Rachel Reeves and Shabana Mahmood – Labour’s Iron Ladies – made revealing interventions at their party conference. Ms Mahmood, meanwhile, used her first speech to conference as home secretary to dramatically redraw the immigration compact. Triangulation may keep Reform UK at bay, but it risks unraveling Labour’s own coalition from within. Though Ms Mahmood explicitly warned against the rise of ethno-nationalism, her policy platform muddies the waters. Ms Mahmood targets only future applicants.