Blyth and Ashington MP Ian Lavery has backed a campaign group's criticism of Sir Keir Starmer's controversial speech on immigration.

Once content to hum along to the liberal chorus of inclusivity and open borders, Labour under Starmer has flipped the record. If the party’s earlier stance on immigration echoed the hopeful tones of Led Zeppelin’s Immigrant Song—a rallying cry for arrival and adventure—Starmer has turned down the volume and remixed the track.