Unemployment isn't low. The figures are massaged with Orwellian precision to give that impression. But they're dishonest and frankly manipulative to an almost Soviet level.

The official ONS definition - which anyone can check on the ONS site - counts anyone who works one hour a week as employed.

The figures also include anyone who is self-employed for tax purposes, whether or not they have any income from work.

If we used 1970s metrics, where employment was defined as having a full-time job that comfortably covered basic living expenses, unemployment would be running at absolutely terrifying levels.