tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36994129.post568330511532981718..comments2024-02-26T21:27:17.091+13:00Comments on The Fundy Post: Poles are the new BlacksPaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08024440694895271805noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36994129.post-11569549101368675852010-04-29T22:32:17.027+12:002010-04-29T22:32:17.027+12:00Except that the political class here is tone deaf ...Except that the political class here is tone deaf to the genuine concerns of people (the Poles have depressed many wages) due to the way it is commonly expressed. This aversion to addressing the issue for fear of not being PC is what is driving working class voters affected by this into the arms of the BNP.<br /><br />You hear concerns expressed about this all the time from people who are not being racist, just concerned about how globalisation is hurting their community. Builders are losing £3 AN HOUR because cheap labour from Eastern Europe.<br /><br />The chattering classes think Europe is great because for them it is villas in Tuscany and a second home in the Algarve. So you get a disconnect between them and those who work for a living who's income and employment is affected by people who will often work for less than the minimum wage, nudge, nudge, wink, wink.<br /><br />Come to Scotland and stay in a Highland Hotel and you are unlikely to hear a Scottish accent from any of the staff other than management. The locals cannot live a decent life on the wages on offer. The Poles, Czechs etc are happy to live in scummy accommodation for a few years while they salt money away. Then they take it and go home. Those who want to live normal lives in a community cannot compete. That is a problem. To tell people that it is not because of the way they express it is not helpful.Peter in Dundeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36994129.post-1491405281740492662010-04-29T21:31:03.844+12:002010-04-29T21:31:03.844+12:00Even worse than Brown's failure to tackle the ...Even worse than Brown's failure to tackle the woman's racism face-to-face was his subsequent grovelling apology for his off-camera remarks about her, which apparently were all just a matter of 'misunderstanding'. PillockFatal Paradoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01850488456819108024noreply@blogger.com