Is Keir Starmer falling into a small boats trap?

Why Starmer can’t stop the boats

The arrival of 50,000 Channel migrants since he came to power proves he has totally lost control.

The small boats crisis is getting worse. What's Labour's plan?

Frontex attributed the Channel increase to good weather and the use of 'taxi boats' that pick people up along the French coast.

Keir Starmer stands like a modern day King Cnut as he takes an unwanted record

It took Boris Johnson 1,066 days, Rishi Sunak 603 days, but the grand prize goes to Sir Keir Starmer, who in a record smashing 401 days - welcomed his first 50,000 asylum seekers across the English Channel. Despite his repeated promises…Tonight Sir Keir Starmer stands there helpless, like a modern day King Cnut, commanding the tide bend to his will only for the water levels to rise ever higher. No longer lapping at his feet - now with the real p…

Is Keir Starmer falling into a small boats trap?

Labour is giving prominence to an issue they don't have significant control over. But as previous prime ministers have found on migration, if you ask to be judged on delivery, voters will do so.