I don't think Labour have made it worse Mat, the weather has. People don't realise that this incredible summer has meant more crossings. Labour has been trying to deal with it, they have improved many aspects, but the trouble is that it was already a tinderbox and unstoppable UNLESS they'd have gone out from day one with the Royal Navy, camps and deportations.
Even Farage required the tinderbox to ignite, he's only just now dared to say "mass deportations" because he knows it's ok to say it, and he's not really answerable to anyone, unlike Starmer who has to appease these far left mentalists