History / UK betrayal of Poland during and after WWII [12]


something very fishy about the opening post-I agree. In my experience, most English people have little knowledge of what happened with Poland after the war and the ones that do know a bit believe Poland should be grateful for the UK declaring war on Hitler. Troll bait....

Classifieds / House cleaner job - Chichester, West Sussex [12]


I nearly choked on my sandwich. Life on benefits in the UK is very cushy. One benefit opens the door to another which opens the door to another.

Why do you think the migrants from Africa want to come here ? To work ??

Polonia / Half-Polish Terrorist attack on the Champs-Elysses [55]

It's probably easier and more lucrative to smuggle migrants through Calais

Love / THE POLISH DISEASE, wanna marry a Polish girl ? read on... [197]

@Hanif

How much money are you prepared to pay ?

Polonia / Half-Polish Terrorist attack on the Champs-Elysses [55]

Don't most criminals think they can get away with it ?

Life / Polish people and racism. [943]


A very accurate description. Young Muslim men seem to think of themselves as Italian mobsters

Law / Help with Postal Customs office in Poland. I need to get an item that is being withheld there. Rolex imitation [30]

Pity the Post Office can't be as vigilant with their own staff. I have lost count the number of times I have sent things to Poland and they have gone "missing" en route

Polonia / Half-Polish Terrorist attack on the Champs-Elysses [55]


Interesting description Delph-did you just like using the word "terrorist" because it makes your post look more dramat"ic ?

"Gun smuggler" sounds a little boring I guess ?

Law / Help with Postal Customs office in Poland. I need to get an item that is being withheld there. Rolex imitation [30]

Not sure that would have worked. Fake is fake and fake is illegal

Life / Polish people and racism. [943]


It's a bit more complicated than that.

Many Muslims were born in Europe and many more will continue to be born in Europe. They do not "fit in" with the host nation's culture but it can now be argued that they don't have to fit in as many Western European nations have sizeable muslim communities that reduces the need to integrate properly

Life / Polish people and racism. [943]

@Dirk diggler

Don't forget that there are a lot of home grown muslims who feel the way you described earlier. It's not always down to a foreigner's mentality because they come from another country.

British born muslims have become much more hardline than the preceding generation.

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


You may have a good point there.

I remember reading somewhere that most immigrants to the UK are technically illegal as they require some form of travel insurance.

Having said that, I think we need to accept the spirit of the pledge that May made. I doubt Poles or other EU immigrants will be sent back

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

Merged:

Teresa May-and EU citizens

Looks like Poles in the UK are now safe :)

Language / Poles struggle with English vowels [42]

I often have to stifle a smile when I hear Polish friends say they have been to the "beach" but make it sound like "*****" :)

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


The price of peace perhaps ?

Britain did not want to go to war again with Stalin over Poland's independence. Poland was just collateral damage.

I think when some Poles talk about Poland being "sold" they do not mean literally

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

@Marsupial

People will hate whoever is in power-I don't think it's just a "Tory" thing.

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


On "an" open forum.......see the point I was making about how easily it can be used as a weapon of condescension ? :)


The whole thing is a complete mess :(

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

@Lyzko
It's for the poster to decide if it's a learning forum or not. Perhaps they simply want to make a point in English about the topic being discussed and not be corrected on any grammatical mistakes they make en route to doing that. Without face to face communication then correcting someone's language can sometimes be considered as pedantic or condescending. I don't think you were trying to be either of those two things but there are some on this forum who are happy to score cheap points against anyone who disagrees with them so I think it could be a dangerous precedence to set.

Love / Do Polish girl interested in Indonesian guy? [8]

In answer to your post title...."yes"-every single Polish girl loves Indonesian guys. Please invite us to the wedding

Food / What happened to the fish and chip restaurant in Krakow? [4]

Have you ever tried explaining to a Pole that you eat chips with vinegar ? :)

Life / Settle in Poland, which city is best? [30]

How does the tax situation affect any UK pensions that might be payable.......I'm trying to think ahead

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


Not really or is it a learning forum because you say it is ? I agree with the poster that it's pretty poor form to criticise someone's English on a forum where people from all round the world regularly contribute (often in their second language).


Nothing is straightforward in life especially in politics. The Brexit delivered an outcome that most politicians, even the pro-Brexit ones, did not expect. I'm convinced that Johnson and Gove believed it would make a nice protest vote and then once Brexit was defeated then it would be back to business as usual.

Instead, the calamitous decision has led to one PM resigning and another one on the verge of being kicked out. Europe would prefer the UK to remain and I think they will accept a change of heart from the UK if ever that happens.

What is more likely to happen is that the hard Brexit that May was pursuing will now soften and that could well include freedom of movement for workers and therefore Poles

Love / DO RELIGIOUS POLISH GIRLS STILL EXIST IN THIS GENERATION [66]


Ah you mean in the same way that you pretend to know what you're talking about when discussing muslim integration despite never having lived amongst a muslim community in any significant number ? Or when you declare that the IRA were "Catholic terrorists" thereby drawing a parallel with Islamic terrorism.....still waiting for you to respond to that buddy :)

Love / DO RELIGIOUS POLISH GIRLS STILL EXIST IN THIS GENERATION [66]


Another example of "Harry-logic". Talk to a few people and then extrapolate so he becomes an expert on every church goer. Interesting that you are convinced I do not speak to Polish people. Taking cheap shots by firing random accusations eh Harry ?

Love / DO RELIGIOUS POLISH GIRLS STILL EXIST IN THIS GENERATION [66]


Not only that but Harry evidently has supernatural powers as he can read the minds of Polish church goers and know their real reasons for attending mass.

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


Depends how you look at it. I assume the 80% you are referring to is from the General Election. However, in the EU referendum 48% of people did not want to leave and the way the question was formed to the people even the 52% who did vote to leave didn't really know what exactly they were voting for.

Teresa May has interpreted the result her own way and that means a hard Brexit

Love / DO RELIGIOUS POLISH GIRLS STILL EXIST IN THIS GENERATION [66]


And how will you know that ? By asking a bunch of strangers (mostly men) on a Polish forum (many of whom don't live in Poland). Of course, you could ask every single Polish woman in Poland but of course we're not generalising

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


That was just a soundbite from a leader determined to sound ............determined-nothing more. I think even as she was uttering the words "Brexit means Brexit" she didn't have crystal clear clarity on what form of Brexit we were pursuing. With the events over the last few days I think the UK has moved closed to a very open interpretation of what Brexit means and I'm still not entirely convinced it will ever actually happen