Why tell the truth, when a lie sounds so much better?

On the day inflation hit a thirty-year peak, Boris Johnson spent Prime Minister's Questions once again massaging the truth.

The Tories are apparently doing a really good job at running the country - but weirdly, amidst soaring energy bills, high inflation, a looming National Insurance hike and war in Ukraine spiking food prices, none of us are feeling the supposed benefits.

Here are a few of Wednesday's best false claims:

P&O were able to fire 800 people, because of an EU law

Last Thursday, P&O Ferries sacked 800 of its employees via Zoom, and replaced them with a workforce reportedly being paid as little as 1.80 an hour.

Much has been said about the legality of the firings - and today, Johnson claimed it was all down to an EU directive.

But according to maritime lawyer Kevin Barnett, P&O was legally allowed to sack their staff without notifying government because of a law change brought in by former Tory government minister, Chris Grayling.

Then transport Secretary - infamously nicknamed "failing Grayling", approved a law that said ships registered abroad do not have to tell the UK government about redundancies.

This means it's likely P&O legally fired 800 people - thanks to the Tories.

Bonus: Ireland and Spain both banned fire and rehire practices that would have prevented the P&O scandal. They're both in the EU.

His government offers people the "best protection of all" - which is "a job".

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