In my experience, it's those on the left who have no contact with reality. The reason I abandoned the left and now identify as a conservative is that left-wing people are guided by vague, dreamy idealism. When those ideals are then imposed on society, they cause nothing but chaos. That's why I'm a conservative but not a Thatcherite. Thatcher was no better than Corbyn. They are two sides of the same coin. Like Corbyn she had fixed and fanatical ideas and utter contempt for anyone who disagreed.
It is because I have met 'real people' that I am a moderate conservative. Humans are basically bad. We're not naturally civilized. On the contrary, we find it very hard to behave in a compassionate and civilized way. That is why I wish to conserve things that have taken centuries to to build – refined manners, civilized conversation, the literary canon, the nation state, etc. I am deeply suspicious of left-wing people. I suspect their motives. So many of them are motivated not by sympathy or compassion but by hatred and destruction. They are destructive by nature. Many of them never grow out of the adolescent stage. So many of the traits we associate with adolescence are found in left-wing people – the arrogance, the contempt for tradition and hierarchy, the urge to smash and provoke, etc.
Mass immigration is a way to provoke people. It's a way of destroying and smashing things up. It has pretty much destroyed my national identity. I emphasize the word mass. When people move to a country in small numbers, and move because they love its history and culture, they can be quickly assimilated. But when people move to a country in huge numbers, and either have no interest in its culture or frankly hate it, that country is finished. A speech writer for New Labour said their plan was to use immigration to "rub the right's nose in diversity and render their arguments out of date." Note the spite and nastiness of that language – rub your nose in it. The left have used immigration as a tool or weapon to destroy our national identity. And they have done it not because they love multiculturalism or care about the immigrants but because it hurts and provokes and upsets 'little Englanders'.
I'm also astonished by their hypocrisy. They constantly attack others for being 'intolerant' when they are the most intolerant people you will ever meet. I am patriotic and wish to preserve a sense of national identity. But no, I'm wrong. Shut your mouth. You are going to be multicultural, whether you like it or not. Oh, and we're in favour of tolerance! They attack others for being inhumane, yet no one on earth is more vicious than they are. I know the left thoroughly enjoy covering this island in disgusting new build homes. Anyone who objects to having giant new estates in their village is a 'nimby'. I mean wtf?! Of course people don't want endless house building. It would odd if they did. But the left enjoy seeing those horrible little Daily Mail-reading nimbys have their lives ruined. You see, hatred and spite towards them is OK. That doesn't count.