Rachel Muller-Heyndyk is the regional lead for fact-checking in the U.K. Before joining Logically, Rachel worked as a news and features journalist for several titles. She is interested in the overlap between U.K. politics and conspiracies, as well as misinformation surrounding gender and climate change. She lives in London, where she writes a little and doom-scrolls too much.
Over the weekend, graphic images and distressing eyewitness accounts emerged of numerous civilian deaths in the city of Bucha, on the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital. The scenes have provoked the UN to call for an independent investigation into a...
This week, the U.K. government announced that the energy price cap is expected to rise by more than 50 percent this year, coming in at almost £2,000 per year in April from an average of £1,277 in winter 2021.
Ahead of a vote in parliament on newly drafted COVID-19 restrictions this Tuesday, anti-lockdown Conservative MP Steve Baker said that researchers inaccurately predicted the impact of Omicron and COVID-19 generally. “I’ve had a lot to say about...
Facebook is lagging behind in its efforts to identify and remove climate change misinformation on its platform, campaigners have warned.
From October 31, the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, will get going. But rather than focusing on how we can reach climate targets, several U.K. commentators have asked if it’s economically feasible at all. A lead for The...
In a party conference speech lasting just over one and a half hours, Labour leader Keir Starmer announced on Wednesday that he would tackle crime through a strengthened police force and increased surveillance, asserting that there was a clear link...
Following months of speculation, the U.K. government has confirmed that children between the ages of 12 and 15 will be eligible for an initial shot of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. Speaking at a Downing Street briefing, Chief Medical Officer Chris...
On February 20, RapTV tweeted that Bill Gates is planning to spray dust towards the sun in an effort to fight climate change.