Why are there so many Poles moving to the UK?

Super Vedder

that is all

duggro

better standard of living

better working conditions

increased disposable income

similar landscape to poland

Super Vedder

i didnt even think of those positives!! i just thought "its shit here why would anyone wanna move here?????"

Hitch-Hiker

Because Ireland is already full of them. They need somewhere else.

duggro

Hitch-Hiker wrote:

Because Ireland is already full of them. They need somewhere else.

ireland disnae have more polish folk than here!

eMMI

duggro wrote:

ireland disnae have more polish folk than here!

did he say there are more Polish people in Ireland?

he just said it's full.

Fighting Hellfish

oh, what a disappointment. I was expecting a punchline.

monster95

you all wanna see the polish girl working in the local bowling alley...she's about 6ft tall blonde..gorgeous....big flashing smile.....
nothing wrong with polish ppl ....haha

Wobbie

are strippers coming with the poles? *rim shot*

Heineken Helen

duggro wrote:

ireland disnae have more polish folk than here!

I think something like one in ten people in Ireland are Polish... but it MUST be higher... there are polish shops and pubs all over the place, more polish signs than there are in irish :mad: polish newspaper supplements, polish job advertisements :mad: this one makes me PARTICULARLY mad and should not be allowed.

South of Seattle

Heineken Helen wrote:

I think something like one in ten people in Ireland are Polish... but it MUST be higher... there are polish shops and pubs all over the place, more polish signs than there are in irish :mad: polish newspaper supplements, polish job advertisements :mad: this one makes me PARTICULARLY mad and should not be allowed.

That's kind of like the US, except everything is in Spanish instead of Polish

Heineken Helen

South of Seattle wrote:

That's kind of like the US, except everything is in Spanish instead of Polish

but they've only been here about an hour! And already we have to start learning polish to fucking please them? Ya go into a shop and all the staff are standing around yapping in polish and looking ya up and down. And yet there are plenty of Irish people on the welfare. My sisters boyfriend is a very hardworking bricklayer and he can't get a job... and yet there are polish bricklayers (with no qualifications and no language) all over the place. it's gonna turn into a bad situation pretty fucking soon if the government don't regulate it.

South of Seattle

Heineken Helen wrote:

but they've only been here about an hour! And already we have to start learning polish to fucking please them? Ya go into a shop and all the staff are standing around yapping in polish and looking ya up and down. And yet there are plenty of Irish people on the welfare. My sisters boyfriend is a very hardworking bricklayer and he can't get a job... and yet there are polish bricklayers (with no qualifications and no language) all over the place. it's gonna turn into a bad situation pretty fucking soon if the government don't regulate it.

I'd say that's a slippery slope. Are you saying only the Irish should live in Ireland? and Poles should only live in Poland?

Heineken Helen

South of Seattle wrote:

I'd say that's a slippery slope. Are you saying only the Irish should live in Ireland? and Poles should only live in Poland?

absolutely not... but like you say it's a slippery slope... natives should have priority when it comes to work. If I go live in a different country, I'm a guest there. I don't go around immediately demanding that everything be translated for me and all that. If you behave like that, don't be surprised if people don't warm to you immediately. Employers are advertising for polish workers, cos they'll work for much less than we will... but it took a long time to get our wages to where they are, we can't afford to work for what they'll work for.

South of Seattle

Heineken Helen wrote:

absolutely not... but like you say it's a slippery slope... natives should have priority when it comes to work. If I go live in a different country, I'm a guest there. I don't go around immediately demanding that everything be translated for me and all that. If you behave like that, don't be surprised if people don't warm to you immediately. Employers are advertising for polish workers, cos they'll work for much less than we will... but it took a long time to get our wages to where they are, we can't afford to work for what they'll work for.

Same here, immigrants will work for less money. That's why we have such a big debate about immigration over here. I'm sure you noticed it a little when you were over here last summer.

Heineken Helen

South of Seattle wrote:

Same here, immigrants will work for less money. That's why we have such a big debate about immigration over here. I'm sure you noticed it a little when you were over here last summer.

I didn't actually... was there much about it in the pubs?

but yeh, even here, the Irish illegals in the states get some sympathy from the media and I don't get it... they knew they were illegal going in so that's the fucking chance you take... I'd never go to a country illegally cos what's the point in that... at least the poles here are legal... and they're still undercutting!

stu gee

There are loads of Poles in Scotland, banks and mobile phone companies have Polish speaking departments for Polish speaking customers.

shell bell

Heineken Helen wrote:

I think something like one in ten people in Ireland are Polish... but it MUST be higher... there are polish shops and pubs all over the place, more polish signs than there are in irish :mad: polish newspaper supplements, polish job advertisements :mad: this one makes me PARTICULARLY mad and should not be allowed.

It's like that in Reno,NV where I live,but only with signs being in English first and Spanish second.But, that's just living in the SW US for ya.

genie

Super Vedder wrote:

i didnt even think of those positives!! i just thought "its shit here why would anyone wanna move here?????"

go live in Russia, you will come up with the same positives.

genie

few more reasons:

English is a great lanuage to know, unlike other less spoken European languages, therefore ( i would assume ) English speaking countries will be a target for larger quantities of foreigners

UK has softly-softly approach, everyone ( i'm assuming ) knows that UK can't keep up with influx of immigrants, they don't keep their records properly...they don't know who's legal and who isn't....therefore there is an opportunity....also UK is just easy to get into, that's all.

and also everything that Duggro written in his post.

Get_Right

at least you can get a nice keilbasa and a pierogi

genie

Get_Right wrote:

at least you can get a nice keilbasa and a pierogi

for those who don't know what it is:

keilbasa is a sausage

pierogi is a pie