Dear Lord!
Why would his (or mine) visits to the UK end??? Being against unchecked or illegal immigration doesn't translate into being against tourism, for business or pleasure.
The world existed before the EU, some of us traveled, lived, worked, married, etc. in 30+ countries on three continents, and all that with a red passport, requiring visas everywhere.
The left is so devoid of fresh ideas that the only tool left in its toolbox is the accusation of racism and bigotry. When racism is your only argument, you already lost (the argument).
Quite, but perhaps that's the hope some Brexiters really held:
nobody gets into our little fortress.
The huge problem is insularity, the physical kind, as shared with the Med islands. It's not cheap, and neither is it easy to move seamlessly from country to country. You have to face the nuisance of booking, ferries, much additional expense, every single thing you can imagine comes between you and moving freely across borders in your car or even on a bloody train! I intentionally remove the air from that list, because when you fly to a resort or a capital, you see nothing but the public face of tourism, just another decorated fib, themed to suit the imagination of the visitor.
I discovered more about France just by criss-crossing it so often en route to Scotland that, in the end, I didn't even really need maps other than to take little touring detours around wherever we stopped over. I have relatives who have only been to Paris and Monaco (I know it's not France); they think France and the French are snotty, greedy and rude. I ask them what they'd expect to find in London or Edinburgh... In essence they know nothing about the wider populace - just head waiters. I don't pretend to know a lot more either, just that I know enough to disregard the stereotyping.
The Med islands are little different: the Balearics hate the Madrid people above all else; Corsica isn't exactly Paris-centric iin sympathies; Sicily - well, what can anyone say about that!
"The left is so devoid of fresh ideas that the only tool left in its toolbox is the accusation of racism and bigotry. When racism is your only argument, you already lost (the argument)."
Thing is, both left and right share that trait. A vast proportion of the current Conservative cabinet shares the same bigotted outlook; I think that for Britain it's entirely pan-political, though some hide it better.
As almost everthing else that's rooted in mindset, I put it down to this cursed island mentality I've just mentioned. Shit - just think about the Scottish islands: folks from there are no more like 'typical' Glaswegians than you. (Whatever a typical Glaswegian turns out to be!)
