Classifieds / English accountant needed [3]

Why do you need to declare your income to HMRC if you are selling and receiving all your income to your Polish bank account?

Life / American TV in Poland [6]

Merged:

Can the Amazon Firestick work in Poland ?

I wouldn't expect Netflix UK to work in Poland but is there any known geo blocking that would prevent other features if the device was in Poland in particular Kodi and Showbox ;) ?

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


Twenty years ago, comments like that would be justifiably racist but the immigrants are not helping themselves or their public image

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


I was born in the UK and still live here. What Dirk is saying is NOT BS although I will admit it depends on where you live. People who live in rural areas quite possibly have no idea what it's like to live in many English towns and cities. Their liberal, left wing views remain unchallenged because they see everything through rose coloured spectacles.

News / "It's too late for Germany" (but not for Poland) [1798]


Whoa. "refugees" ? Let's see the proof that migrants are actually "refugees" before trying to make grandiose speeches that Poland has an obligation to accept them.

Real Estate / Does commercial property rent relief exist in Poland ? [4]

For the landlord.

Here in the UK local authorities provide 3 or 6 month rent free periods whenever a tenant vacates a property and the property remains empty.

Just wondering if there are similar reliefs for landlords in Poland ?

Life / My Last Link To Poland Died - Why Leaving Poland Was My Best Decision [249]


That's a curious generalisation to make.

When you say Indian then shouldn't it mean Indian ?? Otherwise, why not use the term "Asian" ??

I know many Indian people who would hate to be spoken described as Pakistani or Bangladeshi ?

I think when you describe Indians as being the best students then your "source" is referring to exactly that i.e. Indians. Pakistani/Bangladeshi students are notoriously unsuccesful here in the UK and probably in New Zealand too.

PS. When I say "New Zealand" I also mean Australia, Singapore and China

Life / My Last Link To Poland Died - Why Leaving Poland Was My Best Decision [249]

No place is perfect.

I can think of 50 reasons why I hate the country I live but we have to realistic and accept every country is the same......but different :)

UK, Ireland / No Poles Allowed! - Latest Polonophobic Outrage Out of Britain [660]

To be fair, I have to agree with Dirk when he says there is a degree of anti-Polish sentiment in the UK.

It is real and it does exist. Bizarrely enough, I have had conversations with people who openly admit they are fed up of Eastern Europeans living here (they include Poles in that category) yet they don't complain about having to drive past 5 mosques on the way home.

Weird eh ?

It's not just the Daily Mail either. TV programs also stoke the fires

News / "It's too late for Germany" (but not for Poland) [1798]

The irony is that if things continue in the current direction and continue along the same pace then the people who are changing the fabric of the host country will end up living in a place identical to the place they left for a "better life".

UK, Ireland / Muslim man abuses and threatens Polish woman in the UK [49]


No proof = fake news

News / "It's too late for Germany" (but not for Poland) [1798]


Poland, thankfully, has the benefit of hindsight. She can look to the West and see the stresses and tribulations and can choose to shape the future it wants. Thank goodness.

UK, Ireland / No Poles Allowed! - Latest Polonophobic Outrage Out of Britain [660]


That's complete BS. The older community are in their 70's at least. The younger Poles don't offer any threat to them. In fact, the only time the two generations probably see each other is at church and the local Polskie sklep. Church community halls are now being run by the younger generation as the older Poles no longer have the energy to do it.

It's the younger Poles who have little empathy for their fellow Poles as they share the same workplaces

Travel / Anyone here use/used Ryanair? Flying from/to Poland [31]

Tories are the best option in a pool of mediocrity. They are a far better option than Labour at the moment though...

Travel / Anyone here use/used Ryanair? Flying from/to Poland [31]

I flew with them once and it wasn't as bad as I was anticipating. I did find the constant adverts over the loudspeakers rather annoying though

UK, Ireland / Criminal elements within the Polish community in the UK [26]

What is the source for the opening post ???

What next ? A thread about "Polish hooligans littering the moon" ? Let's not verify the source of the claim but instead let's discuss for pages and pages why some of us may believe that Poles have a "problem" with littering.

News / Poland's economic future? [294]


I rarely agree with you lately but on this statement I have to.

I remember years ago I tried to establish business relationships with some Polish companies-they simply weren't interested. They weren't even bothered to scope out the opportunity for themselves.

I grind my teeth at the incompetence of the Polish Tourist Office who just do not do enough to sell this beautiful country to foreign tourists

History / WWII - who really was the first to help Poland? [900]

As can be seen by the varied responses, the question, "who really was the first to help Poland" is perhaps responsible for the difference of opinion.

Britain and France declared war on Germany as a direct result of Germany's attack on Poland and some people consider that declaration as "help". Others will claim that Poland wasn't actually put in any better position in the weeks and months after war was declared on Germany and these people argue that Poland wasn't helped at this time.

Poland had fallen faster than expected and I don't think it's inaccurate to suggest that Britain and France considered Poland a "lost cause" by that time. Defending or helping Poland was no longer the primary concern-confronting the aggressive German war machine became the primary objective

News / Arrests made in Poland for Hitler birthday celebrations [35]

I'm pretty sure that the people celebrating Hitler's birthday have zero connection to the politicians claiming reparations so it really isn't bizarre at all.

No doubt there will be people in the UK AND Ireland who would also participate in this twisted celebration.

History / WWII - who really was the first to help Poland? [900]


I presume Norman Davies is referring to the 1946 parade if you bothered to read the rest of his article. How many victory parades were in London after the war ?

A snapshot of page 299 taken on your phone would be a lot less than 100kb so shouldn't be a problem for you to upload it here. Rather surprised you're not chomping at the bit to prove your point by showing us the article but then again it's easy to make claims without backing them up.

As I have already written, your link to the Hansard article only reinforces the point against you in that some of the Poles who fought in the Battle of Britain were invited to be part of the RAF contingent. Are you reading something else ??

How many times are you going to throw lines like "if you check page 23 from the Idiot Telegraph (Bognor Regis edition) then you will clearly see that I am right and you are an idiot" ??

@Atch the point is that the free Polish Army were not invited-I am not disputing that some Poles were invited.

History / WWII - who really was the first to help Poland? [900]


I have the book at home so may check later. I also have his email address so might be tempted to see what he says about your claims in general.

Davies' article in the Guardian (see below) suggests that your black and white interpretation is off the mark so tone down your insults to others who disagree with you.

theguardian.com/books/2003/nov/08/featuresreviews.guardianreview2

History / WWII - who really was the first to help Poland? [900]


In all fairness if people in some areas did not volunteer for the DVL then there would have been implied pressure for the safety of the man and his family. These things happened in war. If we look at it in the cold light of day we can claim that he "volunteered" but in reality there would have been pressure on men in some areas to volunteer or else.....

History / WWII - who really was the first to help Poland? [900]


First of all I didn't realise that you are actually "Harry" though I did wonder where you had disappeared to. Is the new name to try and throw the mods off your scent ? :)

Secondly, I had no past form for lying on this forum. Are you trying to bait forum members again ? Can we not have a civilised debate without the same people resorting to throwing personal insults at anyone who dares disagree with them ?

Thirdly, you actually haven't proven anything at all regarding the claim about Anders. All you have done is made a claim that neither you or us can verify because you have been purposefully ambiguous with the details. Scan a copy of page 299 so we can see the context. You must have the book in your flat otherwise you couldn't be so specific about the page number.

History / WWII - who really was the first to help Poland? [900]


Nope but let's not allow the facts to get in the way of your determination to prove a point eh ?

The way you frame your point is interesting e.g. "it is known that sets of Poles were invited to take part"

We are not disputing that some Poles or "sets of Poles" as you so eloquently put it, were invited to take part. We are making the distinction that the Poles who were invited were not part of the free Polish Army and these Poles were not invited to take part

Thanks for the link to Hansard (still waiting on your quote from Anders' book though). An excerpt from Hansard is detailed below. Thanks for reinforcing the argument against your own point...

"Let me be quite honest. We have not invited the Navy and the Army, but we did invite some of the Poles who flew in the Battle of Britain, to march past in the R.A.F. contingent. The action was not taken to please M. Molotov. The action was taken because we have to bring about some kind of balance between these governmental forces,"

History / WWII - who really was the first to help Poland? [900]

Well

I was just about to quote the same source.

The general consensus is that Poles who fought under Allied Command were not invited to take part in the VE parade of 1945. Reading casual posts of two people from this forum who disagree with that historical fact isn't going to sway me.

Taxpaying voter can easily scan a copy of the book he refers to so we can read the claim in the proper context (presuming the claim is correct).

For Jon to dismiss the dozens of historical documents as myth is really rather astounding and arrogant.

History / WWII - who really was the first to help Poland? [900]

It's easy to dismiss something as a "myth" just because you want to disagree. Please back it up because Kaprys was correct with his statement......

Life / Going to Poland in a hijab - Polish people and Islam [154]


Slightly more tolerant than Saudi Arabia's tolerance towards other religions.....

UK, Ireland / No Poles Allowed! - Latest Polonophobic Outrage Out of Britain [660]

A lot of Brits like the Poles but I find that generally it is the uneducated masses who have an axe to grind with Polish people. The sign in question is discriminatory and in my opinion makes it illegal. Whether Poles are guilty of the offence is irrelevant you cannot target a single nationality and expect to get away with it.

Chances are the lake management team have no idea whether someone is Polish or not other than the fact they might hear them speaking a foreign language.

Life / Poland's post. Lost parcel!? [4]

Sorry I can't offer any constructive help but my own experiences of using Poland's own postal system is not good. I've had items removed from parcels and parcels gone missing.

Your best bet (if it's an option for you) is in future to use private courier companies that specialise in deliveries to Poland. Here in the UK almost every Polish shop will have some link with such companies