Are Poles returning?

puddy

i love the polish food, those dumplings are ace, plus its all cheaper,, this is the reason the sales have iimproved i think

IveSeenTheLight

The latest figures available show that there is still positive net migration to the UK
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/pproj1009.pdf

kabayiri

IveSeenTheLight wrote: »

The latest figures available show that there is still positive net migration to the UK

Sigh....first we had the word 'pole' to misinterpret and abuse, and now you offer us 'net'

I can only see this thread going one way...:rolleyes:

Lord_Blue

inspector_monkfish wrote: »

i went to a club the other day, and there were all these Poles with half naked women dancing around them.

fantastic it was

Hmm, my experience was not so good. I went to a football match and one was right in front of me.

Bonia77

Lord_Blue wrote: »

Hmm, my experience was not so good. I went to a football match and one was right in front of me.

And?

Don't tell me that there is any difference between Polish/Italian/Russian/Mongolian and British football fans....:rotfl:

carolt

Round here, the Poles have entirely gone, if local ads in the newsagents are anything to go by...

A year ago they were all about Poles, this year, the people offering their services for cleaning, babysitting, etc are all Hungarian. The Hungarian economy is doing particularly badly at the moment. Even worse than the British. :eek: Let's not forget that the problem with a Pole-o-meter (or Hungarian-o-meter) is that these things are relatives, not absolute. All it means is that the Polish economy has picked up, and the Hungarian one gone down the toilet, relative to ours.

Incidentally, I love Eastern European food; and it's reasonably generic. I often pop into Polish shops and buy delicacies, and I suspect many other Eastern Europeans than Poles do too, as well as other Brits who love delicacies such as plums in chocolate (mmm - try them), good bread, herrings... Funnily enough, Tesco only picked up on this huge market relatively late; in many stores, they've only just started stocking Polish ranges. When we lived in Ealing, I used to be able to get Polish stuff at Safeway, but not in Tesco. So I suspect the original link just represents Tesco playing catch-up, rather than anything else.

Lord_Blue

Bonia77 wrote: »

And?

Don't tell me that there is any difference between Polish/Italian/Russian/Mongolian and British football fans....:rotfl:

I find the Mongolian ones are less good at holding up the stadium roof.

LizEstelle

Could just be that people other then Poles are buying the stuff. I've tried it and it seems to have that thing which most British food lacks - flavour.

As regards the Poles themselves, I know quite a few who have actually settled permanently but there was always a large tranche of folk who just came over for the money. That's understandable. I'd do the same. I'm just very pleased that this country finally did something for Poland after allegedly going to war in 1939 over their loss of freedom and then sitting by when the Russians moved in for 45 years. Some of the debt repaid, if you like.

LizEstelle

By the way, the 'dumplings' are called 'pierogi' and they're to die for. Melted butter on top...

They're even better when home made but this is an art. 99% of British 'cooking' wouldn't be up to it.

b0rker

I live with a Pole.

We have lots of Polish friends, only one of whom has returned to Poland, because she was ill and for no other reason.

In fact more Poles are moving to Inverness if anything.

As far as Inverness is concerned, and as far as I'm aware Inverness is still in the UK, there are a whole load of Poles. They are very welcome too!