It was Keir Starmer himself who strode forward in May to a lectern in Downing Street to declare that it was, in fact, he who could honour the famous Brexit slogan 'Take back control.'
The Prime Minister was taking a risk considering his previous policy of 'smashing the gangs' smuggling people to Britain has resulted in 50,000 people making their way to the UK by small boat in record time.
Clearly, he wanted to make a stand, but evidence has started to emerge suggesting that the 'take back control' pledge might go the same way as his gang-smashing idea.
After deputy Angela Rayner's sudden departure, Starmer reorganised his Home Office team, jettisoning Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and asylum minister Angela Eagle.
Not that this should really be much of a surprise, the pair had overseen little improvement in the situation amid a summer when migrant hotels once again became a flashpoint for protests and unrest.
Starmer has often presented himself as the 'adult in the room' who'd sort out all these silly issues, like housing thousands of asylum seekers in hotels or dinghies flying across the Channel daily, with a bit of sensible CPS-trained talking.