Ferret Underground: Election Pod

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Struggling with the misinformation, confusion and downright weirdness of this election?

The Ferret has you covered. Our election coverage has already started, with investigations, fact-checks and a brand new PODCAST!

That's right, the first For Fact's Sake Election Cast dropped yesterday, and will continue every Wednesday during the campaign until the vote, taking you through the murky waters of misinformation, fact-checking and the culture war.

Our first episode covered North Sea jobs, the LEZ, and Rishi's questionable Labour tax claim.

Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.

The SNP has been accused of spreading ‘misinformation’ over its key election claim that Labour’s plans for the North Sea oil industry could cost 100,000 Scottish jobs.

Leading SNP politicians have repeatedly used the claim to attack Keir Starmer’s policy of increasing levies on, and abolishing tax incentives for, energy companies operating in the North Sea.

Earlier this week, John Swinney compared the potential impact of Labour’s pledges to deindustrialisation under Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s and claimed they could create an “industrial wasteland” in the north east of Scotland.

Election Cast: North Sea jobs, LEZ, Rishi's £2,000 tax claims

The For Fact's Sake Election Cast is here! It's our special weekly election podcast, looking at the misinformation, conspiracies and culture war flashpoints that are impacting the campaign.

For the first episode, Ali and Paul are looking at why the SNP were accused of misinformation for a claim about North Sea jobs.

We also tackle the conspiracy theories that have been connected to protests against low emissions zones (LEZ) in Scotland, and delve into the controversy aroound Rishi Sunak's claim that every working family would be £2,000 worse off under Labour's plans.