Claim 2abe0d45Checked 21 Jul 2026
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“Hope Not Hate's Facebook page incurred thousands of pounds in advertising spend during the month before the by-election.”
Reasoning & Evidence21 Jul 2026
The claim asserts a specific, verifiable fact: that Hope Not Hate's Facebook page spent "thousands of pounds" on advertising during the month before the by-election. This is a factual assertion about advertising expenditure that could, in principle, be checked via Meta's Ad Library, which publicly reports spending ranges for ads about social issues, elections, or politics.
However, the evidence gathered does not independently confirm the specific spending figure. The only source referencing the "thousands of pounds" figure is a report in Left Foot Forward, which attributes the claim to Farage's complaint: "He claims Hope not Hate racked up thousands of pounds in spend in the month leading up to the by-election on Facebook alone." No source found independently verified this figure, and Hope Not Hate's public response — that its campaigning "was carefully tracked so as to remain within relevant electoral law spending limits" — does not directly confirm or deny the specific amount spent on Facebook ads.
Because the claim concerns a specific, quantifiable advertising spend that would require direct consultation of Meta's Ad Library or Hope Not Hate's own spending records (which are not publicly available in the sources found), and because the available reporting only attributes the figure to Farage's complaint rather than independently confirming it, the public evidence is insufficient to verify or refute the core assertion.
Sources:
- Left Foot Forward: "Nigel Farage in meltdown over Hope not Hate as he files a second complaint in under a month" — https://leftfootforward.org/2026/06/nigel-farage-in-meltdown-over-hope-not-hate-as-he-files-a-second-complaint-in-under-a-month/
- Civil Society: "Farage files second Hope Not Hate complaint after charity cleared" — https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/farage-files-second-hope-not-hate-complaint-after-charity-cleared.html
- TFN: "Farage escalates Hope Not Hate row" — https://tfn.scot/news/farage-escalates-hope-not-hate-row
- Meta Ad Library — https://www.facebook.com/ads/library
From tweet
I have written to the Electoral Commission demanding an investigation into potential breaches of electoral law by Hope Not Hate.
Public trust in our elections depends on the rules being followed by everyone.
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