[Rychu]

I know this is not a place for that sort of threads but i find people on chrismoyles.net very inteligent and honest (straight forward) (kinda answer im looking for) Now I've been here in the UK for thre years now. Whilist learning English i found out that at the begginign (where you could still hear my Polish accent) people had mixed filings towards me (im a receptionist i meet people all over the country) but now when you can't really place my accent (North London apparently [big up])they seem to change the attitude towards me. *im a better speaker than speller.
There has been a flood of polish people in UK so i gues that most of you had something to do wyith a Polish guy or girl.
Id like to hear you comments about Poles folding UK. You up for it? maybe against it? Or maybe you've found a best friend in a polish dude?
If thats irrelevant - please remove this post. But Im very curious about your responce. Flod of Polish people in the UK what do you think?
(Im ready to take even the hardes abuse if necessary i won't take offence
Thank You

[MK Chris]

It's the same as anyone else coming over here; no problem with it as long as they work for a living.

[Mermaid]

I don't know any Polish people socially, but I have come across them in my work and they appear to have a reputation for being very hard working and conscientious.

[foot-loose]

There are a couple of polish folks working in my gym and they are very decent folk and always quick to greet people and chat to them.

I worry that some of them might be getting used as cheap labour though? Im not too clued up in the ways of these things so i dunno.

[Yudster]

One of the things I know about Polnad is that it is spelled Poland. Beyond that, on the immigration issue, like Topher - as long as the people who come here come prepared and able to work (and the general observation is that the vast majority of Polish immigrants fall squarely in this category), I don't see the problem. I will add to that - as long as they work legally, and contribute to the economy through taxes. The benefits issue is a thorny one - I don't know enough about the benefits system to have a completely clear idea, but there should be some way of legislating to avoid the enormous number of immigrants - EU and others - who come here purely to be able to claim benefits without making any contribution. Maybe something of this sort is already in place, but if it is, I don't think its working.

[Rychu]

One of the things I know about Polnad is that it is spelled Poland. Beyond that, on the immigration issue, like Topher - as long as the people who come here come prepared and able to work (and the general observation is that the vast majority of Polish immigrants fall squarely in this category), I don't see the problem. I will add to that - as long as they work legally, and contribute to the economy through taxes. The benefits issue is a thorny one - I don't know enough about the benefits system to have a completely clear idea, but there should be some way of legislating to avoid the enormous number of immigrants - EU and others - who come here purely to be able to claim benefits without making any contribution. Maybe something of this sort is already in place, but if it is, I don't think its working.

I think i love you would you marry me ?

[Yudster]

Of course you do, I'm incredibly loveable, but sorry - although I'll keep your details on file in case anything comes up in the future.

[Rychu]

Of course you do, I'm incredibly loveable, but sorry - although I'll keep your details on file in case anything comes up in the future.

He he cheers Will you be my "special" friend?

[~bex~]

I don't generally have a problem with Polish people working here. What I do have a problem with is that alot of Polish people have been hired locally as bus drivers, and they don't know the routes at all, so can't tell you where the buses stop or anything like that, and don't really understand the various discount cards people have. I don't blame the workers for that, I think the blame lies entirely with the bus company who clearly haven't spent enough time on training, but it can get pretty annoying.

[~JACQUI~]

I've never heard of a place called Polnad


Seriously though, I don't know a lot about Poland, sorry

[Rychu]

I've never heard of a place called Polnad


Seriously though, I don't know a lot about Poland, sorry

That seems to be quite fine, even Chris thinks that : Chechoslovacia still exist... That part of Europe still needs time to develope.
Enjoy honest opinions so far
Thanks

[kendra k]

there are lots of poles in america. i made friends with a lot of people from poland when i was living in germany- some of them were great, some of them were jerks.

i still can't get over how many times poland was carved up and passed between the russians, hapsburgs, and prussians.

[Ballbag]

I'm still chuckling to myself each time I log in when I read you Rychu, a Pole, asking us Brithish what we know about your home country of "Polnad".

The beauty of the "preview" button.

[Sidders]

I don't understand racism really. First and foremost I'm a human being. It just so happens I was born in Europe/Britain/England/Leicestershire, and apart from having to live with British laws and politics, I don't see why nationality matters. And that's ditto for anyone else who come and lives here, as long as they can abide our laws and politics they're welcome to live here.

[~bex~]

I don't understand racism really. First and foremost I'm a human being. It just so happens I was born in Europe/Britain/England/Leicestershire, and apart from having to live with British laws and politics, I don't see why nationality matters. And that's ditto for anyone else who come and lives here, as long as they can abide our laws and politics they're welcome to live here.

I agree with you to an extent, but there's only so many people who can live here - Britain's not that big lol. I think the time and money the government spend trying to sort out this stuff would be much better used if they tried to help develop the countries people are coming from, so they can lead the life they want without moving.

[pinkysibbs]

Totally agree Bex!

[MK Chris]

I don't understand racism really. First and foremost I'm a human being. It just so happens I was born in Europe/Britain/England/Leicestershire, and apart from having to live with British laws and politics, I don't see why nationality matters. And that's ditto for anyone else who come and lives here, as long as they can abide our laws and politics they're welcome to live here.

I agree with you to an extent, but there's only so many people who can live here - Britain's not that big lol. I think the time and money the government spend trying to sort out this stuff would be much better used if they tried to help develop the countries people are coming from, so they can lead the life they want without moving.

It's a fallacy that there are too many foreigners in this country; foreign nationals make up something like 7% of residents here.

[Gaspode_The_Wonder_Dog]

7% sounds a lot. I'm not sure you mean Foreign nationals.

I have been to Poland a few times and always found it a really nice country ready to have its character stamped out of it by Western Culture. I guess its progress really but the laid back way of life in Eastern Poland alway seemed amazing...

Oh and the women... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[MK Chris]

Hmm, maybe I don't, but I know some people who seem to think that foreign people make up 40-50% of the population of this country and it's utter bollocks. Foreign people to tend to congregate together, true; Luton has quite a high population of Asians and Bedford has a large Italian community, but that's natural, surely.

Do the women shave their armpits?

[kendra k]

i don't shave mine, but i'm a granola eating freak who thought that it would lower my risk of breast cancer. ha!

people who claim to not be aware of racism either seem totally deluded, completely naive, or both. the argument that britain's too small to house so many people is compelling, but i wouldn't restrict it to geography. it's more that the infrastructure can't support it. i know america is built on immigrants, and i welcome all who repect this nation enough to come here legally, but i also know we need to increase staffing of key civil services if we can cope with the influx. if not, strife, aggrivation, anger, and fear take over, and we have bands of idiotic minute men militias patrolling the borders and towns ready to yell at anybody with dark skin and hair, calling them all jose and maria and telling them to go back to mexico, regardless of where they're actually from.

i'm going to sleep.

[Ballbag]

We seem very "hung up" on foreign nationals living here, and yet Germany and Spain have percentage wise more than us (If the Guardian's to be believed). Of the Spanish immigrants, about a quarter of a million of those are British and yet that's not often questioned/discussed on these shores.

It seems it's a case of "we can do it, but you shouldn't".