far wider than the issue of immigration. That is why the best and smartest apology in his speech today was that Labour was "too dazzled by globalisation". Some of the other apologies are more questionable, like accepting the Conservative line on transitional controls on eastern European immigration (which validates their answer to what otherwise would be a tricky question, of what exactly they would have done differently). By contrast, apologising for presiding over an economic model that not only increased our vulnerability to market shocks, and exacerbated inequality, but also encouraged an over-reliance on low-paid immigration, has the advantage of containing more truth, being more authentic for Miliband and his party, and being politically far more interesting -- because it is a position the Conservatives will find hard to match. Comments Immigration is a crucial issue in Labour's rebuilding project. Experts will continue to argue over how far it really changed people's votes at the last election, but indirectly it had a big effect: it was one of the key issues on which Labour came to be seen as incompetent, and -- that most deadly of sins for a governing party -- out of touch with the concerns of ordinary people. Labour's position on this was always one of ideology trumpting reality. A site worker earning 10 an hour sees his wage decreased to 7. The problem is contained within that missing 3. And no amount of politricking can change this crucial fact. This is an issue that Labour will