Rioting of the kind provoked by Polish football hooligans in Belfast at the weekend is a sadly frequent occurrence in Poland. Now I fear these people may do a great deal of damage to relations between Northern Irish and Polish communities in the ...
Poland is not ready for the credit crunch – as Polish economists have been warning. Our politicians have been so far too afraid to take radical steps to improve public finances, whether they involve pension reform or privatisation and restructuring. It ...
The economic downturn is beginning to reveal underlying resentment of immigration. Poles were all very good when they worked hard (and were praised for their work ethic) and paid their taxes. But during the hard times, our situation gets really ...
I am not a supporter of abortion, I must admit. To me – as a person who cannot kill a spider, but rather has to walk it gently out of the premises – destroying a human being, and not in self-defence, is something I would never do. But at the same time, ...
Are Poles in Britain really starting to go home? Right now, I have no plans to do so, but you never know. Polish migration to the UK, after peaking about a year ago, has stabilised a little. Everyone who was planning to make their way over already has. ...
I was shocked that Ireland's Eurovision entry berated Poles, since for my childhood in the communist bloc the show was a beacon of harmony I was interested to hear an Irish turkey-shaped glove puppet say live on the Radio 4's Today programme that "we ...
What is the nature of British society? What is Britishness? As a Pole in Britain, I see interesting things happening in both these countries. Having heard about Migrationwatch UK, and after appearing on a BBC programme with its chair, I decided to pore ...
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