The Limousine Liberal Left

I have mixed views on this. I don't agree with their views, generally, but I think it's fair enough for them to be politically engaged. If I had such a platform I would use it relentlessly. A lot of the time these are people who have succeeded by their own efforts and I'm not so sure they would have thought any differently if they were dirt poor-- I'm sure J.K. Rowling had the same views she has now, back when she was a penniless single mother. People in the creative industries like acting would generally have liberal-left views whether they were living in a bedsit or a mansion.

And although I'm fairly hostile to mass immigration myself, I don't really like the argument that you should put your money where your mouth is when it comes to refugees (or many other subjects). The whole idea of politics (in my view) is collective action. Government can do some things that the individual can't do, that's the whole reason we have it...although if you are as wealthy as Mr. Cumberbatch, it's hard not to see a bit of hypocrisy.

The real thing I blame celebrities for is, not that they use their fame as a megaphone, but that they have so little chivalry towards other points of view.

The human traffickers love to hear limousine liberals say things like this.

They all have the right to express their opinions. What I am applauding here is the exposure of their hypocrisy.

With respect to "collective action," conservatives believe in limited government (even conservatives like myself who are somewhat left of centre insofar as that in the main I believe in the welfare state).  In a democracy that is culturally Christian, limited government means that responsibility for the material and spiritual well-being of the self and others lies with individuals first and foremost.

The most successful leftist social engineering project of the last 30+ years has been to convince the Irish people that the government, not Jesus Christ, is God.  

I agree with you about limited government, but even with limited government there are many things better left to the government. Like policing. I mean, it seems legitimate to complain about a lack of gardai in your area, rather than set up a neighbourhood watch. Or if someone complains about hospital waiting lists, nobody says: "Well, why don't YOU treat some of these patients yourself?"

Limited immigration is fine, but mass immigration seems inherently problematic to me.

I would hazard a guess which will no doubt be denounced, that the vast bulk of immigrants coming in are not terrorists but simply want a better standard of living just like the millions of Irish who fled poverty to go to the USA Canada Australia and the Uk. Many moslems among them are simply being good faithful missionary orientated moslems just like our ancestors were good catholic missionaries.

The difference is us.
We in Christian Europe have given up. We do not believe anymore. Islam is not conquering us. It is occupying a vaacum. The response of the Catholic Church has been truly pathetic. We are no longer the heirs of the crusaders or those who defended Vienna or who fought at Lepanto. If we wanted we could attempt to convert the new arrivals to christianity and our way of life. Convert or leave. That is one option no one has advocated.

Isis and co are infiltrating Europe as well and there is a serious security threat and cultural threat which our rulers downplay or ignore. The idea of open borders has been a disaster.

I agree. I think Peter Hitchens put it well when he said he was more frightened by the majority of peaceful, devout Muslims than he was by the minority of terrorists. Because he doesn't want Britain to become Muslim. Because he is a Christian.