copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: DUP MPs voted against a pay rise for nurses, firefighters, and police officers. (Shehab Khan, 2017-06-29)
Evidence (2017-06-28): On 28 June, Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party tried to give five million firefighters, nurses, teachers, police officers and other public sector workers a much-needed pay rise. The party tabled an amendment to the Queen’s speech which, had it passed, would have scrapped the public sector pay cap. But Conservative and Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politicians teamed up to vote it down. And they even cheered as the results of the vote were read out: [...] This evening, the DUP have stood alongside their Tory paymasters cheering at the fact that they have withheld more pay for our police, our firefighters, our nurses and our teachers. Shame on them. [...] And when push came to shove, every single Tory and DUP MP voted against giving firefighters, teachers, nurses and police officers a pay rise. If an election comes as soon as some think, that may be a decision they live to regret.
Claim: DUP MPs voted against a pay rise for nurses, firefighters, and police officers. (Shehab Khan, 2017-06-29)
Evidence (2017-06-28): And MPs rejected a Labour motion urging immediate change by a majority of 14. [...] Labour's amendment to the Queen's Speech, which also called for an end to cuts to the police and emergency services, was defeated as the Conservatives and all 10 DUP MPs joined forces to oppose it - for the first time since the two parties announced a parliamentary pact. [...] The problem for them, however, is not just what appears to be a changing mood among some voters, but also very public hints by cabinet members that the cap, becoming painful for some as inflation starts to lift, could disappear along with Theresa May's majority.
Claim: DUP MPs voted against a pay rise for nurses, firefighters, and police officers. (Shehab Khan, 2017-06-29)
Evidence (2020-03-27): Their hypocrisy can be further highlighted by the fact that in 2017 the two men voted against scrapping the 1% pay-rise cap for NHS nurses and firefighters. Every Tory MP except one voted against Labour's motion, which came during Theresa May's stint as prime minister.
Claim: DUP MPs voted against a pay rise for nurses, firefighters, and police officers. (Shehab Khan, 2017-06-29)
Evidence (2017-06-29): This is the moment Tory MPs cheered blocking a proper pay rise for nurses, firefighters and police. [...] They won by a majority of 14 thanks to the help of the DUP , despite the party winning its own £1billion bung for public services in Northern Ireland. [...] Lib Dem leader Tim Farron added: "The DUP stood alongside their Tory paymasters cheering at the fact that they have withheld more pay for our police, our firefighters, our nurses and our teachers. Shame on them."
Claim: DUP MPs voted against a pay rise for nurses, firefighters, and police officers. (Shehab Khan, 2017-06-29)
Evidence (2017-11-27): The Democratic Unionist party has said it will act as a "brace against hard austerity" in its deal with the Conservatives, as rebel Tory MPs suggested that they could torpedo unpopular policies by tacitly backing Labour amendments to the Queen’s speech. The DUP’s leader, Arlene Foster, said it was "right and proper" that her party would vote for Theresa May’s Queen’s speech next week. However, DUP sources told the Guardian on Friday that the party wanted a "more compassionate approach to austerity" in any deal. [...] It is understood that DUP officials have sought meetings with opposition parties, including the Liberal Democrats, to take the temperature of amendments planned for the Queen’s speech. If the DUP’s 10 MPs are willing to support opposition amendments, that would increase pressure on Downing Street.
Claim: Northern Ireland purchases from Great Britain are four times more valuable than those from Ireland. (Democratic Unionist Party, 2022-01-14)
Evidence (2022-01-14): whether goods purchased are final products or are intermediate goods to be used in a further production process; transport/shipping routes; the country of origin of any goods purchased.
Claim: Northern Ireland purchases from Great Britain are four times more valuable than those from Ireland. (Democratic Unionist Party, 2022-01-14)
Evidence (2022-02-27): This claim is accurate. In 2019, the ratio of the estimated total value of Northern Ireland purchases from Great Britain (£13.4bn) to purchases from Ireland (£3.0bn) was 4.5:1. The ratio has been similar since 2013. However, the figures may not tell the full story as they do not provide information on transport/shipping routes or the country of origin of any goods purchased. [...] One of the claims in the document is "Northern Ireland purchases from Great Britain (£13.4bn) are four times more valuable than of Ireland (£3.0bn)." [...] For 2019 purchases made by Northern Ireland companies, the value of purchases from Great Britain (£13.4bn) is 4.5 times greater than the value of imported goods and services from Ireland (£2.9bn); the claim is accurate. The ratio has been similar between these two markets since 2013.
Claim: Northern Ireland purchases from Great Britain are four times more valuable than those from Ireland. (Democratic Unionist Party, 2022-01-14)
Evidence (2024-06-25): The data published as part of the 2022 Summary of movements of goods into Northern Ireland from Great Britain was revised for this 2023 publication. [...] Caution is advised when drawing conclusions about the year-on-year changes of the movement of goods into Northern Ireland from Great Britain. The definition of this data is "Full declarations cleared by HMRC between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2023 for movements of goods into Northern Ireland from Great Britain". [...] In almost all cases, goods sent from Great Britain as parcel or postal movements to consumers in Northern Ireland will not require a customs declaration. Declarations will only usually be required where the goods are either prohibited or restricted or are being sent from one business to another business where the value of the good is greater than £135.
Claim: Northern Ireland purchases from Great Britain are four times more valuable than those from Ireland. (Democratic Unionist Party, 2022-01-14)
Evidence (2022-03-02): In 2016, Northern Ireland sold £14.6 billion worth of goods and services to Great Britain, which equates to 56% of external sales. External sales are defined as sales by Northern Ireland businesses to destinations outside Northern Ireland, which means sales to Great Britain plus exports beyond the UK. [...] Northern Ireland’s sales to Ireland accounted for 15% of goods and services sold outside of its own borders in 2016, which includes that sold to Great Britain. [...] We found that the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency’s data confirms Nigel Dodd’s claim that Northern Ireland’s "biggest market" is Great Britain. While Dodds claimed that Northern Ireland sends 60% of sales to the UK, the figure is closer to 56%. Comparing this to trade with Ireland, our findings suggest that Northern Ireland is more dependent on trade with Great Britain than it is with Ireland.
Claim: Northern Ireland purchases from Great Britain are four times more valuable than those from Ireland. (Democratic Unionist Party, 2022-01-14)
Evidence (2022-02-09): Northern Ireland-Ireland exports ‘worth €5bn in 10 months' [...] They show that Ireland is overwhelmingly Northern Ireland's single biggest export market: exports to the rest of the EU were worth €3.6bn in the same period while exports to the rest of the world were worth £1.1bn. [...] Since the Northern Ireland Protocol began operating in January 2020 it has become more difficult for businesses in either part of Ireland to import goods from Great Britain.
Claim: Northern Ireland purchases from Great Britain are four times more valuable than those from Ireland. (Democratic Unionist Party, 2022-01-14)
Evidence (2021-12-09): The Framework established different channels for goods moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland. Goods which are for end use in Northern Ireland can move through the UK Internal Market Scheme, with simplified procedures. Read more on these arrangements. Goods which are considered at risk of moving into the EU single market (e.g. Ireland) must move through the red lane, where full checks and controls are applied. There are facilitations for supermarket foods entering GB from NI - read more about the arrangements for retail agri-food. There are also simpler processes for parcels, pets and plants moving from GB to NI. The Framework made changes to rules on medicines so patients in Northern Ireland can access the same medicines at the same time as the rest of the UK. The Framework also made changes to VAT rules for Northern Ireland, and clarified state aid provisions. [...] The Windsor Framework established two ways for goods to move to Northern Ireland from Great Britain. The red lane is for goods entering NI from Great Britain which are considered at risk of then moving into the EU single market (e.g. Ireland). Full EU customs and SPS checks and controls are applied.
Claim: Northern Ireland purchases from Great Britain are four times more valuable than those from Ireland. (Democratic Unionist Party, 2022-01-14)
Evidence (2024-02-13): In 2020, Northern Ireland's main imports source for trade goods was Great Britain, with goods purchases from here amounting to approximately 10.6 billion British pounds. The value of goods imports into the Northern Ireland from the rest of the European Union, on the other hand, was valued at two billion British pounds. [...] NISRA. "Value of goods exports and imports to Northern Ireland (UK) in 2020, by source market* (in billion GBP)." Chart. May 18, 2022. Statista. Accessed October 09, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123628/purchases-and-imports-by-destination-northern-ireland/ [...] Value of goods exports and imports to Northern Ireland (UK) in 2020, by source market* (in billion GBP) [Graph], NISRA, May 18, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123628/purchases-and-imports-by-destination-northern-ireland/
Claim: Northern Ireland purchases from Great Britain are four times more valuable than those from Ireland. (Democratic Unionist Party, 2022-01-14)
Evidence (2021-06-15): The value of NI exports to Ireland more than doubled year-on-year from €137m to €296m (£117m to £255m). [...] The total value of GB exports to Ireland were down by €2bn (£1.7bn) or 39% to €3.3bn (£2.8bn) year-on-year in the January to April period. [...] Official figures showing trade between Northern Ireland and Great Britain are only published on an annual basis, so it may be 2022 before there is solid data on how Brexit and the Irish Sea border has had an impact on those relationships.
Claim: Northern Ireland purchases from Great Britain are four times more valuable than those from Ireland. (Democratic Unionist Party, 2022-01-14)
Evidence (2023-12-13): The value of goods sales from Great Britain to Northern Ireland dropped by 2.4% in 2022, official data suggests. [...] The new figures from the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) show that £43.4bn of goods were purchased in Northern Ireland in 2022, an increase in value of 8.8%. [...] Goods purchases from Great Britain were worth £11bn, down by 2.4% while imports from Ireland were worth almost £3bn, up by 4.8%.
Claim: Northern Ireland purchases from Great Britain are four times more valuable than those from Ireland. (Democratic Unionist Party, 2022-01-14)
Evidence (2022-02-15): The value of Northern Ireland goods exported to the Republic of Ireland was estimated at almost €4bn (£3.35bn) in 2021. [...] The managing director of a major manufacturing firm in the Republic said his business has increased its purchases from Northern Ireland suppliers by 33% since 2019. [...] The revised figures suggest Northern Ireland exports to the Republic were worth about €2.2bn (£1.8bn) in both 2019 and 2020 compared to the previous estimates of about €1.7bn (£1.4bn).
Claim: Northern Ireland purchases from Great Britain are four times more valuable than those from Ireland. (Democratic Unionist Party, 2022-01-14)
Evidence (2022-02-04): That means products coming from Great Britain (GB), which is NI's main source of imports, face additional costs in terms of new processes and paperwork. [...] The economic flipside is that Northern Ireland businesses now have an advantage over GB exporters because they still have full access to both the EU single market and the rest of the UK. [...] We also don't have good data on what has happened to Northern Ireland sales to Great Britain.
Claim: Northern Ireland purchases from Great Britain are four times more valuable than those from Ireland. (Democratic Unionist Party, 2022-01-14)
Evidence (2020-12-24): That means goods arriving from Great Britain will be checked and controlled at Northern Ireland's ports from 1 January. [...] However, the details of this scheme are still emerging and the situation has left businesses facing major new complexity, at very short notice, on GB-NI trade. [...] Even with a trade deal, Northern Ireland businesses have an advantage over GB firms.
Claim: Northern Ireland purchases from Great Britain are four times more valuable than those from Ireland. (Democratic Unionist Party, 2022-01-14)
Evidence (2022-01-17): The latest numbers from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show that the value of goods imports from Great Britain fell by almost 3.3 billion euro (£2.75 billion) from January to November last year. [...] It has achieved that by effectively keeping Northern Ireland within the EU’s single market for goods, an arrangement which has led to the checks on products crossing the Irish Sea from Great Britain. [...] PA ReadyGreat BritainNorthern IrelandBrexitIrish SeaGovernmentIrishEuropean UnionRepublic 1/1Goods imports from Great Britain drops by more than a fifth since Brexit
Claim: The current negotiated deal for the UK leaving the EU outlines no forms, checks, or barriers of any kind for goods leaving Northern Ireland to Great Britain. (Prime Minister Johnston, 2019-11-08)
Evidence (2019-11-08): While no customs export declaration forms would be required (as Northern Ireland will remain in a UK-wide customs area), exit summary declarations will be required to move goods between Northern Ireland and Great Britain. These declarations represent a new intervention, in addition to existing checks.
Claim: The current negotiated deal for the UK leaving the EU outlines no forms, checks, or barriers of any kind for goods leaving Northern Ireland to Great Britain. (Prime Minister Johnston, 2019-11-08)
Evidence (2020-02-01): The Withdrawal Agreement concluded between the European Union and the United Kingdom establishes the terms of the United Kingdom's orderly withdrawal from the EU, in accordance with Article 50 of the Treaty of the European Union. The Withdrawal Agreement entered into force on 1 February 2020, after having been agreed on 17 October 2019. It consists amongst others of a Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland. [...] The EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement explained (slides)
Claim: The current negotiated deal for the UK leaving the EU outlines no forms, checks, or barriers of any kind for goods leaving Northern Ireland to Great Britain. (Prime Minister Johnston, 2019-11-08)
Evidence (2020-12-30): Brexit: What are the key points of the deal? [...] There will be no taxes on goods (tariffs) or limits on the amount that can be traded (quotas) between the UK and the EU from 1 January Some new checks will be introduced at borders, such as safety checks and customs declarations.
Claim: The current negotiated deal for the UK leaving the EU outlines no forms, checks, or barriers of any kind for goods leaving Northern Ireland to Great Britain. (Prime Minister Johnston, 2019-11-08)
Evidence (2023-02-27): British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reached a deal with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday that will allow goods to enter Northern Ireland freely from other parts of the U.K. [...] Then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government opted to let the EU grant Northern Ireland a rather unique status, meaning that goods produced elsewhere in the U.K. — England, Wales or Scotland — would need to be inspected by officials before they could enter Northern Ireland. [...] The new plan involves the introduction of red and green lanes for goods arriving in Northern Ireland from other parts of the U.K.: green for British products, including medication, that are staying in Northern Ireland; red for those goods and products that will be sold on to the Republic of Ireland, thus entering the EU.
Claim: The current negotiated deal for the UK leaving the EU outlines no forms, checks, or barriers of any kind for goods leaving Northern Ireland to Great Britain. (Prime Minister Johnston, 2019-11-08)
Evidence (2022-02-03): Before his resignation in December 2021, the Brexit Minister Lord Frost proposed reforms to the Northern Ireland Protocol, which was where he felt most of the "current friction" between Britain and the EU stemmed. Whether or not attempting to renegotiate the deal was an attempt to "wind the clock back to arguments that were lost in 2019", as Peter Foster argued in the Financial Times, it is clear that the protocol as it stands is far from sufficient. Northern Ireland has been plunged into a political crisis after Stormont’s agriculture minister, Edwin Poots of the DUP, ordered a halt to Brexit checks on goods coming into Northern Ireland from Great Britain, reported the BBC. [...] The UK signed a trade deal with Australia in December 2021, the first negotiated from scratch since the UK left the EU, which the UK government said would "unlock £10.4 billion of additional trade". The UK has also signed new trade deals with Japan as well as an agreement with Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.
Claim: The current negotiated deal for the UK leaving the EU outlines no forms, checks, or barriers of any kind for goods leaving Northern Ireland to Great Britain. (Prime Minister Johnston, 2019-11-08)
Evidence (2021-07-02): As a consequence of the UK leaving the Single Market and Customs Union, the way businesses in Great Britain trade goods with the EU has changed. To export goods to the EU your business now needs to comply with new customs procedures, including UK export declarations and import requirements on entry to EU Member States. For importing goods into the UK, border controls are being introduced in stages to give businesses time to adapt, with full customs checks applying from January 2022. [...] 6. Moving goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland There are changes to the way goods move between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The most up-to-date guidance on the Northern Ireland Protocol is available here, including information on moving goods into, out of, or through Northern Ireland, and government support for businesses.
Claim: The current negotiated deal for the UK leaving the EU outlines no forms, checks, or barriers of any kind for goods leaving Northern Ireland to Great Britain. (Prime Minister Johnston, 2019-11-08)
Evidence (2023-02-22): LONDON — A deal between the U.K. and EU aimed at ending the long-running dispute over post-Brexit trade rules in Northern Ireland finally appears to be within reach, heralded by a flurry of last-minute diplomatic activity. The original agreement — governing trade, regulation and areas of taxation in Northern Ireland and negotiated as a separate protocol to the Brexit withdrawal agreement which set out the terms of the U.K.’s exit from the bloc — was intended to avoid a physical border between Northern Ireland and the EU’s single market in the Republic of Ireland to the south while at the same time not inserting a border between Northern Ireland and the rest of the U.K.
Claim: The current negotiated deal for the UK leaving the EU outlines no forms, checks, or barriers of any kind for goods leaving Northern Ireland to Great Britain. (Prime Minister Johnston, 2019-11-08)
Evidence (2022-03-02): While no customs export declaration forms would be required (as Northern Ireland will remain in a UK-wide customs area), exit summary declarations will be required to move goods between Northern Ireland and Great Britain. These declarations represent a new intervention, in addition to existing checks. [...] If the UK leaves the EU under the current agreement, and Northern Ireland remains as an integral part of the UK and thus its single customs territory (i.e. not part of the EU customs territory), there would be no question of Northern Ireland persons (individuals and businesses) having to complete an EU customs declaration/export declaration of bringing goods originating in Northern Ireland across to Great Britain. [...] Nonetheless, having to complete exit summary declarations is a new requirement, as an outcome of the current agreement. It is not accurate to say that there will be no forms, checks, or barriers of any kind for goods leaving Northern Ireland to Great Britain.
Claim: The current negotiated deal for the UK leaving the EU outlines no forms, checks, or barriers of any kind for goods leaving Northern Ireland to Great Britain. (Prime Minister Johnston, 2019-11-08)
Evidence (2021-01-01): Northern Ireland has different arrangements from other parts of the UK, meaning there will be some customs checks on goods moving between Great Britain and the province. On Friday afternoon, the first ferry from Great Britain operating under the terms of Northern Ireland trading protocol docked in Belfast, on schedule at 13:45 GMT. [...] Under the new arrangements, UK manufacturers will have tariff-free access to the EU's internal market, meaning there will be no import taxes on goods crossing between Britain and the continent.
Claim: The current negotiated deal for the UK leaving the EU outlines no forms, checks, or barriers of any kind for goods leaving Northern Ireland to Great Britain. (Prime Minister Johnston, 2019-11-08)
Evidence (2021-01-22): The bill for Johnson’s relentless focus on sovereignty is now due. The government’s deal does allow for the continuation of tariff-free trade for goods that qualify as British- or EU-made. However, Britain’s exit from the customs union and single market on January 1 created a thicket of customs declarations, health checks and other barriers to trade. Services, which make up 80 per cent of the British economy including its crown jewel — the City of London — barely get a look-in. [...] Johnson had delivered the pure form of Brexit he promised Leave voters. MPs approved the deal by 521 to 73, with most Labour MPs viewing a "thin" trade deal as better than none. Even the most Eurosceptic Tories were buoyant. "We finally have a deal which facilitates tariff-free, quota-free UK/EU trade to our mutual economic advantage," says Mark Francois, chair of the Tory Eurosceptic European Research Group. [...] The red tape and trade bureaucracy that Theresa May had tried to remove with her "bespoke" deal were, however, painfully evident: 215 million import and export forms to be filled in every year, costing business £7.5bn according to HM Revenue & Customs. Barriers were thrown up to trade not just between the UK and the EU but between the mainland and Northern Ireland.