RichM Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 OK, I 've contributed little of use of late, but here's my bit. I live near a route for coaches coming into London Victoria from Dover. A year or two ago I noticed that many coaches were rammed full with Poles coming into London. Today for the first time I noticed a coach full of Poles heading out of the UK. Sign of the times? Is this an interesting indicator of the UK's changing fortunes? Or is this just the first wave of punters heading home with their hard-earned cash? It's always been suggested that emigration would follow a crash/recession - is this the beginning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arctic Steve Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 Didn't the Irish workers help build our motorway system? And now the Poles are flooding into Ireland. Maybe in 30 years time the Uzbekhs will be emmigrating to Poland, to do jobs that the Poles don't want to do. Plus ce change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BandWagon Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 David Smith did an interesting article in last week's Sunday Times. http://www.economicsuk.com/blog/000320.html When the work dries up all these economic immigrants will flee the country. Who in their right mind wants to live in a country as expensive as England when there's no work? brainclamp will suddenly find that all those immigrants who apparently have been forcing up prices will disappear. History will repear itself, just as it did in the 90's when British brickies went to look for work in Germany. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyShears Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 OK, I 've contributed little of use of late, but here's my bit. I live near a route for coaches coming into London Victoria from Dover. A year or two ago I noticed that many coaches were rammed full with Poles coming into London. Today for the first time I noticed a coach full of Poles heading out of the UK. Sign of the times? Is this an interesting indicator of the UK's changing fortunes? Or is this just the first wave of punters heading home with their hard-earned cash? It's always been suggested that emigration would follow a crash/recession - is this the beginning? RichM, no offense intended, but this must be the ultimate in anecdotal evidence. I'm not sure that your experimental methodolgy would pass peer review. Billy Shears Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichM Posted April 19, 2006 Author Share Posted April 19, 2006 RichM, no offense intended, but this must be the ultimate in anecdotal evidence. I'm not sure that your experimental methodolgy would pass peer review. Billy Shears Yeah I know that. But anecdotal is such good fun. If I could be bothered I'd get in touch with some Polish companies and find out about numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhombus Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 Yeah I know that. But anecdotal is such good fun. If I could be bothered I'd get in touch with some Polish companies and find out about numbers. Is that perhaps conducting a "pole"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smell the Fear Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 OK, I 've contributed little of use of late, but here's my bit. I live near a route for coaches coming into London Victoria from Dover. A year or two ago I noticed that many coaches were rammed full with Poles coming into London. Today for the first time I noticed a coach full of Poles heading out of the UK. Sign of the times? Is this an interesting indicator of the UK's changing fortunes? Or is this just the first wave of punters heading home with their hard-earned cash? It's always been suggested that emigration would follow a crash/recession - is this the beginning? How could you tell they were all Poles? Or do you mean scaffold poles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichM Posted April 19, 2006 Author Share Posted April 19, 2006 The coach reg plate was Polish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyShears Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 How could you tell they were all Poles? Or do you mean scaffold poles? Polish drinking songs at full volume? The "I'm going home" song from The Rocky Horror Show sung in Polish? Billy Shears Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spring In The Air Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 The bus said 'Warsaw non-stop' on the front and had a news placard instead of an advert on the back that said 'Interest rates to definitely rise sometime in the future.' Crash proved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pakard Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 Today for the first time I noticed a coach full of Poles heading out of the UK. Holiday season. Most of the Polish are Catholics but some of them are Orthodox and celebrate Easter week later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichM Posted April 20, 2006 Author Share Posted April 20, 2006 Holiday season. Most of the Polish are Catholics but some of them are Orthodox and celebrate Easter week later. Good thinking. We'll have to wait to examine the trends. But we experience net emigration again you know we're well and truly screwed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyShears Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 But we experience net emigration again you know we're well and truly screwed. You mean that the Poles are leaving because they've run out of potential conquests? Billy Shears Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichM Posted April 20, 2006 Author Share Posted April 20, 2006 (edited) Another brilliant thread of mine ruined. I hold you responsible Billy. :angry: Edited April 20, 2006 by RichM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest muttley Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Today for the first time I noticed a coach full of Poles heading out of the UK. They had misunderstood the job advert "Pole dancers required. £50 per hour" I saw a coach full of dancers from Lapland who had made a similar mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichM Posted April 20, 2006 Author Share Posted April 20, 2006 [shakes head disapprovingly] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuyingBear Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 OK, I 've contributed little of use of late, but here's my bit. I live near a route for coaches coming into London Victoria from Dover. A year or two ago I noticed that many coaches were rammed full with Poles coming into London. Obviously living in a second world country with poor services, bad housing and very low pay with the absence of dependable work and conditions was getting a bit too much for them... so they've decided to upsticks and leave the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichM Posted April 20, 2006 Author Share Posted April 20, 2006 Obviously living in a second world country with poor services, bad housing and very low pay with the absence of dependable work and conditions was getting a bit too much for them... so they've decided to upsticks and leave the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancypants Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 History will repear itself, just as it did in the 90's when British brickies went to look for work in Germany. that's livin' alright Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pole Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 As far as I'm concerned there will be more and more Polish workers coming to live and work in the UK. I read Polish newspapers regularly, so I know what I'm talking about, believe me. This applies to both skilled and unskilled labour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichM Posted April 20, 2006 Author Share Posted April 20, 2006 As far as I'm concerned there will be more and more Polish workers coming to live and work in the UK. I read Polish newspapers regularly, so I know what I'm talking about, believe me. This applies to both skilled and unskilled labour. What are you saying? Are you Polish or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justice Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 I think one of the best things to do just now is buy property in Poland because many of these workers go home to swimming pools and the like. As more and more money leaves the UK and heads to Poland then It will push up house prices. I like the poles as unlike scores of others that flood the UK they do a good days work and are not taking handouts from the DHSS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pole Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 What are you saying? Are you Polish or something? and I tell you more. The number of Poles in the UK will double in the next 2-3 years. Let's be honest they don't come here only to earn some money. The UK is the best country in Europe if you want to invest in your personal development, by that I mean English (contemporary Latin) plus strong links with the rest of the Anglo-Saxon world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichM Posted April 20, 2006 Author Share Posted April 20, 2006 and I tell you more. The number of Poles in the UK will double in the next 2-3 years. Let's be honest they don't come here only to earn some money. The UK is the best country in Europe if you want to invest in your personal development, by that I mean English (contemporary Latin) plus strong links with the rest of the Anglo-Saxon world. Fair play to them. But if the UK economy tanks will they smell the coffee? Or is anything better than Poland right now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Seems to me the last time there was a mass influx of Poles into this country they were sorely welcome and badly needed. As Churchill commented at the time: "Those damn Poles, I haven't got enough of them!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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