Nigel Farage hits out at Adam Boulton after Brexit claim fact-checked

Nigel Farage hits out at Adam Boulton after ex-Sky News host’s Brexit claim fact-checked (Image: GETTY) Broadcaster Adam Boulton has been fact-checked by Twitter users for claiming that “no major party” tried to overturn the results of the Brexit referendum. A tweet sent by the former Sky News staple presenter and TalkTV panellist was marked by the site’s readers, who added “context” to his post. And Nigel Farage picked up on the mistake this afternoon, with the former Brexit Party leader calling out the presenter in front of his followers. Mr Boulton’s post was given context by Community Notes, a Twitter scheme that empowers users to add context to any tweets deemed potentially misleading. He claimed it was “fake news” that people in the UK “denied Brexit “, and added that “no major party tried to overturn [the results]”. But context from Community Notes added that one party, the Liberal Democrats did, in fact run a concerted bid to cancel the vote results in 2019. And it added that the Labour Party had floated holding a second referendum to confirm the results which, if it had found popular opposition to the initial vote, would have scuppered the UK’s departure from the EU. The context stated: “At the 2019 UK general election the Liberal Democrats pledged to reverse the Brexit decision. “The Labour party also sought to halt Brexit by holding a second referendum.” Realising the added comment, Mr Farage said: “Adam was fact-checked by Twitter!”