Yet it is so often portrayed as 'racist' by the guardianistas. Why so?
Perhaps demanding proper immigration control is all that it takes but I suspect that the motive is rather more sinister.
There are so many people of liberal inclination who, nonetheless, are anti EU.
We wouldn't want these particular sheep slipping out of the fold and into that very broad church which is UKIP, would we?
Best thing to do therefore is to portray UKIP as "BNP in suits". - There, that should do it!