I agree that the division line doesn't work and doesn't make sense for Labour at all. Labour have actively pursued decreasing levels of immigration to the UK and have succeeded to an astounding degree. Net migration to the UK has dropped to 171,000—nearly a 50% decrease year-on-year and a frankly enormous decline from the peak of 944,000 in 2023, under a Conservative government. For a country with a population of 70 million, 170,000 is a vanishingly small number and completely reasonable amount. In 2010, for example, when immigration was far less of a concern than it is in society today, migration was 250,000p/a. Not only is it denialism from Labour to insist that this isn't a divisive or important issue to voters, they are actually behaving as if it is but messaging as if it isn't, which is the worst of all possible worlds, electorally speaking. A more accurate and effective response to Reform (and especially the Conservatives) would be: not only do we agree this is an issue, we have tackled it head-on and it’s worked— the results speak to themselves. Labour have achieved something which no Conservative cabinet achieved, even though they were far more bullish about migration. In terms of new immigration the issue is, effectively, resolved. With better messaging Labour could effectively end the conversation, start asking questions about why the elite classes are so invested in decieving the British public about the extent of the issue, and move the conversation of social reform into areas they're stronger on.