Friday's Court of Appeal ruling over the Bell hotel was undoubtedly a significant win for the Government - but neither the Prime Minister nor the Home Secretary will be popping open the champagne.
Their victory in overturning the interim injunction to close the hotel to asylum seekers carries huge political downsides.
It will fuel the anger being felt in Epping and many other communities, concerned about the housing of asylum seekers near them.
And it gives powerful ammunition to Labour's political opponents, who are already framing the court ruling as the Government prioritising the rights of illegal immigrants over British citizens.
Authorities are now bracing for many more protests outside migrant hotels across the country in the days ahead.
That's ironic, given the risk of widespread protests was one of the key reasons behind the Court of Appeal's decision to overturn the earlier injunction handed down by Mr Justice Eyre.
His three senior judicial colleagues said his ruling in favour of removing migrants from the Bell hotel had been "seriously flawed in principle".
They said the High Court judge had failed to consider the risk his ruling could have had in sparking more hotel protests by those seeking to push their own councils into seeking similar High Court injunctions.
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The Court of Appeal's decision is not the final word on the Bell hotel, though.
That will come in late October, when the High Court considers the more substantive case brought by Epping Forest District Council against Somani Hotels, the Bell's owners.
But given the way the three senior judges eviscerated their High Court colleague, the local authority and Epping's residents can be forgiven if they're less than confident of the outcome in October.
This week, we also learned that the Government had yet to send a single illegal Channel migrant back to France as part of their 'one-in-one-out deal' - which is nothing of the sort.
Sources have told us that around 100 migrants have now been detained on arrival in Dover and earmarked for return across the Channel.
Initially, we were told that France would have a fortnight to respond to those earmarked by the UK, and if they had no objections, those Channel migrants would be quickly returned.
The treaty was ratified and brought into operation on August 4.
More than three weeks later, our source tells us it'll be another few weeks before any small boat migrants are sent back.
And here's the kicker. In the weeks since the partial returns deal was brought into operation, more than 3,500 migrants have crossed illegally from France.
In another blow to Sir Keir Starmer's 'smash the gangs' policy, the French are getting cold feet - certainly not wet feet - over their long-promised push-back tactic.
It was, we were told, a "game-changer". A tactic that would see French marine police intervene to push migrant boats back to the shore in shallow water.
But now the main police union in France says it has serious doubts about the policy, warning that officers could find themselves out on a limb legally and not properly supported by their political masters if they use the tactic and someone drowns.
The French government is also teetering on the brink of collapse; with the likelihood that it won't survive a confidence vote on September 8.
It could leave Emmanuel Macron scraping around for his seventh Prime Minister.
With the current French government forced into a caretaker role, Sir Keir Starmer's priorities certainly won't be theirs.
The push-back tactic, if it ever clears its current legal hurdles, won't be happening anytime soon.
I'm off to Turkey for a couple of weeks.
Not chasing migrants - just relaxing for a while.
Our Senior Home and Security Producer, Tom Fredericks, will be keeping you abreast of all the key developments in Migration Watch.
Play nice, and I'll chat to you later in September.