English people attitude towards Poles?

One could argue that the the UK as a country (and people) benefitted from exploiting other lands for cneturies. True modern Englanders (is that the term) should not be blamed for this fact, nor should they take credit for others' deeds from the past mind you, however it does justify on a macro level this "invasion."

But when it's all said and done the ones to be pissed at are in government and are the employers in either society.

If I were English, I'd be thinking "how could the government sell our culture down the river like this?"

And if I were Polish, I'd be thinking "how can those ******** (in gov't and business) expect us to get by on 800zł a month? I have to go."

It's a brutal world but lets not blame the individual for the big picture. Yes we're all responsible for what you do or don't do, but we're not the policy makers and shouldn't be blamed for reacting to the policies government and business set up.

GIVE THE POLES A RETURN TICKET. VOTE BNP. GET OUR COUNTRY BACK.

U r gonna pay for that, r u?

That would be a ticket that would see them home then back here again then......


Yes,dont be tardy,be a smarty,go an vote for the nazi party......


Why,has it drifted out to sea,I hadnt noticed as I thought I still had a country,maybe its just you baird,who are such an insignificant little worm that you have been overlooked somehow?

yeah, ill vote for a 2 bit party with no idea's bar racist ones for them to tax me to give all immagrants my cash.... bnp, "a case of verbal diarrea"

It's just the opinion of a minority...which the media blow out of proportion!

i think you'll find it's the voice of the silent majority, our immigration system is in absoloute shambles more and more indigneous people are leaving britain as a result of this open door policy

Brits travel quite freely around the world. We move to other countries for x number of years and use the health systems there. What's wrong with Poles doing it, as long as they pay their dues. They have some cheaper health care options so why not use them? It shouldn't be a quest to keep Britain wealthy.

no no seanus you fool you don't open your borders to a possible 500 million people with a small country like ours and i have no problem with people emigrating to the uk but 1.3 million in just 3 years is really straining our country to bursting point also lower brits will never get a pay rise due to cheap migrant labour they can't send money to poland to buy goods at a fraction of the price when they get minimum wage there is a lot more to it than saying why not just let poles in , many people feel that the EU is just one big joke on them ,yes poland may benefit from it by being a poor country but the EU hasn't done anything to help the overall native population of people living in england

Then what do you propose? The floodgates were opened quite a while back and employers are hiring many Poles. Contracts have been signed. OK, let's assume that I am against mass immigration, what can be done?

the number one reason that brits move to work abroad seanus is because britain INVESTS abroad.
the vast majority of brits who move abroad are proffesionals who move with british investment into other countries. they do not number hundreds of thousand and move to a country t clean toilets. the situation is completely differant

Well, you have a good point but many Poles are setting themselves up as doctors and dentists, professions that are generally admirable. The Brits like to invest with good capital behind them, that's true.

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7162733.stm

Seanus, you should read this article..

I've read it and it sends out mixed messages. Many people overspend and that's their choice, thay have to live with the consequences. I'd say Scots tend to budget better so the stats may apply to England more. No causal connection was established linking this economic downturn with the Poles. The job market, truth be known, was bad in 2001, filled with pathetic jobs, and that's b4 the Poles started to flock across in 2003/4

I haven't really read all the way through this forum topic, but I just think I should point out that no indiviual can take the stand point of a group of individuals...

We are past the 1950's when demographics such as women could be represented by one simple pamphlet handed out by the masses... Every one of us has an opinion, represented by ourselves, not by any group.

My individual opinion to the Poles (that I have met) is that they are good looking, charming, and considerate... And so far they are far more attractive than any english men I have ever met!

However, I am still young, and I have many dissapointments to come my way!!!

You really are not getting my point.....


You need to get out more or maybe English men just dont find you attractive.

I once met a Pole.

Are these people of small stature or are you refering to the white working class?

Just by using the two words together you have shown that you obviously do not consider yourself one of them.
Lennyd/noimmigration this muppet show of tag team nonsense isn't working. "you can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all the people all the time."

Your style, mentality and spelling give you away, deeply reminisent of a certain Manser character who trawled this forum a while back.

(Is that you Paul?)

Remember how you answer will tell me if I'm right or wrong.

Come on man, show me your hand.

I live in England and I don't know anybody who hates the Poles inparticular. I think there's a general view that people were afraid of mass immigration since Poland joined the EU, but most Poles have seen to be hard working and there's nothing nasty about them. Many supermarkets have even started selling Polish food brands. We had a shortage of NHS dentists in Britain as dentists started getting greedy and only doing private work, but my Polish dentist was the first National Health Service dentist we had for ages so I'm glad he moved here. I think people who make a fuss are stupid, as when England didn't have enough work for builders in the 1980s they all went to Germany to work. I would rather have Poles coming here than people from third world countries like Africa, as South London is full of them shooting each other and treating it like a jungle.

That's what I call an realist ;)
I like realists


Ideologicly I would oppose any such behavior, but it's the same with Sionists in Pre-war Poland co-operating with Polish right-exremists.

Yes get the Poles back to Poland! Poland needs them ;)

Totally agreed. Always respect those who took the oppurtunity to try to find a better living condition, get a bit more experience than those who is just sitting and cry ppl come to their country and steal their jobs. As an employer, our policy is to recruit the person who can do the job best not nationality. However, the sad side of the story is that quite a big percentage of Poles who are serious to do something about their lifes left the country, and the crying ones or worst, those they think they can so much better than the job they are doing nowwithout understanding what is needed to take the position stay. Pls ask them to come back, there are always jobs for ppl who really want to work in PL.

Minimum wage employer, no less.

Well that depends who you listen to, i bet if the media went around saying they were all gay you would believe it. Yes some may be nazi supporters but i expect they are only there because of some of the policies and not because they really support the BNP.


Well iam sorry to burst your bubble but thats not true, the vast majority of people dislike polish people, the reasons vary but the polite and sometimes friendly person that you see at work for example will most likely harbour some dislike of polish people. It doesn't seem to be confined to working class either, i live in a middle class area and to be honest i've heard so many negative comments that i don't even discuss it anymore because i have heard it so many times before. That is something that i have never seen the media report on.


Its not quite the same, the countries that we move to don't have a welfare system that is as generous as ours. We also tend to move a fair amount of capital with us aswell, this is something that i have never known a polish person to do but i expect they do exist in small numbers.

British Empire, who are you to say what the majority opinion of the British people is? I have never seen any poll to support your claim and I don't believe for a second that it's true. That the majority of British racists hate the Poles I have no doubt is true, however, I have enough faith in my fellow citizens to believe that the majority of Britons are not racist. In any case, immigration brings many benefits. If Britian had closed its doors to immigrants many centuries ago then I would guess that the majority of us – perhaps even your own family – would not be British now.

You've been listening to politicans too much chickadee!


Its not about closing the doors, its about being more selective.


What do you think we would be? Are you suggesting we'd all be German?

tell that to the white working class who can't get jobs or council housing, as they watch every other nationality queue jump the housing register. And if they say A WORD about this, then they are "Racist" or "Lazy".

Can you prove this sweeping (and suspect) assertion?


According to whom? Again, an example please.

I seriously used to think that poles were a nation of hard working dilligent and honest people till i moved here and discovered the half arsedness of their work, especially in the construction industry, I thought that the majority of people here would be honest when in reality they are simply trying to get one over on other people and continuously trying to rip people off.

Obviously not all but the quality of work done here is shocking and nowhere near up to British standards (and definitely nowhere near up to german standards)

People with an education are generally fantastic here, ie doctors, lawyers, and businessmen but the average man on the street seems to be trying to con someone out of something all the time.

Just like an average chap in UK, I have never experienced 'bad look' from a middle class man but an ordinary people back me off many times. Pure class struggle and I am not a Marxist, oh definitely no.

This seemed interesting:

Tesco doubles Polish food range as Polish exodus ends