Myth 3: The scheme is overrun with unjustified claims. This is based on noting that, eg, 35% with bedwetting/enuresis or 54% with Munchausen syndrome got Pip in October and therefore saying they’re among the BMW recipients. This is a ludicrous leap.

Myth 2: You get a swish car. In fact, 94% of the fleet are economy brands. The few premium cars cost taxpayer exactly the same and need an upfront payment from customer. Clear implication is that disabled people should just be grateful and piss off in their wonky three-wheeler.

Myth 1: you get a free car. In fact, if Motability didn’t exist, customers would get the same Pip money to spend as they like. By this logic, people using pensions for groceries are getting ‘free vegetables’. Scrapping Motability would save zero pounds from the benefits bill.

You may have seen the recent fury over
@Motability
: how ‘sickfluencers’ are helping ‘bedwetting boy racers’ get ‘50-grand Mercs’ for free. This is basically a myth, and its laundering into the mainstream is an object lesson in How Things Work Now. Thread follows.