The 2 November 2020 print edition of the Daily Mirror claimed that a new poll by YouGov found that 38% of people think Brexit is a good thing, while 62% think it is bad.

This is a misrepresentation of the research—which comes from YouGov’s latest update of its EU tracker, with data gathered on 21 October and 22 October. 

YouGov found that 38% of adults in Great Britain thought that, in hindsight, Britain was right to leave the European Union, 50% thought it was wrong, and 12% said they didn't know.

A number of posts on social media have claimed that under “Article 61” of Magna Carta people have the right to lawfully dissent or rebel if they believe they’re being governed unjustly. This appears to relate to new coronavirus restrictions across England.

Other posts show a video—shared thousands of times—of a business owner in Liverpool telling the police he did not plan to shut his business, citing “Article 61” of Magna Carta.

This is not legitimate.

Magna Carta (Latin for “great charter”) is the name given to a series of royal charters issued in the 13th century, following disputes between the King and a group of rebel barons. The charters served to limit the power of the monarch and enshrine certain rights.

The original version granted powers to “assail” the monarch and “seek redress” to 25 barons in order to keep the provisions of the Magna Carta, but these powers were not granted to the population at large. 

Within a year of being written, this clause was removed from subsequent versions of Magna Carta. It was never incorporated into English statutory law.

A post, shared hundreds of times on Facebook, wrongly claims that that if you have been tested for Covid-19, you have also been vaccinated, suggesting that a vaccine is being delivered via nasal swab tests. This is not the case.

The post uses genuine screenshots of several scientific papers from the years before the pandemic which talk about the potential effectiveness of nasal vaccinations.

But these papers discuss the possibility of how effective nasal vaccinations could be, both practically and from a public health point of view. It is not proof that the swabs taken for many Covid-19 tests also work as a vaccine.

In the UK, a vaccine cannot be given to someone without consent and no vaccines are mandatory.

Vaccines also have to go through several phases of trials to ensure they are both safe and effective, and although many potential vaccines are in development, none have been approved for use yet in the UK.

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