Re: 'Poles are a soft target'

On Jun 6, 9:43 pm, Robin T Cox <nom...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
'Poles are a soft target'

Daniel Kawczynski

Published 05 June 2008

The Tory MP claims white Christian Eastern Europeans are victimised by
the "liberal elite" of the BBC and argues they are seen as a soft target -
unlike black or Asian immigrants

http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2008/06/polish-poles-immigrat...http://tinyurl.com/3oycuu

My ‘Ten Minute Rule Bill’ on the contribution of the Polish community to
Great Britain during and since the Second World Wars seeks to recognise the
contribution of Poles to this country. I was delighted that the Bill was
granted a second reading in the autumn.

Throughout the Second World War Polish airmen came to Britain after the
destruction of the Polish airforce’s planes during the Nazi invasion of
Poland in September 1939. 145 Polish airmen took part in the Battle of
Britain and the eight Polish squadrons within the RAF destroyed a total of
629 enemy aircraft during the War. There were also other significant
contributions made by Polish nationals during the War, notably in the field
of intelligence, such as the work done by Polish cryptographers at
Bletchley Park towards the breaking of the Enigma Code.

In recent years there has been a wave of immigration seen from Poland. The
vast majority of Poles who have come to this country in the past decade
have been young and energetic, hard-working and law-abiding, although they
have often received poor wages and endured unsatisfactory working
conditions.

The trend is now reversing and many Poles are already returning to Poland; I
believe this country will soon be missing the contribution of the Poles,
particularly in our agricultural and construction sectors, as well as
healthcare, where many Polish doctors, dentists and nurses have been
playing vital roles in our National Health Service for many years.

I believe their has been unfair bias shown by parts of our media against
Poles and other Eastern European nationals who are living and working in
this country. This is particularly prevalent among the ‘Liberal Elite’ of
the BBC, as witnessed in key broadcasts such as Question Time and Panorama..

Immigration is an issue which almost everyone agrees must now be discussed
and it is accepted that uncontrolled immigration is not possible. However I
am increasingly concerned that Poles are being seen as a soft target, as –
unlike with immigrants from Asia or Africa – adverse comments about white
Christian Eastern Europeans are not viewed as racist. However, I do view
the victimisation of this particular white minority ethnic group as racist
and today called on the Commission for Racial Equality to address the issue
with due urgency.

No one is speaking out at a high level in support of the Polish community,
even though Poles are increasingly finding themselves the victims of
misinformed racist attacks across the UK, attacks which are being fuelled
by the bias in media reporting from the BBC and elsewhere. I was glad to
have the opportunity with my bill to begin to redress this balance and to
propose a formal acknowledgement of the contribution of the Polish
community in the UK.

What a load of cobblers.
Firstly, ne'er a day goes by without someone in the media singing the
praises of Poles and their value as law-abiding citizens and economic
contributors and high moral conscience. It's the Brits that are
constantly, daily, slagged off for being lazy, amoral and
unemployable, and no-one stands up for them.
Secondly, aside from them having numerous organisations and clubs, all
kinds of groups have sprung up to help them - here we have centres
where they can go to get a translator, help with finding a job and
home, or to claim benefits, and also dedicated lessons in English and
Polish studies for their children.
I can't recall ever having seen the same effort towards the Asians who
came here for jobs and a better life and ended up ignored and in limbo
when the work dried up.
Thirdly, Poles don't need us - there are so many of them that they are
quite happy wandering around together and the streets throng with
their drunken house parties every weekend.
Fourthly, it didn't take them long to acquire victims status did it?
Ironic since they are all here voluntarily and seem to be having a
jolly good time as well as earning relatively large amounts of money.
Fifthly, I'm not sure I know anyone who would be racist towards a Pole
- most of the ones around here are built like brick-shithouses and I
certainly would not want to start a fight with one! In fact I think
they would be mostly insulted by the victimhood being inflicted on
them by special interest groups, since they seem to be pretty down-to-
earth. (they certainly cannot understand our softly approach to
criminals...)

PS. Is anyone,*ever*, going to stand up and defend the hundreds of
thousands of Brits who have lost their jobs to the incomers?



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