P&O Ferries, emboldened by the lack of workers' rights post-brexit and the government's failure to support a 'fire and rehire' bill that would have outlawed such practices, sacked 800 British workers via a pre-recorded video and replaced them with cheaper agency workers. The message included the line, "Your final day of employment is today.” Meanwhile at the Scottish Conservative conference Stephen Kerr MSP had an embarrassing dental malfunction.