Not really. Do you actually want to give anybody who wants it the right to come and live here?
The UK isn't some sort of unfettered wilderness ripe for a modern day Manifest Destiny.
You suggested that a desire to regulate immigration more often than not masks a racist agenda. I do not agree with that. It can do but it's nowhere near implicit.
In some ways, especially with regard to the EU, immigration is actually quite exploitative.
Not really. Do you actually want to give anybody who wants it the right to come and live here?
The UK isn't some sort of unfettered wilderness ripe for a modern day Manifest Destiny.