How we check
Each case pairs an earlier official position with a later development, and links both to the original records.
Before, after and context
- Before
- Earlier advice, policy or statements, or evidence that the position was held.
- After
- A later development, such as new guidance, a law or an official announcement.
- Context
- Supporting material that helps judge the claim.
Verdicts
- Change documented
- Official records show the earlier position and the later change.
- Partly documented
- The change happened, but the popular version overstates it, gets a date wrong, or relies on retrospective sources.
- Claim not established
- No official record was found for the earlier advice as it is usually described.
Limits
A pair of links is not always proof of a direct contradiction. Some records are retrospective, and some links may move or stop working. Descriptions are summaries, not verbatim quotations, so check the original documents for exact wording.
The archive grew from 35 register entries. Where several entries covered the same subject, they are combined on one page, and each page says which entries it includes.
Last reviewed: 12 November 2026.