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All I will say is that I cannot remember the last time a vetted English teacher picked up a truck and killed a bunch of local people. There is something to be said for a controlled immigration system where people who will overburden the welfare system with excessive child birth or cannot prove their background should just not be let into a country.

If you want to stop unchecked migration then you have to get serious with the countries that support terrorism, invade countries illegally etc. You block trade with them and put them on sanctions. The US does it to everyone. It is about time people got brave and fought back against the bullies. It's the only way. Control the borders and close off trade with the tyrants.
Miles with your struggle between communism and nationalism I'm surprised your head doesn't explode
You know, I don't find it such a contradiction. The UK left was traditionally against the EU, it was against open borders. It understood that with a welfare state you cannot have such policies, that it would be harmful to the national interest. I just align with that way of thinking. It is the left itself that has mutated and become somewhat grotesque in ignoring those fundamentals. I am not a communist. I am just a simple, relatively traditional thinking social democrat with a serious dislike of monarchy. I don't really adhere to all left or nothing or all right or nothing. You could say I lack principles, but I argue it is because I have a bit of common sense. I can see the merits in different ideologies, but think a balance is a fair compromise. You can have some immigration, accept some refugees, but be careful about it and consult with the host population first. It's all people in ivory towers and they seldom get killed in any of the wars they start or the borders they refuse to moderate.