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greentricky
This is not true. I appreciate you don't like Starmer but the truth is important. He didn't say he'd reject the recommendation. What he said was that he wouldn't make a commitment either way:
https://news.sky.com/story/starmer-fails-to-commit-to-recommended-public-sector-pay-rises-12910325
I also think re: immigration under Blair people forget that immigration quadrupled while Blair was in power, and it was firmly linked to both a financial message (we need workers to grow) and a cultural one (we are a multi cultural society and immigration benefits us).
Labour's language toughened up around 2008 when it started becoming more obvious that anti-immigrant sentiment was growing, but I don't recall any significant legislative changes to stop it.
But Labour supporters are a weird group. I know people who viscerally loathe Ed Miliband, even now, for having once put out some merch with the phrase 'controls on immigration' stamped on the side. A more anodyne phrase you'll be hard pressed to find, but it made him significant enemies.