News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]

The members of the European Parliament are elected, including some fairly barmy Polish ones like Korwin Mikke. This is also the only elected office that Nigel Farage has held.

But in any case the refugee deal was not made by MEPs but was agreed by the elected leadership of the 28 member states.

It is strange that several weeks ago you arrived with a fairly innocent questions about finding a job here. Now you seem intent on long illogical generally ill informed rants about migration, cucks, virtue signalling, the perfidy of the EU et cetera et cetera .

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]

Have you ever spent any time here ? It's now Thursday and in the week so far I cannot remember a single discussion with a Pole about migration - and I spend a lot of time in talking about business, the economy or politics. More prosaic discussions with friends or in bars are about the doctors strike, Lewandowsk, Kaczynski returning, the price of butter or what's in the Lidl ulotka this week.

Immigration is much further down the agenda than you think.

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]

Yes you can say that. Like John Godson or Olisadebe.

You could say it even more if you were born in Poland, educated here, bought up your kids here and paid tax here. Just like Sadiq Khan does in Britain.

At some point one of your Portuguese ancestors became American

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]

Fortunately The British parliament gets to decide who is British - not Americans based in Saudi

Sadiq Khan, son of a hard working tax paying bus driver and a dedicated public servant would seem the very model of assimilation that you question is possible.

Work / Confused ... 1 yr London Vs Poland Base hiring [30]

Median household incomes in the NE - Boston 68k, Philly 42k, DC 75k. So 100k is still a lot by US standards

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]

You are ignorant of the facts

The EU financial system does not require half of the funds being stumped up by villagers for a simple village hall or asphalt road. It's a grant not a loan. Have any of you driven over cobblestones in snow ? Each one becomes a tiny ice cube.

when you say they voted for "it" what does "it" mean ? Hard Brexit ? Soft Brexit ? Single market ? Customs union ? Switzerland and Norway are both in the Single Market and in the EEA and in the customs union - but this is a position the British government have not decide on yet (they have not decided on much)

Britain did need Europe in 1972 when it joined - left without an empire after the 60s it was falling badly behind its neighbors economically which gave it the impetus to join.

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]

Right - rip up a perfect trade agreement with the 27 democracies next door and start to negotiate new ones with dictatorships on the other side of the globe (who only have one thing to sell). The logic of Brexit ! Might be a long 5 years......

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]

Almost every word you write is incorrect - Brexit will screw London hard as the banks lose their passport if right and the free movement of capital with the EU is curtailed. It is already costing thousands of jobs in London that are going to Dublin and Frankfurt. That is why the govt is begging for an extension to the negotiating period - they know it is an economic disaster.

As for "less rules" then in order to keep exporting to the EU currently 45% of exports, then they will need to follow the EU rules anyway, except now that they will not have any say in the formulation of those rules.

Investors and the markets are scared because Brexit is a moronic idea that nobody is able to implement in a sensible way.

migration being the biggest issue ever is clearly your belief but for most people here it is way down the list - after employment, living standards, the health service, the constitution etc. The danger from migrants is far less than the danger from Trump and Putin.

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]

The Brexit campaign did not mention any economic downturn - in fact they said Brits would be better off. This and all the other lies were taken down from their website the day after the vote.

Can you find some quote from Merkel inviting a million refugees ? Even though you are single issue migrant obsessives, I doubt you can find that.

Farage is I believe now presenting a radio show. Boris Johnson is putting in a terrible performance as foreign minister as the UKs influence in the world is plummeting. May has an impossible job ahead of her cleaning up the mess made by these clowns and the gullible voters.

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]

The first sentence is corrrect but how does leaving the EU resolve that ? How will exiting the largest single market in the world, making things far more difficult for your exporters and devastating your main industry stop that happening again?

The Germans did not invite the migrants to Europe - they came up with a poor solution to an existing problem. An important reason for the migrants is The chaos caused by the wars in the middle east, in which the UK was an enthusiastic participant

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]

A huge drop in the value of the pound since the referendum was announced; as a result the highest inflation for five years; an immediate increase of 20 billion in the government borrowing requirements in October 2016 and I suggest you wait for the budget later in November when this figure will be increased considerably - that's money that UK taxpayers your children and your grandchildren will have to pay in the future; economic growth that has slowed from being one of the best performers in Europe to just about the worst.

As for laws that have been passed - I cannot think of any major good laws implemented by the government since June 2016 - maybe the thing about tax credits? The rest of the time has been wasted in political infighting, a senseless election and bribing the voters of Northern Ireland. On her first day in office May made a speech about how she was going to address all of the burning injustices in British life - none of those promises has been addressed at all.

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]

Tell us what you know then - let me guess, it will include the words mainstream media, unelected bureaucrats, migrants, Brussels tyrants, straight bananas et cetera

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]

I know something about Brexit.

Primarily that it is a stupid idea , that none of the politicians who supported it are willing or able to implement it, that it is already having severe detrimental effects on the UK economy, that it has made it impossible to pass any laws in the UK due to another chaotic election and a coalition without a clear majority; and I know that the money that it was supposed to save will now not materialise.

I know that these half baked ideas appealed mostly to senile people, bigots and the uneducated.

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]

I know how to spell.

Work / Confused ... 1 yr London Vs Poland Base hiring [30]

He probably has mortgage, nice car and kids at an expensive school plus skiing and a couple of weeks in France in which case he won't get much change from his 100k but it is not struggling as a Polish person would understand the term

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]

How's that working out for you ? What a tremendous decision eh ?

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]

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They did not vote en masse for Brexit - it was 52-48 with the 52 made up of the old and the poorly educated. Support for Brexit had fallen very much, the country is ungovernable and the govt is now begging to stay in the single market until they find something better.

In the US too I think people are realising its not a good idea to elect inexperienced fools

Work / Confused ... 1 yr London Vs Poland Base hiring [30]

It is much higher than the median wage in London - which is 35k. With no kids you could live comfortably on that

Work / Doctor in Poland refuses to give sick leave for day earlier [3]

Wait until you get paid - if it does not include the hours you missed them call your Dzial Kadry about it - they will mostly want a quiet life and probably pay you the extra few zloty. That will save you the time and transport cost to the doctor.

Real Estate / Help need advice on buying property in Poland and dealing with the seller [16]

Was there a contract for your deposit ? You can also use a notary for the deposit but it sounds like that did not happen in this case?

News / Polish-German Reconcilliation Seminar [491]

So the 1000 lawyers think the repararions should be one trillion - but you are willing to settle for 1 percent of that amount ? Your 10 bilion comes to about 250 euros a head. Still I should be able to get a new fridge with that as i saw a whirlpool today for 899 zloty so i am nów converted to this brillant idea.

Do you honestly think the Poles rebuilt their economy in their own, with no outside help ? Compare it to Serbia or Ukraine, both outside the EU - I doubt you have visited either of them but you can read up on it. I don't know if you were in Eastern Europe in the 90s but there was plenty of support from Germany, the US and other mature democracies.

News / Polish-German Reconcilliation Seminar [491]

All nonsense but there are plenty of separate EU threads.

Each of your clueless statements is easily rebutted.

There is no interest payable on those EU funds

Germany got a 38 million market, Poland got an 80 million market with three times the spending power.

Yes Poland has a cheap labor force - but EU membership has meant that it is now far more skilled than it was in 2004, again the mutual benefits of free trade.

Some of those grants might go to German companies, plenty more goes to Polish businesses. In any case those German own businesses are employing Poles, paying Social Security, paying taxes, supporting the zloty, and most of all significantly modernising the manufacturing capacity of the country.

News / Polish-German Reconcilliation Seminar [491]

But we only need to mention one - The opening of German and other EU markets free from all restrictions, to Polish businesses. That is the very basis of Polands current boom and the dramatic rise in living standards that has accompanied it.

News / Polish-German Reconcilliation Seminar [491]

Why against reopening the issue ? Because long term reconciliation is better for peace and prosperity than short term money. Poland is now more prosperous and stable than ever before - not because of PiS or PO but through 28 years of work by its people and governments. The EU and NATO have been a strong part of this transition to a mature democracy and within those bodies Germany always a strong partner. Poland will gain little from replacing the UK as the most awkward member of the EU, in fact it will probably lose its status as the biggest voice of the 2004 countries.

If you live here rather than in Chicago you have more knowledge of how interconnected the economies now are and more at stake if It goes wrong. It would play into the hands of the worst elements of German society.

So none of the 1000 lawyers are looking at Russia because they can't be expected to do much ?

News / Polish-German Reconcilliation Seminar [491]

You are poor at maths Dirk - the Greek compensation would be 1.2bn based on your high rate of interest - that is 600x less than the figure you are quoting for Polish compensation. Or even more if you allow for the fact it was in DEM

And Germany might have a fraction of US power when it comes to trade but it is a large fraction - German total exports are 92% of the US level of exports. It is the third biggest trader in the world and it is unlikely that even a nut job like Trump would enter into a trade war or trivial 3rd party reasons.

As for the 1000 lawyers working on this then they can use as a starting point the fact that there are treaties signed by both governments saying the matter is closed - I don't know what the other 999 will do but I'm sure they will be charging a lot of hours and taxi fares if they were anything like typical Warsaw lawyers.

News / Polish-German Reconcilliation Seminar [491]

Yes - and based on your logic the Iraqis of 2083 will have an excellent case for reparations against the US, UK, Poles and a few others for this illegal invasion.

We can indeed circle back in a year to check your prediction that US luxury car buyers will be funding German reparations to Poland via a tariff on Porsches. As I remember tariffs was also the idea for collecting the money for the stupid Mexico wall ?

You do realise that when tariffs are imposed the other side normally responds ?

News / Polish-German Reconcilliation Seminar [491]

Why on earth is it game over just because the White House is involved ? How are they doing getting the money from the Mexicans to build that wall ? Trump does not trump international law and he is not going to have much luck making German or Russian taxpayers cough up for something their grandparents did 80 years ago.

In any case they obviously have no time to deal with nonsensical disputes on a different continent.

News / Polish-German Reconcilliation Seminar [491]

I imagine my grandparents misery is equal to yours - between mine and my wife's we have 2 deportations, 3 burned farms (one German, two Soviet) one dead, two wounded, a house bombed by the Germans etc. i don't want any reparations for that - rather I would like my own kids to live in a world where it does not happen again.

Which is why refighting the battles of 80 years ago is not constructive.

News / Polish-German Reconcilliation Seminar [491]

You are talking about meetings in Chicago right ? Hope the food was good because otherwise they are of no importance.

Life / Boring Life after work in Poland (Bydgoszcz) [29]

Perfect storm - start of winter plus splitting up with a girl. Don't worry as I'm sure you will feel more positive in a few weeks.

Strongly suggest you follow up the sports idea, even if it just joining a gym or learning chess like Dirk suggests. and why not take some trips at weekends - Warsaw, Gsansk, Berlin even.

It's a bit weird being an expat here and leaving work at 4pm - lots of companies worktheir expats very hard, but look after them well in terms of housing, schools etc.