Mr Miliband admitted this error two years ago, but has not known what to do with it. On Thursday, he complained of immigration “hitting the nature of the British labour market… I think one person’s flexibility is another person’s exploitation”. But he cannot pursue his own logic and admit that EU rules make this inevitable. He can nod towards Ukip anxieties, but not answer them. Indeed, he cannot make any point critical of “Europe”, because Labour long ago decided to treat it as the Tories’ problem. Instead, it praised the new era of François Hollande in France, for the 10 minutes before that all went wrong. One reason so many Continentals come here is because they can get the automatic, non-contributory in-work benefits (tax credits) which were Gordon Brown’s pride and joy. Obviously Mr Miliband can’t say that either.