responses include:
Claim: 77% of young people in the UK don’t want Brexit. (Our Future, Our Choice, 2018-11-17)
Evidence (2022-05-06): With the UK due to leave the EU on October 31st this year, the survey found only 14% think cancer research and care will improve after Brexit: 26% actively disagree and the remainder are uncertain.
Claim: 77% of young people in the UK don’t want Brexit. (Our Future, Our Choice, 2018-11-17)
Evidence (2023-09-28): Brexit is still a major divide in British Society. Leave voters and remain voters had different visions for the future of the United Kingdom, and immigration played a key role in those visions. People who voted remain in the EU Referendum are, on average, more socially liberal and pro-immigration, while leave voters are more socially conservative and anti-immigration. It is now also well established that older people tend to be less favourable towards immigration and more likely to have voted for Britain to leave the EU, while those with more education are more pro-immigration and more likely to have voted remain [12]. Based on the Migration Observatory’s 2023 online survey with Kantar, there is a substantial overlap between voting patterns at the 2019 General Elections and the EU Referendum in 2016. For example, 63% of Labour voters voted for Remain, while 23% of Conservative voters did so (note this is based on self-reported data on past voting behaviour).
Claim: 77% of young people in the UK don’t want Brexit. (Our Future, Our Choice, 2018-11-17)
Evidence (2017-06-15): A median of 70% in the 10 EU nations surveyed think Brexit will be a bad thing for the EU. This includes 86% of Swedes, 80% of the Dutch and 74% of Germans. Notably, 36% of the French and 26% of Italians say the UK leaving will be good for the Union. Young people in France, the Netherlands and the UK are more worried about Brexit’s consequences for the EU than their elders. And those on the left in Germany, the Netherlands and the UK are more concerned than those on the right. A median of 55% also say Brexit will prove bad for the UK, with Western Europeans more pessimistic than those in Central and Southern Europe. Germans (80%), Dutch (73%) and Spanish (70%) strongly believe that Brexit bodes ill for the UK. A plurality of Greeks (46%) and more than a third of Italians (36%) say leaving the EU will turn out to be good for the British. Notably, about one-in-five Hungarians and a quarter of Poles voice no opinion on the implications for the UK.
Claim: 77% of young people in the UK don’t want Brexit. (Our Future, Our Choice, 2018-11-17)
Evidence (2016-08-31): In the immediate aftermath of the referendum our earlier work (Goodwin and Heath, forthcoming, see Reference notes below) examined data from 380 of the 382 local authorities across the UK, linking this to information from the 2011 census. We found that support for Brexit was strongest in areas where a large percentage of the population did not have any qualifications and were ill-equipped to thrive amid a post-industrial and increasingly competitive economy that favours those with skills and is operating in the broader context of globalisation. For instance, 15 of the 20 ‘least educated’ areas voted to leave while all of the 20 ‘most highly educated’ areas voted to remain. Support for Brexit was also stronger than average in areas with a larger number of pensioners. Of the 20 youngest authorities 16 voted to remain, but of the 20 oldest authorities 19 voted to leave.
Claim: 77% of young people in the UK don’t want Brexit. (Our Future, Our Choice, 2018-11-17)
Evidence (2016-06-07): Roughly two-thirds of Greeks (68%) and British (65%) want some EU power returned to Athens and London. This is particularly the view of British ages 50 and older (73%); only 51% of those ages 18-34 agree. Pluralities in Sweden (47%), the Netherlands (44%), Germany (43%) and Italy (39%) also want to curtail EU power. [...] The largest ideological gap on European division of powers is in the United Kingdom. Roughly three-quarters (77%) of people who place themselves on the right of the political spectrum favor returning some EU powers to London. Just 40% of people on the left agree. In the Netherlands, a little over half (53%) of people on the right, but only about a third (36%) of Dutch on the left support a less centralized EU. Notably, this right-left divide is reversed in Spain, and is especially large. Half of Spanish leftists, but only about three-in-ten (29%) Spanish rightists want more power brought back to Madrid.
Claim: 77% of young people in the UK don’t want Brexit. (Our Future, Our Choice, 2018-11-17)
Evidence (2023-06-21): It is hardly surprising that recent polling found every single Westminster constituency in Scotland agreed that the UK was wrong to leave the EU. [...] For two years almost no progress was made in this regard because of the protracted dispute over the Northern Ireland Protocol and the UK Government’s threat to disapply key parts of the Withdrawal Agreement. The impact on Scotland has been significant and detrimental, including complete loss of market access for some of our renowned seafood, and a less efficient model of energy trading that we can ill-afford in the middle of an energy and cost of living crisis. [...] We are committed to joining the European Union as an independent country. There is, of course, work ahead to ensure an independent Scotland is primed and ready for a rapid move back into the EU, but the benefits of being in a marketplace around seven times the size of the UK outweigh the challenges. The alternative – many more years of limited growth, restricted trade, and diminished opportunities for our young people – is stark.
Claim: 77% of young people in the UK don’t want Brexit. (Our Future, Our Choice, 2018-11-17)
Evidence (2024-07-02): Likewise, the desire for Reform UK voters to see small boat migrants immediately removed from the United Kingdom and prevented from ever returning (86%) is more than 20pts higher than among Tory voters (64%) and more than twice as high as the public as a whole (41%). At 89%, Reform UK voters are far more likely than the wider public to think that young people do not have enough respect for traditional British values (56%), and to a lesser extent than their Conservative counterparts (81%). Unsurprisingly, given the party’s origins, Reform UK voters are also significantly more likely to want further separation from the EU (61%, versus 43% of Tory voters and 22% of all Britons).
Claim: The first time the Irish language was spoken in the House of Commons was 24 October 2018. (Liz Saville Roberts, 2018-10-24)
Evidence (2018-10-24): The claim is inaccurate. There is an official record (Hansard) of Irish spoken in the House of Commons, by Thomas O’Donnell MP, on 19 February 1901. Also, Mark Durkan MP spoke Irish in the House as recently as 17 January 2017.
Claim: The first time the Irish language was spoken in the House of Commons was 24 October 2018. (Liz Saville Roberts, 2018-10-24)
Evidence (2024-10-05): History of the Irish language The history of the Irish language begins with the period from the arrival of speakers of Celtic languages in Ireland to Ireland's earliest known form of Irish, Primitive Irish, which is found in Ogham inscriptions dating from the 3rd or 4th century AD.[1] After the conversion to Christianity in the 5th century, Old Irish begins to appear as glosses and other marginalia in manuscripts written in Latin, beginning in the 6th century. It evolved in the 10th century to Middle Irish. Early Modern Irish represented a transition between Middle and Modern Irish. Its literary form, Classical Gaelic, was used by writers in both Ireland and Scotland until the 18th century, in the course of which slowly but surely writers began writing in the vernacular dialects, Ulster Irish, Connacht Irish, Munster Irish and Scottish Gaelic. As the number of hereditary poets and scribes dwindled under British rule in the early 19th century, Irish became a mostly spoken tongue with little written literature appearing in the language until the Gaelic Revival of the late 19th century. [...] - ^ a b Pritchard, R.M.O (2004). "Protestants and the Irish Language: Historical Heritage and Current Attitudes in Northern Ireland". Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 25 (4): 62–82. doi:10.1080/01434630408666520. S2CID 3062671. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
Claim: The first time the Irish language was spoken in the House of Commons was 24 October 2018. (Liz Saville Roberts, 2018-10-24)
Evidence (2018-10-25): The Irish language was spoken in the House of Commons in London for the first time since 1901 on Wednesday. [...] ‘Gaeilge á labhairt i Westminster & stocaireacht ar bun ag @CnaG ar fheisirí Parlaiminte i dtaobh #AchtAnois’ ‘Irish Language spoken for first time in House of Commons history as @CnaG continue to lobby MPs on Irish Language Act’ 🅾️ [...] It was a historic moment as the Irish language hadn’t been used in the House of Commons in 117 years.
Claim: The first time the Irish language was spoken in the House of Commons was 24 October 2018. (Liz Saville Roberts, 2018-10-24)
Evidence (2018-10-25): A BRITISH MP has addressed the UK’s House of Commons in Irish for the first time in more than 100 years. [...] I understand this is the first time the Irish language has been spoken in the @HouseofCommons chamber.#NorthernIrelandBill pic.twitter.com/dlcEnaCR8Q — Liz Saville Roberts AS/MP (@LSRPlaid) October 24, 2018 "Is cearta daonna iad cearta teanga agus tá cothrom na féinne tuilte ag lucht labhartha na Gaeilge," said Ms Saville Roberts. [...] The politician’s address, during a debate on Northern Ireland, is believed to be the first in Irish at the House of Commons by a sitting MP for more than a century.
Claim: The first time the Irish language was spoken in the House of Commons was 24 October 2018. (Liz Saville Roberts, 2018-10-24)
Evidence (2018-10-25): IRISH has been spoken during a House of Commons debate for the first time since partition. [...] The MP said she understood it was the first time Irish had been spoken in the chamber. [...] I understand this is the first time the Irish language has been spoken in the @HouseofCommons chamber.#NorthernIrelandBill pic.twitter.com/dlcEnaCR8Q
Claim: The first time the Irish language was spoken in the House of Commons was 24 October 2018. (Liz Saville Roberts, 2018-10-24)
Evidence (2024-10-08): In 2018 it was announced that five areas outside the Gaeltacht on the island of Ireland would be formally recognised as having the first official Líonraí Gaeilge / Irish Language Networks under the Gaeltacht Act 2012. The networks in question are in West Belfast, Loughrea, Carn Tóchair, Ennis and Clondalkin.[70][71][72] Foras na Gaeilge have said they hope to award the status of Líonraí Gaeilge to other areas in the future. [...] Irish is recognised as an official language of Northern Ireland as of 6 December 2022 when the Identity and Language Act became law. The Irish Language Act officially repealed legislation from 1737 that banned the use of Irish in courts.[131] [...] - ^ "Irish-speaking areas in north set for official status for first time- The Irish News". 23 February 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
Claim: The first time the Irish language was spoken in the House of Commons was 24 October 2018. (Liz Saville Roberts, 2018-10-24)
Evidence (2024-10-09): There was a historic moment in the British House of Commons on Wednesday as the Irish language was spoken within the chambers for more than a 100 years. The moment which could be marked as moment of history came when Welsh MP Liz Saville-Roberts spoke our native language during a debate of the introduction of the Irish Language Act in Northern Ireland. [...] The use of Irish in the British parliament last occured in 1901 when Thomas O’Donnell represented the Irish Parliamentary Party.
Claim: The first time the Irish language was spoken in the House of Commons was 24 October 2018. (Liz Saville Roberts, 2018-10-24)
Evidence (2020-01-01): Irish is one of the oldest written and historical languages in the world. It was seen for the first time in Ogham form in the fifth century. Today it can be found in up to 4,500 books, on television, radio, newspapers, magazines and on the internet. Irish is a Celtic language which is closely related to Scottish and Manx Gaelic. It is also related to Welsh, Cornish and Breton. The first speakers of Irish probably arrived on these shores from mainland Europe over 2,500 years ago. It is certain that there were other languages spoken here before Irish but, by the start of the Christian era, Irish was spoken all over Ireland and was spreading through Scotland, the west coast of Britain and the Isle of Mann. The Romans called the Gaels Scotti and they eventually spread the Gaelic language throughout most of Scotland. [...] The image of the Irish language has changed a great deal in recent years, which is evident in the number of people who speak and learn the language, not only in Ireland but around the world. The Irish language is the language of the community in Gaeltacht regions and the language is also gaining strength in places outside the Gaeltacht. According to the Census of 2016, 1.77 million people in the Republic of Ireland can speak Irish. Surveys have long shown a deep affection towards the Irish language amongst the community all over the country and this is not confined to people who speak Irish.
Claim: The first time the Irish language was spoken in the House of Commons was 24 October 2018. (Liz Saville Roberts, 2018-10-24)
Evidence (2018-10-25): Irish has been spoken in the House of Commons for the first time in 100 years. [...] ‘Gaeilge á labhairt i Westminster & stocaireacht ar bun ag @CnaG ar fheisirí Parlaiminte i dtaobh #AchtAnois’ ‘Irish Language spoken for first time in House of Commons history as @CnaG continue to lobby MPs on Irish Language Act’ ?️ [...] It's the first time in over 100 years that Irish has been used in the House of Commons.
Claim: The first time the Irish language was spoken in the House of Commons was 24 October 2018. (Liz Saville Roberts, 2018-10-24)
Evidence (2018-10-24): In what is believed to be a first in modern British political discourse, a Welsh member of parliament addressed the House of Commons in Irish on Wednesday. [...] Wednesday’s contribution is one of the few times Irish was spoken by a sitting MP in political debate. [...] * A headline on an earlier version of this story stated that Wednesday was the first time Irish was spoken during a debate in the House of Commons in 100 years. The SDLP press office has informed The Irish Times that Mr Mark Durkan, then MP for Foyle, spoke in Irish during a 2015 debate.
Claim: The first time the Irish language was spoken in the House of Commons was 24 October 2018. (Liz Saville Roberts, 2018-10-24)
Evidence (2018-10-25): A Welsh MP spoke in Irish during an address in the House of Commons on Wednesday while calling on the British government to legislate for the protection of Irish speakers' rights. [...] First published in The Irish Times, February 20th, 1901 "Another Irish grievance! The few members of the Irish Nationalist Party who are acquainted with the Irish language will not be allowed to use it in the House of Commons. Mr Thomas O’Donnell asserted his "right" to do so last night, but the Speaker would have none of it, being of opinion that the member for West Kerry, with the eloquence of his countrymen, would be able to address the House in very good English. [...] If the use of Irish should come to be legalised no member would avail himself of the new privilege, because his speech would necessarily go unreported. There a re no Irish reporters in the Press Gallery, but it may be doubted whether their shorthand is capable of reproducing untranslated Hibernian eloquence. It might really be an advantage, however, if Irish Nationalist members and some few others could and would adopt the use of a dead language. The pro-boer speeches that have done so much to prolong the war in South Africa and to mislead opinion on the Continent would have been less harmful if they had been couched in Irish, Gaelic or Welsh. But then one great object of the speakers would have been foiled. - The Globe
Claim: The first time the Irish language was spoken in the House of Commons was 24 October 2018. (Liz Saville Roberts, 2018-10-24)
Evidence (2022-02-26): The claim is inaccurate. There is an official record (Hansard) of Irish spoken in the House of Commons, by Thomas O’Donnell MP, on 19 February 1901. Also, Mark Durkan MP spoke Irish in the House as recently as 17 January 2017. Before asking her question to Karen Bradley MP (Conservative), about the introduction of an Irish language Act , Welsh MP Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru) spoke a sentence in Irish language during the debate about the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Bill on 24 October 2018: [...] Roberts tweeted that she understood that "this is the first time the Irish language has been spoken in the @HouseofCommons chamber."
Claim: The first time the Irish language was spoken in the House of Commons was 24 October 2018. (Liz Saville Roberts, 2018-10-24)
Evidence (2024-09-19): On Nov. 25, 2018, Britain and the EU agreed on a 599-page Withdrawal Agreement, a Brexit deal that touched upon issues such as citizens’ rights, the divorce bill, and the Irish border. Parliament first voted on this agreement on Jan. 15, 2019. Members of Parliament voted 432 to 202 to reject the agreement, the biggest defeat for a government in the House of Commons in recent history. [...] The issue was further complicated by the Tories’ choice of the Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party as a coalition partner. The party opposed the Good Friday Agreement and, unlike the Conservative leader at the time, campaigned for Brexit. Under the Good Friday Agreement, the U.K. government was required to oversee Northern Ireland with "rigorous impartiality." That proved difficult for a government that depended on the cooperation of a party with an overwhelmingly Protestant support base and historical connections to Protestant paramilitary groups.
Claim: The first time the Irish language was spoken in the House of Commons was 24 October 2018. (Liz Saville Roberts, 2018-10-24)
Evidence (2024-10-04): SPEECH 4 September 2019
Claim: The first time the Irish language was spoken in the House of Commons was 24 October 2018. (Liz Saville Roberts, 2018-10-24)
Evidence (2023-12-03): English (official, the language generally used), Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) (official, spoken by approximately 37.7% of the population) [...] House of Representatives or Dail Eireann (160 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; all Parliament members serve 5-year terms)