tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441439.post7562664420372670209..comments2023-11-19T17:31:49.939+00:00Comments on Bristling Badger: british jobs for polish workersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441439.post-43588815464512566902009-06-04T17:03:29.636+01:002009-06-04T17:03:29.636+01:00According to several other articles I've read,...According to several other articles I've read, the soldier in the bottom picture didn't stop at calling the BNP scumbags whom he'd never vote for - he rang the party's headquarters demanding that his image be removed from their leaflet and received a terse "fuck off" for his troubles.<br /><br /> Fuck me, these people are nasty.Popel Voojehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03883624284924973753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441439.post-6223595309055328272009-06-01T12:26:42.241+01:002009-06-01T12:26:42.241+01:00Joanna,
Your story underpins what I was saying ab...Joanna,<br /><br />Your story underpins what I was saying about the NHS, where our shortage of doctors and nurses is filled by foreign workers. <br /><br />It's the nations that have taken the most immigrants like the USA and UK that thrive economically. It doesn't take an especially smart brain to figure out why all the skilled people leaving a country doesn't do it any good.<br /><br />it also raises the question, at what point is somebody no longer foreign? How long do they, like you, have to specialise in the customs of a country and pay taxes into it?<br /><br />The government should be criticising this racism but of course they don't as it wouldn't look good on the front page of the Sun. (That would be The Sun owned by Rupert Murdoch, a man who changed nationality for tax reasons, and who pays no tax in the UK).<br /><br />But beyond all the economic arguments is a human one. It's odd how they think that corporations and capital should be allowed to cross any borders but not people.<br /><br />I do hope the ugly nationalism you're hearing dies down, for all our sakes.merrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10959849087751101034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441439.post-59665914030186256292009-05-31T22:04:51.125+01:002009-05-31T22:04:51.125+01:00Hi
I’m a Polish emigrant and I found the leaflet ...Hi <br />I’m a Polish emigrant and I found the leaflet offending… I totally understand British frustration connected with the recession and unemployment and the number of foreign workers in England but there is also another side of it. I was headhunted 5 years ago by some British employment agency as there was a significant shortage of architects in this country. Although I found the dream job immediately the beginning of my British adventure was not easy at all. First of all I had to recognise my professional qualifications Part 1 and 2 and pass Part 3 and have 2 years of ‘adaptation period’ in the UK in order to register here as an architect – it cost me about £7k. I struggled with basic things as well such as opening a bank account as you couldn’t do this without any prove of your address such as a utility bill… and you couldn’t find any accommodation without a bank account... 5 years later my professional career and private life is in here and now the government is trying to tell me – go home! I feel the pressure everyday – British jobs for British workers… I can hear my colleagues talking in the staff room that we should go back. Believe me or not - I even tried looking for a job in Poland but it is hard as I’ve got now more UK than Polish experience. That’s all wrong and I feel terribly stressed about this... I believe this campaign should be strongly criticised by Mr Brown… but somehow it is not. <br /><br />cheers <br />JoannaJoannanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441439.post-51610720022822838172009-05-26T11:18:40.338+01:002009-05-26T11:18:40.338+01:00The Gnomes welcome aboard. And glad to know The Sh...<B>The Gnomes</B> welcome aboard. And glad to know <A HREF="http://www.thesharpener.net/" REL="nofollow">The Sharpener</A>'s still reaching out. It's a real shame posting has dwindled there, the broad mix of intelligent views (whilst understandably a bit exhausting) was nonetheless unique and really progressive.<br /><br />Your use of 'balanced' gives me some comfort too. I had this vague fear somewhere inside that I was doing a disservice by patiently unpicking the BNP. There's a sizeable part of me that agrees with <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCb2Le3wtIk" REL="nofollow">Woody Allen's approach</A>.<br /><br /><B>Kirsty</B>, I cited the low-level jobs but of course you're absolutely right that all levels of the NHS have a disproportionately huge number of immigrants and ethnic minority British.<br /><br /><A HREF="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1167560/Woman-kidney-removed-belly-button-pioneering-operation.html" REL="nofollow">Here</A> is an Indian doctor doing amazing stuff right now. Pioneering keyhole surgery through your belly button. People get a kidney or gall bladder removed through a one-inch hole cut in their belly button!<br /><br />It halves recovery time (for BNP supporters reading, that made the patient, a white nurse, get back on duty sooner). Another patient had their gall bladder removed and was able to be discharged within 5 hours.<br /><br />The BNP thinks the doctor shouldn't be here, that we'd be better off without this doctor.merrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10959849087751101034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441439.post-83547703738275509882009-05-24T22:02:27.229+01:002009-05-24T22:02:27.229+01:00Excellent post, Merrick - you've nailed it as usua...Excellent post, Merrick - you've nailed it as usual.<br /><br />This piece of shit came through our letterbox last week and I took great joy in ripping it into tiny pieces and throwing it in the recycling. <br /><br />The whole NHS would fall apart in a matter of weeks if it wasn't for foreign nurses, doctors, paramedics, cleaners, technicians and auxiliary staff. That was the case when I worked there in the late 80's and is probably even more so now.Kirstyhttp://kirstyhall.co.uk/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441439.post-52093677375035330132009-05-24T09:47:20.278+01:002009-05-24T09:47:20.278+01:00Came through our letterbox too - can't believe the...Came through our letterbox too - can't believe they'd leaflet round here - totally disgusting. Good comments from John Sentamu today in the press.<br />I've posted a link to Merricks piece on my Facebook and Twitter postsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705924594915415838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441439.post-38178925360957952502009-05-23T11:05:06.328+01:002009-05-23T11:05:06.328+01:00Brilliant, balanced post there setting out everyth...Brilliant, balanced post there setting out everything that's wrong with that leaflet and that "party" (and that's a lot to cover!) Found you through The Sharpener.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com