A false news story originating in the Times was peddled by a host of right-wing outlets yesterday including GB News, the Telegraph and Express. The story was about a motion to conference allegedly calling for a ban on police carrying tasers and pepper spray.   The Green Party comms team hit back, demanding the stories be withdrawn. A statement said: The Times published a false story based on an outdated draft of a policy motion which The Times contacted us about over six weeks ago. The wording on tasers and pepper spray was withdrawn from the draft motion back in May. The final motion presented to conference includes no mention of tasers or pepper spray. The Times contacted us for right of reply on 10 July and the Press Office responded letting them know it was a draft policy. The Times did not contact us prior to publishing this story to check whether it was still accurate… Unfortunately these falsehoods have been repeated… in many other outlets… Anyone who has repeated these claims online or in print - should retract them as soon as possible and issue a correction and an apology. This led to a number of publications altering their articles. We are still waiting for apologies. #ukpol #GBNews #GreenParty #ukpol