"There you go again Jim!"
Linking Ake's ongoing support of Farrago the Fascist with emotive terms like "unrestricted" then singling out Eastern Europeans as a target says everything that need to be said as far as I'm concerned.
Immigration came with being in Europe - I knew plenty of British building workers who headed East when it took their fancy.
Blair's policy was far from "unrestricted" - he attempted to manipulate and control the flow of immigrants into Britain, far more than I believe necessary - "unrestricted" is a right-wing political slogan - the document I linked refers to the number of European immigrants as "unprecedented", which is more in line with what it was - it hadn't happened before - a far cry from "unrestricted".
I worked with Eastern Europeans throughout the housing boom when it was very difficult to get painters, plasterers, carpenters and other tradesmen - they were efficient, reliable and by and large good tradesmen - and they were around when they were needed most.
I get from Ake's silence that he is a supporter of the late and very unlamented MR Powell - which makes him what he is.
Jim Carroll