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No Poles Allowed! - Latest Polonophobic Outrage Out of Britain [660]
I hope this guy is just acting hysterical to get the better results out of the case, rather than really speaking his mind.
The concerns are legitimate.
There have been numerous, offensive, violent, and even deadly incidents targeting Poles residing in the UK.
What's most troubling about all this is that Poles have been in the UK for generations but with larger numbers arriving since 2004. Poles are integrated, law-abiding and productive members of society in Britain.
However, Polonophobic incidents against Poles have been worsening in recent years.
Here is just a handful of examples which have made it into the media and have been discussed here on PF previously:
- In June 2016 the Polish Social and Cultural Association in London (POSK) was spray painted with obscene Polonophobic graffiti. Over a year later no arrest has been made despite surveillance images of a suspect being provided to the public.
- In August 2016 a Polish man was fatally attacked in Harlow for speaking in Polish and accented English. Hours after a vigil was held for him by the Polish community two Poles were assaulted in the same town.
- In January 2017 a Polish mother was shopping with her child in Stevenage and filmed being confronted by a British male who yelled at her to "start speaking English" and then told her to "go back home".
- In December 2017 this thread highlighted reports of a Polish man having to resort to finding funding in order to sue to have the offensive and illegal "No Poles allowed" signage removed after the owners refused following a request sent to them months ago.
Sure the sign included the term "Eastern Bloc" but that came after Poles were singled out by name.
All of these incidents are chronic, pervasive and unjustified hate crimes perpetrated by the British against Poles.
Others pointed out Poles will take fish they have caught home and there was this guy from the Netherlands claiming Poles have caught all the fish from certain lakes in his country - lol!
If that was the real motive behind it then the owners could have put up a multilingual sign (in all EU languages and predominant Asian and African languages spoken in the UK) saying that fishing is for catch and release only and any fish caught must not be taken off the premises.
But no, that's not what the owners did. They have a personal hatred towards Poles in particular, want them excluded, and literally spelled it out for all to see.