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Mister H   
5 Feb 2009
UK, Ireland / Rise in race crimes linked to attacks on Poles [50]

Lordy lordy, sb is somebody. Are you from a Congolese village, Mr H? Oh, Mr is Mister btw ;)

I'm not up on the internet-speak, but thanks for clarifying :-)

If I or my attackers were black or Polish, youz would make a big deal

What happened to you is a big deal and your attackers should have been punished. You don't mention if you reported it to the police.

As for the penal system, youz are havin a laugh, there are too many crimes for the penal system to hold.
Build more prisons but don't use our taxes and don't build them in my back garden!.

They could live on redundant car-ferries and float in the English channel for all I care. Maybe a few force ten gales might concentrate the mind and give them some time to reflect on their crimes.

I want justice for all, not specific groups. You seem to see violence as an acceptable way of life.
Mister H   
5 Feb 2009
UK, Ireland / Rise in race crimes linked to attacks on Poles [50]

sb ?

The fact that this guy carried a knife shows he had every intention of using it if he felt the need and to stab someone in the eye is attempted murder.

How he managed to end up on a lesser charge is beyond me.

His friend, like quite a few of men in this day and age

Visiting a prostitute is no big deal, but if a pimp carries a knife, then if there is a "class" of prostitute, this is the bargain-basement.

Regardless, this guy didn't in any way "ask" for what happened.
Mister H   
5 Feb 2009
UK, Ireland / Here comes the Anti-Immigration marches.... [114]

I also find the views rather disturbing.
They're making it sound as though there isn't one "normal" person amongst You.

Nicely turned around :-)

A tougher immigration policy is needed in Britain but you ought not to blame 'THEM' but look to your own leaders.
I even see people blaming and pointing the finger at 'THEM' for the credit crunch, Jeezz always a scape goat for the brainless.

Except they would probably call it an "escaped goat" ;-)

The majority of Britain seems too apathetic to look to their leaders and the rest of us know it would probably be a waste of time anyway.

It will be interesting to see how immigration is handled during the next election.
Mister H   
5 Feb 2009
UK, Ireland / Rise in race crimes linked to attacks on Poles [50]

140 previous convictions just says it all. this shitbag should have been locked up and the key thrown away a long time ago.

The victim did seem to be mixing with a bit of a rough crowd, but I agree that people like this should be locked up for a very long time. I find it hard to fathom why this doesn't happen.

May that guy get put away for a long time. 140 convictions and he is still on the go??? How pathetic our sentencing system has become.

You're right, it's a scandal. He'll probably get months rather than years.
Mister H   
5 Feb 2009
UK, Ireland / Here comes the Anti-Immigration marches.... [114]

Three generations it has taken to produce home grown suicide bombers and women who dress more strictly Islamic than their cousins on the streets of Pakistan.

I find your views rather disturbing. You're making it sound as though there isn't one "normal" person amongst them.
Mister H   
5 Feb 2009
UK, Ireland / Polish pupils in UK secondary schools [6]

I'm sure you're not, but I think you should edit your post if possible or ask the moderators to do so for you.
Mister H   
31 Jan 2009
UK, Ireland / Here comes the Anti-Immigration marches.... [114]

the killinghome protest has nothing to do with immigrants and all to do with migrant labour. totally different.

That's a matter of opinion.

I see it as all part of the same issue.

Illegal immigration should be investigated, of course.

It should be, but I don't think that it is and this constant enlarging of the EU just makes the job harder.
Mister H   
31 Jan 2009
UK, Ireland / Here comes the Anti-Immigration marches.... [114]

What do you propose be done, MisterH?

There is nothing that can be done. As you rightly point out, I wrote to my MP and was and was basically told to bugger off and mind my own business.

Maybe that is the best approach ?

The Polish Onslaught.

Interesting piece and it generates a lot of questions, not least the chap who was here illegally until Poland became part of the EU. Shouldn't the fact that he was here as an illegal immigrant still be something that is investigated ? Again, I guess the powers that be think "why bother?!" when it comes to such things.

I get the book chucked at me if I go three miles over the speed limit because I am an easy pinch. It's a shame the law is not applied to everyone.

It seems the winners are few when it comes to this level of immigration.
Mister H   
31 Jan 2009
UK, Ireland / Here comes the Anti-Immigration marches.... [114]

The government just has to look inward and be prepared to point the finger at itself. Easier said than done. They just don't care enough about how mass immigration adversely impacts people's lives. 'Keep your hands off of my stack' seems to apply.

Then they should be made to care (somehow).

Also, the strike organisers should be a bit more savvy and make sure that the footage that is being put across the news media has a decent proportion of non-white faces in the front row.

At the moment, I fear that there is a danger of it coming over as "British jobs for British (white) people" and if this is how others read it, then their message will be lost. They need to hammer home that it is British jobs for everyone that is British and born here and that colour has nothing to do with it.
Mister H   
31 Jan 2009
UK, Ireland / Here comes the Anti-Immigration marches.... [114]

Regarding the strikes, I'm not convinced that their impact will be longterm. They'll be fed a few platitudes and moved on before too long.

Maybe if the staff of places like American Express, HSBC, Barclaycard, Lloyds TSB and all the other big players that employ lots of foreign workers here and have off-shore callcentres went on strike too, then we might start getting somewhere.

The people that are striking have representation in their unions. However the majority of people that might like to register their disquiet do not have such support and would be clearing their desks by lunchtime if they spoke out.
Mister H   
30 Jan 2009
UK, Ireland / Here comes the Anti-Immigration marches.... [114]

In Toronto, the city I live in, the number of immigrants is growing at about 3 times the rate of Canadian born citizens, in the next few years the number of immigrants in Toronto is supposed to rise above 50% of Toronto's population. It is evident when I walk down the street and barely hear a word of English, but people get used to it, we don't complain about it.

I understand the UK has a ridiculous amount of immigrants moving there, 'taking your jobs' but I am certain if anyone who was from the UK actually wanted these jobs they would be given priority over those who barely speak English?

People may be "used to it", but are they happy about it ?

If the person that can barely speaks English goes for a job and can do it cheaper, then I guess there is no guarantee that an English person would get it.
Mister H   
30 Jan 2009
UK, Ireland / Here comes the Anti-Immigration marches.... [114]

I hear what you are saying, but something radical needs to be done and it needs to be done soon.

On another thread, a while ago, someone predicted something like this would start happening and that the end result would be race-riots.

All I can say is that I don't want to be anywhere nearby if/when it happens.
Mister H   
30 Jan 2009
UK, Ireland / Life in the UK for some Poles (sad article) [124]

Much will depend on the media's spin doctors and their meddling. If the foreigners are gonna be made the scapegoats, then it doesn't look so rosy.

I guess time will tell, but the more that gets swept under the carpet, the bigger the mound of dirt we have to try and crawl over.
Mister H   
30 Jan 2009
UK, Ireland / Here comes the Anti-Immigration marches.... [114]

We're making "a huge deal out of it" due to the numbers involved, not because of immigration itself.

There will always be some that will be against any kind of immigration, but I think you will find that most decent folk just want to see some common-sense applied and some controls in place.
Mister H   
30 Jan 2009
UK, Ireland / Life in the UK for some Poles (sad article) [124]

The golden notion is, da da, choice!! We have the right to reverse course but we won't. It has been swept under the carpet. MP's don't wanna know.

But surely with everything that is happening: recession, people going on strike because of foreign workers, a general election looming.......they will have to do something.

I don't get how they can ignore this for much longer.
Mister H   
30 Jan 2009
UK, Ireland / Life in the UK for some Poles (sad article) [124]

I agree and I don't want to go over old ground (again!), but other EU countries don't seem to be having such problems with numbers etc, so why can't the UK just adopt the same approach ?

Surely it's not too late ?!
Mister H   
30 Jan 2009
UK, Ireland / Life in the UK for some Poles (sad article) [124]

I'm sure that many British people felt the same when the great iron doors of the EU were flung open with no concern for the future.
Mister H   
30 Jan 2009
UK, Ireland / Here comes the Anti-Immigration marches.... [114]

I don't understand why people are so much against immigration.... the British immigrated/colonized everywhere years and years ago and yet you see nobody complaining.

Yes well, that maybe so, but the people that were involved in such decisions are long gone.

It's 2009 and we need to deal with the here and now !
Mister H   
30 Jan 2009
UK, Ireland / Here comes the Anti-Immigration marches.... [114]

I like the idea if a 'United States of Europe' but I'm sick of Asian and African new-comers who have no love for me or my culture.
I'd round them up and put them on the first ship out of Europe.

Define new-comers.
Mister H   
30 Jan 2009
UK, Ireland / UK In Recession - It's Official [26]

Its no so easy to be granted bank loans in Poland, banks are generally quite thorough with their lending criteria. Most Poles that i know who are in debt, owe the loan sharks. You have the A4 sheets posted on every street corner with their little slips you pull off at the bottom. Very tempting for poor people.

Polish media are exagerating the crisis in the UK.

Why would they exaggerate ? To try and stop people from coming here to work ?

And while the Polish (and other foreign nationals) I've spoken to recently may not be in debt to loan sharks, a frightening amount are going for IVAs and even considering bankruptcy.

It is being tentatively covered.

What affect are they saying it will have on the Polish currently working here ?
Mister H   
30 Jan 2009
UK, Ireland / Here comes the Anti-Immigration marches.... [114]

Things will hopefully get better soon, but the current situation is an unavoidable fact of economic life. British workers just have to get on with it.

Are you going to evening classes in "how to be patronising" ?

I think that the vast majority of British workers are just "getting on with it", but surely anyone would react if they were going to be got rid of in favour of cheaper alternatives ?

Most people need a certain level of income in order to survive and keep food on the table and a roof over their heads. I'm sure that for many of those men, the Sky subscription etc went ages ago.

And herein lies the problem - :( But do we have a choice? Given the choice and I am being truthful, I would pay a little bit more for something made in this country - if you take in to consideration, the import costs ect., the costs probably wouldn't be too different.

I would also pay a little more to have something "Made In Britain", if I could find such a thing.
Mister H   
29 Jan 2009
UK, Ireland / TRUTH AND DELUSION ABOUT POLES IN UK [65]

superjay's post number #16 It's probably the greatest post I have ever read on here about the British.
I am surprised it was not remarked or commented on???.

Well, I've just tried to read it, but it is a wall of writing.

It needs some paragraphs to help the reader to keep with it.
Mister H   
29 Jan 2009
UK, Ireland / UK In Recession - It's Official [26]

I'd also be interested to know how the British recession is being covered in the Polish media and also what is the attitude of the Polish to debt ?

Thoughts anyone ?
Mister H   
29 Jan 2009
UK, Ireland / Rise in race crimes linked to attacks on Poles [50]

A British friend of mine got attacked in Poland waiting in a queue for some fast food. The cops, of course, just stood and watched.

Someone who helped my mate up told him th yobs had been talking about how they used to fight with the Brits in UK. Seems they heard his British accent...

Why didn't the police help ?
Mister H   
29 Jan 2009
UK, Ireland / 800K of Polish immigrants in UK don't pay taxes -what do the poles think [190]

It could mean a lot, because foreign citizens once they have lived legally here for 5 years or more can apply to be British citizens. Therefore all those Poles who came in 2004 can this year be British citizens. Then you can not slag them off, because they will be British, just like you.

In my humble opinion, British citizens are those who were born and raised here, rather than those that become British citizens because it makes "economic sense" to fill in a form under the Union Jack.
Mister H   
26 Jan 2009
UK, Ireland / Rise in race crimes linked to attacks on Poles [50]

Blacks and Muslims are the trouble makers in England and they are destroying the country from with in!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And the award for sweeping generalisation of the day goes to............
Mister H   
26 Jan 2009
UK, Ireland / Polish community in Leeds? [25]

Personally I think there is a difference between someone with lots of money moving around to avoid tax and someone wanting to go and flip burgers in another country, simply because the hourly rate is higher.

Of course I am proud of my parents, but they were born here as were their parents - I'm not trying to say I can trace my family back to the Doomesday Book or anything, just stating a fact.

When it comes to nationality, sooner or later people have to decide whose "side" they are on. If someone emigrates, then good luck to them, but it doesn't mean that their new country will want to indulge their patriotism in a country that they didn't like enough to stay in.
Mister H   
26 Jan 2009
UK, Ireland / Rise in race crimes linked to attacks on Poles [50]

yes but i found a very similar ,recent story on interia.pl but it was in polish.the number of attacks on poles has grown significantly in recent months and it will be growing because there is no answer from authorities.attacked dark skinned immigrant make news but a pole?i've never heard anything about such incident on the bbc, itv, ect.sad but true.
2008

Maybe it's just the area I live in, but I don't tend to hear about racial attacks on anybody of any background

While I'm not in any way condoning such attacks, maybe when someone decides to move countries, they should be a little more "clued-up" about the places they are moving too ?

Some places will always have problems, whether it's the locals picking on each other or on foreigners, so better to leave them to it and live somewhere else.