After Brexit: 'Should we go home?'

[@TinyWorlds]

It's the other way around too. A mate of me is from UK and spent all his adult life in EU. So uncertain too what will happen now

[@definitelynotadam]

I suspect this will wary from country to country, but this was British, not European, Leave vote which was partly fuelled by resentment against immigrants, xenophobia or in marginal cases outright racism.

[@TinyWorlds]

@@definitelynotadam Yea! I was saying it affects both EU peeps in UK and UK peeps in EU. Nobody wins really, everyone is confused what will happen now.

[@TinyWorlds]

@intempify I was not saying that? Just saying it's bad for Brits too, they can't live and travel freely in EU anymore.

[@Andrew-gn9qp]

He can still stay in the EU, just in the same way Americans and Canadians stay in the EU.

[@kristinepauwels9061]

tinyruin why should it be a problem. EU, the union is the problem, not Europe or Europeans. Why should any country send back hard working, completely integrated people ? This is what EU was trying to make people believe. I do despise EU on that score alone to begin with.

[@byhisstripes2713]

I am British and married to a Pole, the whole brexit thing has caused us both a huge amount of worry and pain. My wife has been here for 15 years and made this her home. Now she feels disenfranchised and unsafe. EU citizens have lived and worked here for decades, paid taxes and contributed. They have no voice, no certainties. More and more I hear negative comments from work colleagues, but when I mention that I'm married to one of those "bloody foreigners" it's always "oh we don't mean you"! Who exactly do you mean then?!?

[@squiffybear6944]

Striving minimal 15 yrs? why hasn’t your wife applied for permanent residency?

[@vonlobo]

@@squiffybear6944 you know that people whit more years , were turned down ?? ;)

[@EvelineUK]

@@squiffybear6944 Because there was never any need to.

[@EvelineUK]

I am Dutch (with 1/4 Polish blood thanks to my WW2 soldier grandad who faught under British flag as so many Poles did), married to a Brit and have lived in the UK for 13 years now. Brexit has me worried sick. I get the 'we don't mean you' all the time, too. I have my settled status now, but that was a complete nightmare and caused lots of stress to get (app did not work on my phone, had to send my passport off as well as some other paperwork and then had to wait for weeks for an answer), and you get no evidence of said status. Eventhough the government has said nothing will change for EU citizens living in the UK, it also said that EU citizens were 'automatically granted status' when you had to apply for it, it wasn't given automatically. So to say I don't trust the government when it comes to Brexit is an understatement. This is my home. I have no plans to leave. I hope nobody will make me and break up my marriage.

[@forza223bowe5]

Your wife shouldn’t feel like she isn’t wanted or unsafe.

[@IslandForestPlains]

5:52: The young lady is right. EU/EEA citizens will be factually barred from Uni when their tuition fees will be the same as other foreigners' , and the loose access to student loans.

[@Inquisitor_Vex]

??

[@Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040]

@@ezicarus8216 Not x10, just a few grand more for tuition.

[@metrofilmsespana3880]

Brits get what they deserve. Denmark, Austria, Norway, Switzerland etc. have tighter controls when it comes to "foreigners" and expanded integration programmes, despite being either in the EU, or very closely aligned with it (a "soft" Brexit deal arrangement), yet people don't care and would rather blame the EU for a choice the British government made themselves. Now, they're going to be kicking out culturally more aligned, well educated, EU-citizens and make up for it with "qualified" people from Africa and Asia. That is is literally what the new policy is going to lead to. The numbers have never gone down under the Conservatives, only up. Well, don't say we didn't tell you so... Greetings from Madrid, Spain.

[@sittingonceilings6805]

@theonly man No, not yet. We're more like Cairo.

[@andrewreynolds2647]

Is that the spain with beggars from africa begging outside your supermarkets ??. What utter rubbish you are talking, oh and by the way gibraltar is not on the table for spain and the eu to mess with.

[@metrofilmsespana3880]

@@sittingonceilings6805 Oye tío, no tienes ni idea de lo que estás diciendo. Te gustaría que comparásemos Londres, Paris y Madrid? En Madrid por lo menos todavía se habla el español y no tenemos atentados de terroristas cada año, ni barrios donde ardan las calles. Hay problemas, como en cualquier país, pero no somos como Cairo y lo sabes...

[@metrofilmsespana3880]

@@andrewreynolds2647 ​ What are you talking about, that's a few cities in the south. Madrid is not a sh**hole, unlike London.

[@sydneythomason1801]

Metrofilms Espana. Go and preach elsewhere, LOSER.

[@MrBlack1968]

0:43 Surprised at Vince Cable changing sides like that.

[@Eusouamoreusouluz]

But the strange thing is that Polish people also dont want immigration tô their country either...

[@anthonyperkins7556]

They're hypocrites they don't want immigrants in their country but they are happy to come and overrun the UK and turn it into their own Little Poland LITTLE LATVIA LITTLE LITHUANIA LITTLE ESTONIA ETC and alienate / upset the locals by refusing to speak English and fit in, PATHETIC!

[@Eusouamoreusouluz]

@@anthonyperkins7556 I see that. Should at least learn the language out of respect to the place they move in.

[@belescli]

@@anthonyperkins7556 I am certain they spoke or learned to speak English for work but spoke their native language among themselves.

[@belescli]

That would be primarily those who stayed and didn’t emigrate from Poland. Once you travel and live abroad you open your horizons and are more welcoming to ppl of other nationalities and likes.

[@mrsreal5665]

@@Eusouamoreusouluz Look at your own thousands about thousands of english pensioner migrants around the meditereanean sea- or other english people who settled in Germany France Spain...do they have learned greek french spain german portugese? No they attend that the other have to speak english

[@saliyayou]

Why Polish School,if you say UK is your home??????cant understand???

[@byhisstripes2713]

Because maybe they still want to speak Polish as well as English? Being bilingual has huge benefits. This was something we brits never understood, as we expected all the nations we imposed our rule on to speak English! It's this Queen and Country "we had an empire and won the war" mentality that really grinds my gears! We never got over our own self inflated collective ego, and now we are in this f**king mess because of it! Now we are even more irrelevant. It'll just take us another 50 years to realise it. We are a bit slow like that lol.

[@saliyayou]

I may not,but as long as my comments / points are understood

[@Ignite-vz5pm]

Feel sorry for you if you cant understand.

[@KevTheImpaler]

If there was any group of foreigners older British people did like it was the Poles, thanks to Polish Spitfire pilots and all that.

[@Violetta1912]

Sacerdotus Sacerdotvs They only belong in Poland if that’s where they want to be. If they like it in Britain they should stay here.

[@673497]

@Sacerdotus Sacerdotvs And you're a crazy nut.

[@joeymac6970]

Kevin Varney very judgemental of you.

[@rosssmith8481]

@@Violetta1912 I wanna come to Brittain for some free medical. Lots of people do it.

[@forza223bowe5]

Polish are the right kind of immigrant, they work hard and respect our way of life and fit into our culture. Because, Poland is on the up we are actually seeing less Polish people here

[@anyoldorion]

A group of drunk Polish men kicked a friend of mine unconscious and broke his jaw in two places. In case you are thinking ‘bet he deserved it’ He is 5’ 4” and wouldn’t hurt a fly. Not all who come here are law abiding,hardworking family guys.

[@AK-xj2di]

The prison is full of poles

[@zepter00]

Few Poles were killed in hate crimes. Including one women and her doughter which were burnt to death in their apartment.

[@johnsmith-7oo]

The teacher has lived here for 13 years, has a house, a family and a comfortable standard of living. Why would people like this NOT consider citizenship and then they WOULD have a vote? Why do they not seem to know that Europeans who have committed no crimes will recieve "settled status"? Get over the fearmongering Guardian.

[@MrSonofsonof]

British citizenship is mentally expensive. In any sane country, the cost would just cover administration, but Britain effectively sells citizenship. It costs more than a thousand pounds. By way of contrast I paid less than seventy pounds for my Czech citizenship application. I know that admin costs in the UK are higher, but not that much.

[@craigbeckford4060]

John Smith. I understand how the teacher feel. Like it or not the EU gave the word European meaning. Now they felt like one people, it was a new nationality, greater than been Polish, or German, or French. Now with the UK out of the EU it don't feel that way anymore.

[@johnsmith-7oo]

@@MrSonofsonof Yes UK citizenship is more expensive than most but £1,000 + for the peace of mind and security it brings, as a one off payment, is worth the cost. Most people spend far more than that on holidays.

[@mmk8013]

I'M from Poland I graduated Economics. I spent 3 months in South Yorkshire in 2006, worst 3 months in my life. 4 Times I heard that I should back to Poland. I Hope that I never back to U.K. Honor is the most important thing for me.

[@monikamiliczka6104]

Some like it some don’t! No big deal!

[@compendioussuccient6784]

I went on holiday to Poland and won’t be back. Doesn’t mean Poland is terrible

[@mmk8013]

@@compendioussuccient6784 Have You had any discrimination in Poland?

[@mmk8013]

@mhffc Estimates more than 1.5 milion foreigners live in Poland. I'm trying to be nice to people from other countries.

[@compendioussuccient6784]

mm k nope, I did have in other countries though. I took it for what it was, my singular experience

[@constantbees2070]

I'm American. I've lived in the UK for over 20 years. Some people are now glaring at me when they hear my American accent. I am a dual British/American citizen. While I had occasional unpleasant interactions with English people in the past, things seem to have changed for the worse. I say quite English people deliberately. I intend to visit Wales and Scotland over the next couple of years to see if the atmosphere is better.

[@Evanrolfe]

What kind of unpleasant things have English people said to you for being American?

[@Danebrass12]

I'm from Wales and we have no issue with Americans in our area. A Canadian has moved into the area recently and she tells us everyone is nice to her and she's nice in return. So it could be your attitude? Maybe the issue is you and not the nation you're blaming. But that being said, it might be whichever specific area you are in.

[@martinmorrison1669]

We have no problem with Americans. They can't help it.

[@jojochen3360]

Interesting to hear that. Do you really think Brexiteers are glaring at you? I'd expect that they admire the US and adore Trump? Or is it maybe because of Trump (in a different way)? I think some Europeans are put off by Americans because of Trump and his hostile behaviour towards European nations. I've got to shamefully admit this is true for me to some degree. I try to suppress it and not be unfair towards individuals, though. In my opinion Brexit is a shame, not primarily because the UK is breaking away from the EU, but because it divided the UK and because of nationalist sentiments bubbling up.

[@congt9288]

Crazy story. We all realise that the USA are our friends and that will not change unless people try to sow the seeds of miss-information like you are doing. Are you for or against the EU ?

[@PeterJohnsonWales]

They have my sympathies. I'm British and I don't feel I fit in here anymore. But at least I know I can stay, for what it's worth.

[@robflood8003]

Get a grip mate & be proud to be English

[@AH-be6bu]

Rob Flood imagine being proud of being English right now, with all this going on. Between the covid death toll, the economic slump and impending no-deal scenario hitting our lower and middles classes hard, I couldn’t be less proud to be English at this moment in time.

[@123skillax]

@@robflood8003 England is slowly becoming the highest supply of immigrants in the Eu. What is there to be proud off ?

[@m4rt1nDRK]

The Guardian's poor attempt to use Polish people as a narrative to show how Brexit is bad for everybody. Whatever you think sells best, one piece depicts us like fascists, other like EU's bad child and now you try to use this? That's just sad.

[@animalian01]

so its Ok to be proud to be Polish, to the extent that you set up a polish school, but its wrong for Brits to proud to be Brits in Britain

[@colinsmith315]

Leftist logic.

[@kf8575]

Try setting up a school, or a company that educates or employs ONLY British. See how long it lasts.

[@yesgeorge333]

im left and im proud to be british?

[@rev.jonathanwint6038]

A small community complaining about Losing there Identity their culture but What of the UK Cultural Heritage? England Back to England ! You do not Need to be EU to be British! And Polish Can be Become British!English Want to stay English Not EU!

[@carolinebennett5615]

Not all English think like you Sir. In fact an ever growing (young people don’t yearn for perceived past glory) number do not. Brexit is likely to bring the fragmentation of the UK so you’ll get your wish - England for the English. Sadly diminished and irrelevant.

[@klausgh]

Nobody needs to acquire citizenship of a foreign country in order to live there. Apart from such a suggestion being morally to be condemned it would violate human rights.

[@rosshilton]

Thirteen years in the Uk. You never considered citizenship?

[@puclopuclik4108]

Did you check the cost of it?

[@KilgoreTrout11235]

The only value in a UK citizenship is the EU part really and thats gone.

[@puclopuclik4108]

@RightisRight 2019 loan has to be approved by bank. If you don't earn enough and don't have property they will not give it to you. Loan for citizenship compared to mortgage or leasing doesn't buy you anything what bank can seize in case you stop paying. And your application can also be declined without refund.

[@puclopuclik4108]

@RightisRight 2019First of all I am not from Poland. Second think is that law doesn't requires citizenship for residency. UK demands me to get indefinite leave to remain and I have it. For my self is more important to buy my own house, so I don't have to ask someone else if I can screw something on my wall.

[@xMandalorex]

@@puclopuclik4108 13 years could of saved isn't it a grand or 800 quid? nothing if you save up and they been in uk fo 13 years? they're safe anyway Anyone been in uk from EU less than 5 years are the problem

[@bollywoodsreckoning3768]

I often find EU migrants incredibly rude

[@maryoo7131]

And that comes from an indian lol

[@bollywoodsreckoning3768]

@@maryoo7131 what you basing that on?

[@maryoo7131]

@@bollywoodsreckoning3768 you better take a shower and build some toilets home in india! Leave EU "migrants" alone! The real MIGRANT in the UK(Europe) is YOU! You are not in the position to talk about EU nationals who belong to Europe!

[@ZiiiP2142]

@@maryoo7131 How about you wash your teeth first?

[@bollywoodsreckoning3768]

@@maryoo7131 toilets home? Looks like somebody missed their english class

[@mvl6827]

I am from an EU country , live and work and have married in the UK. I am not going anywhere and am indeed very happy with the Brexit. Bye bye EU, can’t wait .... so Guardian, stop your scaremongering, it has gone on for too long and hasn’t got you anywhere...

[@TheIamIrving]

You'll be kicked out. Back to where you come from. Don't be a fool.

[@mvl6827]

kaptain kopter Kicked out? by who? By you? Haha. Fool yourself..

[@TheIamIrving]

@Flav C Kick him out!

[@mvl6827]

Flav C well your wrong there. I lived here in the UK for over 30 years, with friends and family. All British ... It depends a lot on your own attitude how your neighbours colleagues etc. perceive you. I came as a guest, and was welcomed as such. I have never demanded this that and the other. I respect and value and love the British way of life. win-win-win .. and I am in favour of Brexit.

[@aleta5024]

@@mvl6827 I disagree with you. English people who voted for Brexit have offended us Eastern Europeans repeatedly. Every TV programme brings another vox pop with people on the streets talking that there are too many of us here. I feel uncomfortable living here, like being an impostor where in fact my only mistake was to fall in love with a Brit and agree to move to England. In retrospect, I wish I never came here.

[@yingyang1008]

There's no evidence of any kind to suggest that these kinds of immigrants will have to leave - this is just fearmongering Longer term - the Tories seem to want to introduce a similar points based immigration policy to that used in Canada

[@yingyang1008]

@Ralph Macchiato Unwelcome by who? The Tories championed Eastern Europe immigration and remain a highly pro immigration party - they had the chance to restrict such immigration like France did and refused to Labour is also pro-Eastern European immigration. Even UKIP doesn't want to end Eastern European immigration, they just want to introduce a points system like that used in Canada Now go and speak to Eastern European immigrants themselves, they almost universally think we are insane for letting in so many immigrants to our country - their own countries are among the most anti-immigrant in Europe England is already the most densely populated country in Europe and suffers from significant poverty - the fact that mass immigration from poorer countries has put downwards pressure on wages in certain sectors of the eocnomy is an undeniable fact

[@yingyang1008]

@@TruthTortoise81 Canada doesn't have free movement and has a far stricter poins based immigration system Do you see Canada as an evil racist country?

[@mr_sheen_airsoft]

Poles in the UK, if you feel that UK is your home and you want to be part of this country then what is stopping you? Apply for a British Citizenship and stay here forever, I feel here like I'm home and I'm applying for a British Citizenship. Polacy w Uk jeżeli uważacie że UK jest waszym domem i chcielibyście być częścią tego kraju to co was powstrzymuje? Możecie ubiegać sie o obywatelstwo Brytyjskie i możecie tu zostać na zawsze, ja tu sie czuje jak w domu i ubiegam sie o obywatelstwo.

[@Bubson81]

Well if you make home from a place where you not wanted than it means you mentaly distroyed😔😔😔 why would you do it no other country have this type of politicians who promote hate towards other nations

[@aleta5024]

@@dtotti nah, thank you. We like to be appreciated. I've had enough of being called "cheap labour ", blamed for bad schools and crowded hospitals. My British husband and I are going back to the continent where I will be treated equally like all other European citizens.

[@margplsr3120]

British Citizenship - 5000 punds

[@DafyddBrooks]

I'll agree with you there

[@electoplater]

i know of hundreds of polish people after the war stayed in england without us being a member of the EU i married one

[@Porkcylinder]

humphrey peek I’m the son of one. Daddy?

[@Porkcylinder]

humphrey peek seriously though I’ve always raised this fact when people tried to incorrectly imply that moving- living abroad in Europe was somehow a gift bestowed by the eu completely ignoring the fact that the nations of Europe have been doing exactly that for centuries.yet without the blessed eu granting ‘permission’

[@mrssmith700]

Annoys me when they moan that they couldn't vote when they not even got a British citizen. You have to be a citizen to be able to vote in any referendum 🙄

[@Jamie_Johnson]

If you're still marching on the street with a STOP BREXIT placard, yes, you should probably go home now.

[@IvanHernandez-gx4rt]

Actually voting is a right for citizens, not guest workers or temporal migrants. If they qualify they can apply for British citizenship. Migration was one the greats reasons for Brexit! A nation has to control the number of people moving to a country. Common sense!

[@Jamie_Johnson]

@@johnmulligan455 Who said anything about foreigners? Pay attention.

[@Jamie_Johnson]

@@johnmulligan455 Try to make sense I have no idea what you mean

[@Jamie_Johnson]

@@johnmulligan455 It's nothing to do with foreigners, as I already said. It's about protesters giving up and going home!

[@forza223bowe5]

Brexit has officially and lawfully happened. If you are going to protest then that’s fine, do so. However, you are wasting your time

[@rosssmith8481]

Yes

[@Starknight00]

People worked very hard to reach where they are . I hope these people are loved and accepted in British society

[@nicadi2005]

@Star Knight "I hope these people are loved and accepted in British society" - And if they aren't - at least, not as much as they should be?

[@kf8575]

They're as "loved" as a bit of grit in the eye.

[@kf8575]

Worked hard?? They walked off of the plane with the attitude of "if you dont gove me a job, ill accuse you of being racist". Played the discrimination card. That is not what id call "working hard"

[@matekochkoch]

They are not!

[@ruijackson7697]

they have driven down wages and working conditions for british workers by flooding the labour market and working below the market value

[@hughfranklin4002]

one woman said she wants to be part of the community and the country and yet she runs a polish school.

[@anthonyperkins7556]

Agreed. That's not fitting in at all.

[@average_coverage]

@@anthonyperkins7556 How is it not fitting? Is it a British quality to forget the culture of your grandparents and live only in the now?

[@DafyddBrooks]

I'm fine with the polish school thing, but it contradicts wanting to be apart of British community. you cant have both

[@IhaveBigFeet]

@@DafyddBrooks Search up British school in any country of the world then because they're everywhere. Polish school is not an exclusive school, the children go to normal school from Monday- Friday then on weekend go to polish schools to talk with other kids to learn polish. How dare they!

[@aliceseverin4392]

this is how we shot ourselves in the foot with brexit. a whole island of bigoted, xenophobic gibbons screeching at anyone with the slightest bit of difference from us.

[@metricpilot7612]

Yup

[@Porkcylinder]

I’m not buying into this racist bs at all, if you want to see REAL racism go to Poland. I speak from massive experience

[@kienhwengtai8113]

Home is where your heart is, not where you were born.

[@nicadi2005]

@Kien Hweng Tai "Home is where your heart is" - How would you call the place where you've spent the last, fairly significant part of your life?

[@kienhwengtai8113]

@@nicadi2005 I don't live where I was born although I have relatives there.

[@jeremymain7303]

The fact that these people call a foreign country "home" should tell you everything you need to know about if they should leave.

[@gregp6631]

@dominic k ''you think in Britain is the same'' well it is only your opinion. I am Polish living in UK and believe me we pay taxes etc. Even if some of us send money back to Poland, it is their money and they can buy house wherever they want to. Some people like to write pointless comments

[@colinsmith315]

Your race is your nation.

[@alfredchipembele8591]

For some reason, it's just the Polish who are worried about their stay in UK. And yet they're the ones who benefited most from the system. And if you have notice, they're very reluctant to speak the English language properly. They were given the opportunity for interpreters etc. They complain as if there are no other immigrants in this country. This is exactly what other nationalities go through. UK is just being fair here.

[@socialistsolidarity]

The British have always had these blips of anti-immigration periods. In the '70's they didn't like the Asians and Black people migrating. Now they have had enough with the Polish. So most likely they will complain about immigration post Brexit. Unfortunately, some things never change.

[@aleta5024]

@Flav C it's because they are jealous.

[@6thi874]

Flav C Not true. We hate the French and Germans more.

[@BusWill2006]

You’re missing the point. They don’t have anything against the people but what it does to wages and standards of living

[@ibobeko4309]

@@aleta5024 They got indoctrinated just read the Newspapers in UK, they blame everything on Immigration or EU but never themselves.

[@DafyddBrooks]

How narrow minded are you. The UK is very multi cultural, its when foreigners are put first over the people that are british that can get side stepped

[@mike.B.1]

If I wasn't told myself: "how do you feel about going back home?" I could have thought these Poles exaggerate.

[@CBfrmcardiff]

Really? What was the context? Share your experience so we can better appreciate it.

[@compendioussuccient6784]

Mike B lies

[@alandoherty5804]

We don't need to be part of a political union that your country is a part of in order for you to stay, ridiculous. Americans, Chinese, Russians etc can all live here without us being under the same political roof.

[@aleta5024]

Yes, but they don't have the same rights.

[@Arltratlo]

but Russians paid a lot of money to the Tories to stay here and have a say in UK politics, they dont understand it!

[@georgeberrill4834]

Polish people know how to graft, they are (for the most part) doing jobs that English people don't want - it's too easy to live a lazy life on handouts and then have the cheek to complain when someone else starts doing well working the jobs they didn't want. Leave the Poles alone, they are some of the best , most honest people I know. OK, maybe there's a few that are playing the system, but have a butchers at how many Brits have doing that since they left school, that have NEVER done a days graft in their lives - but they soon start screaming when the dole goes wrong and they don't get their money. Grrrrrrrr, it's makes me blood boil. OK, rant over.

[@yingyang1008]

Everyone is leaving the Poles alone, they are welcome, this is just fear mongering

[@Bubson81]

It is nice to hear things like it ,problem is it is only hand full of people like you ,who think like that honestly, well no one will understand how it make people feel when you hear things like that,worst of it all when a politicians like Nigel,Boris,Mogg,Rabb,Pattel letting to do that, soon it will most people(foregners) they will be stabbed for being emigrants ,mark my words!!!!

[@Bubson81]

@dominic k yes no one !!!that is why you had everything from tins and all impotred 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Bubson81]

@dominic k dreaming???🤔🤔about what? I got all i need i don't have to hate anyone,don't see a reason for it, it is just people like you who spread hate towards others, guy just said what he thinks he have right to speak whatever he want's ....and then you went on him ...just read your comment ...but what is the point 😔😔

[@georgeberrill4834]

@dominic k I get the feeling that you are perhaps one of the idle swines that want to live on handouts and then bad mouth anyone who has the gall to do better than you, especially if they are not 'British' (not quite sure what that means really - NON of us are 'British' except perhaps the Welsh). I do not have any problems with anyone making a new life in a new country and doing it by their own sweat. I lived in Germany for 10 years , I was an engineer and had 3 factories under my control, I had all nations on my work roll, we were a very mixed bunch. The only real problems I ever had was with the local German guys - who all wanted to be foremen or charge-hands. The most reliable workers were the Polish , you give em a job and it will be done - end of! Yes, I agree, not all Poles are the same, but you tell me of any group of people that are all angels, because I don't know of one. And don't, for heavens sake, tell me the Brits would do a better job coz that's why the Poles are here because the Brits couldn't or didn't want to!

[@Porkcylinder]

All I’m hearing is ‘I want I want ‘ well I want to live in Japan or America or Australia but I can’t because I’m not a citizen of those countries but everyone seems to think it’s their right to live in Britain just because THEY WANT

[@673497]

The f-? If you live in a country long enough you should have the right to live and want to live. So shut the hell up

[@johnthomas9992]

They have the right to stay, it's called applying for citizenship

[@Porkcylinder]

John Thomas EXACTLY! So why are they on here whining like pathetic little victims? What do they want a welcome pack with a free house ? If you want to see racism go to Poland as I HAVE on countless occasions. Sorry our hospitality package isn’t quite up to the very high standards these economic migrants are accustomed to.

[@Arsenic71]

@dominic k That is so out of place, insulting and plain wrong. You try being a Pole in post-Brexit Britain and experience all the "hospitality and joy" they get.

[@anthonyperkins7556]

@@Arsenic71 they deserve all the hostility

[@jonnyhost3795]

They don't want us here you know, the British ! Says the woman holding a exclusive Saturday school for Polish children.

[@mrghostlyr1162]

To learn the langage of course.

[@s.tagerius2514]

I feel so sorry for her.

[@stevencameron3154]

@Margaret Guest exactly it's just the media trying to get people to hate.

[@Bubson81]

I bet you are🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@shannon9155]

Go back to Poland. Poland is thriving right now and it's a wonderful place to live! Why did you ever leave?

[@mikehillsgrove1612]

You can become a British Citizen. They have a naturalization process.

[@klausgh]

Thinking one should 'become a British citizen' in order to live there is morally wrong, and would violate humans' rights.

[@phreatomagmatic8016]

@@klausgh But it's ok for the US

[@disarmsox]

@@phreatomagmatic8016 the US is not a part of the EU

[@phreatomagmatic8016]

@@disarmsox Neither is the UK anymore. Nothing wrong with borders. I don't expect just to walk into another country make it my home whilst not wanting to become a naturalised citizen of that country.

[@disarmsox]

@@phreatomagmatic8016 why not?

[@_michko_]

I don't really understand why they are afraid of returning to Poland. If we want to change something in our country we have to do something .. and stop leaving.

[@piotrwojdelko1150]

it sounds not nice ,you should change your country if you know how

[@_michko_]

@@piotrwojdelko1150 *voting*

[@nakkiewildvangst2656]

so strange ... polish people are so hard-working, uncomplicated , nice people ( i'm not polish)

[@oursentenceisup]

@Viktor Sligo This *is+ their home.

[@tsoiboy4073]

Viktor Sligo How narrow-minded is that? How far, pray tell, should we be allowed to move from the building in which we are born? Is moving to the next town okay, or are they going to be crying over people moving in as well.

[@tsoiboy4073]

Viktor Sligo Who’s taking the piss except you? The video is about working people contributing to the economy, something which studies have shown immigrants do more than Brits.

[@elchacha5246]

Tsoi Boy Don’t waste your breath. He’s too thick and indoctrinated to understand.

[@tsoiboy4073]

Elchacha 524 I won’t band around insults, but it’s hard not to see the hand of Murdoch and friends in anti-immigrant arguments. They’ve contributed so much for so little credit and all most want is a quiet life.

[@piotrwalczak8090]

Some of those elderly people still hasn't acknowledged UK isn't global powerhouse anymore and the empire is long gone.

[@reinercreekman]

Poland is toilet 🚽

[@CYP0]

Pipe down. No one has yet said that all non-British will and must leave the U.K. immediately and the British must leave other EU member states all at once. No hint of deportation as yet, and any such proposal will be met with widespread distaste and disapproval. Let’s see what happens.

[@stolen_earth5168]

The Moral Of The Story.......Treat Other People As You Wish To Be Treated........Welcome To The Plantation

[@patfry712]

Yup go home please

[@GiloGrant]

What about our future British we struggle daily and no council houses for us they have been taken all by these east Europeans , Tony Blair screw this country we use to have a splendid life before they shouldn't get benefit and council houses that's why brexit is done the EU ask the UK government to send benefit to their kids back home and we see cuts and austerity here , broken roads here , homelessnes, soaring rents , overcrowded hospitals, you need to sell your house in order to get care , all this burden due to this people flocking over here they are 7 millions and the government declaring 1 million.

[@GiloGrant]

@Ralph Macchiato it's a tiny country but trust me the English very clever ,they know what they are doing in Europe 2 nations are clever the English and the German no disrespect to the others .

[@AdamSmith-de5oh]

The question people voted on was 'Should the UK leave the European union' not should we send all the poles home.

[@Calsopify]

Exactly

[@puclopuclik4108]

Well, you wanted brexit because you do not like EU imigration. You are also simplifying departure from single market.

[@johnabbott4424]

My reason was to cut immigration drastically

[@disarmsox]

@@johnabbott4424 How's that working out for you so far?

[@andredingstertsao]

But the underlying issue is about immigration. The issue I have with the UK is that people always ignore things and pretend as if they don’t exist. The whole Brexit campaign is backed by Farage and his xenophobic rhetoric. And then he pretends he likes immigrants by saying he loves Europe. It’s like Piers Morgan saying that he loves women and he just thinks they deserve the salary gap.

[@yingyang1008]

Most Polish people think the UK is insane to allow so many non Europeans into its country

[@yingyang1008]

​@Mr K Would rather live in German neighborhood than a Somalian one

[@forza223bowe5]

Polish people are hard working people, and respect our culture. When you see Pakistanis, who don’t respect our culture

[@Elador1000]

@Mr K Yeah. With some exceptions like China, Japan, India, Pakistan, Boers, Zulus, Argentina, Indian tribes, Turkey and list could go on...

[@Elador1000]

@Mr K you said "ever had a war with Britain", not that they invaded Britain. And it kinda depends on whether you are talking just about the British Isles or British territory. Because in later case they definitely did.

[@edwardmclaughlin7935]

I went to Grammar School in 1970. Some classmates: Matwiejczyk, Kowalczyk, Miziaczyk, Tymcyczyn, Polechonski and more. I'd estimate a third of my classmates were either Polish, Ukrainian, Latvian, Italian. All before the EU. Margaret and the Guardian need to calm down and get on with life. We've left the EU and nothing will change in Margaret's situation. Project fear looked dodgy prior to our leaving; it looks pathetic now.

[@colinsmith315]

They don’t belong in the UK.

[@edwardmclaughlin7935]

@@colinsmith315 They'll be here long after you've gone mate.

[@domp242]

@@colinsmith315 With this kind of thinking You don't belong in the UK

[@aleta5024]

@@colinsmith315 you look quite pink to me, like gammon.

[@colinsmith315]

I’m a pure blooded, proud aryan man.

[@AK-xj2di]

People don't mind immigrants but there are to many of you, I'm sure if all our poor British went to Poland for free system & take your jobs, you wouldn't be calling us racists. We need some space, our roads our hospital our schools GPs dwp can't cope because you are draining our system, please leave.

[@Rose_Ou]

These people are exaggerating. If they're UK residents, they have nothing to worry about.

[@FazeParticles]

Yes, yes you should.

[@njm3211]

Sounds like older less educated Brits were seduced by Rule Britannia nostalgia. It ain't coming back LOL.

[@jaquen1977]

Norman Mattson Yup. They screwed themselves royally for the sake of nostalgia.

[@wangdangdoodie]

Sounds like you believe everything the Guardian spoon feeds you.

[@D3cyTH3r]

If it gets really bad you can always try Scotland Polish fam's. They are still chilled like we used to be, and they appreciate people who just want to work hard and support their families. But hopefully it won't come to that...

[@unionnet27]

What are the chances of Scotland holding a second referendum?

[@D3cyTH3r]

@It Big For Username Those numbers mean nothing out of context. Percentage is what counts. The fact remains that the UK is overwhelmingly white (86%). But that's all irrelevant: leaving the EU means we will take more refugees from the commonwealth -that's what you people have voted for.

[@D3cyTH3r]

@It Big For Username I'm not defending the government's policy on immigration (from places like Somalia etc). This video is about Polish people. If Scotland leaves the Union and rejoins the EU the Poles will have every right to live and work there -and on the whole, they will be welcomed.

[@johnmaclagan2263]

@@unionnet27 Pretty high Tim, we voted remain. Were not gonna stand for BoJo who we never voted for either

[@johnmaclagan2263]

@pammens miss You mean British tax money, what the Scottish government spends its money on has f*** all to do with the Brits. We do you want to try and cling on to us if all we do is use "English" tax payers money ?

[@hudldevice1092]

All EU citizens living in the UK before Brexit Day (assuming they are not criminals) are being offered the right to continue living here. What's the big issue?

[@nicadi2005]

@Hudl Device "All EU citizens living in the UK [...] are being offered the right to continue living here. What's the big issue?" - How about the fact IT'S NOT YOURS TO OFFER?! *They ALREADY HAVE THAT RIGHT, UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW!*

[@BENTWOONEZERO]

@@nicadi2005 No

[@nicadi2005]

@@dtotti "But...it is a soveriegn [sic] nations right to decide which non-natives are allowed to reside in it's [sic]country..?" - Yes. And this 'sovereign nation' used its sovereignty to sign in to the Maastricht Treaty, which CONDITIONALLY (yes, there are actually conditions that have to be met) extend that right to all EU member state citizens... Now, this 'sovereign nation' seeks to renege on its obligations.

[@nicadi2005]

@@BENTWOONEZERO "No" - Erm... Actually, I think you'll find "YES" is the correct answer. ;-)

[@joanofarc33]

So apply for British citizenship! I do not see the problem.

[@jojochen3360]

Citizenship doesn't change that the British don't want us here and that there is widespread nationalism here. I've got dual citizenship and a PhD - and I'm thinking: should I really stay here? I could get a job anywhere in the world...

[@hulsfamcalcan]

@@jojochen3360 Well get a job anywhere in the world.

[@jojochen3360]

@@hulsfamcalcan I'm thinking about it. Still waiting for some larger payouts from my employer, then I'll consider my options. I really hope Boris continues to prioritize fishing over the City, so that finance continues to move away from London. We are already behind NY, surely we can improve on that!

[@jojochen3360]

​@@hulsfamcalcan ...but maybe I'll stay. Working in the UK has become a purely transactional engagement. Translation for the feeble-minded: it's entirely about pay/benefits, not emotions. I don't "believe" in the UK anymore.

[@Andrew-gn9qp]

​@@jojochen3360 The USA is a nationalist country but its far more diverse then Europe!

[@pistolen87]

An important reason for the large immigration to GB from other EU countries compared to other EU states, is that most Europeans know a little english and many speak excellent english, hence it's easier to integrate in the UK compared to other EU countries.

[@swanpride]

The main reason was that the other EU states wanted to delay freedom of movement for new member states until they have somewhat caught up economically in order to avoid brain drain while the UK said "nope, no delay, we open the border now".

[@pistolen87]

@@swanpride Interesting. Yes, GB economy has benefitted from high skilled labor in the modern economy and there's been a brain drain for other countries.

[@swanpride]

No southern EU state has a youth unemployment rate of 50%, not even Greece, which tops the list with 33%.

[@pistolen87]

@WhyOWhy Yes, that's another important reason.

[@andrew_alxf]

Get lost

[@sirneil09]

Bye bye

[@pomat22]

sorry to disappoint you. My family is staying

[@stereoreviewx]

Can anybody tell me what actual changes Brexit has made to these peoples lives and this Polish school I’m going to guess none.ffs

[@maxwild1212]

Can you tell me any benefits Brexit will bring to people's lives?

[@mrghostlyr1162]

Attitude is what changed most.

[@fancyenglishwithchris341]

This clip was made right after the referendum, at that time the consequences were unknown, however, whoever has established their lives here felt a great deal of uncertainty, rightly so.

[@imalloutofbubblegum3274]

Fearmongering Nonsense.

[@1chish]

Yep. Project Fear Version 22.3. They will never stop as they are stuck in their Groundhog Day dated June 23 2016. The rest of us have moved on.

[@madrockon7357]

The Right denying facts that are displayed in front of their very own eyes again.

[@1chish]

@@madrockon7357 Oh what 'facts' are those then? do please enlighten us.....

[@imalloutofbubblegum3274]

Trouble is, you're globalist marxist paradigm is falling apart infront of the worlds eyes! People across the world are rejecting it, from Poland & Hungary, France an Italy to India & Brazil, UK and the USA! Populism is taking over, get with it, we want Freedom away from the tyranny of the Left.

[@madrockon7357]

@@imalloutofbubblegum3274 We are not globalist? The Globalists are people like Boris Johnson, Donald Trump, Nigel Farrage, These are the people you SHOULD HAVE stopped but failed to do so because you believed in their lies. Did you know if Boris Johnson can't get a Canada Plus deal, he will crash us out with a No deal? I bet you didn't. What is worse is that he will blame it all on the EU and everyone will believe him. You are all batting for the wrong team, and you are just making the job of the Left to stop these people harder. You have no idea what is about to happen. Even when i spit fire facts, you right wingers still wont listen. The logic of resolve you guys have is truly damning.

[@MrGhostsword]

After 20 years in the UK, as soon as Brexit vote came on we started to plan to leave.. within 3 months we sold our house and left, took all the money our of the country.. .. you can stay out of europe.. but no way I am raising my kids where we not wanted..

[@Garcwyn]

The Russian report please

[@martov4330]

Indefinite leave to remain?? Hello??

[@pomat22]

exactly

[@lordofchaos-t2e]

I know that it is hard for some young Europeans to get their settled status because they have to prove 5 years work, but many employers don't or cannot provide the required evidence. It should be automatic, if you are here by a certain date, you can remain.

[@EvelineUK]

You don't have to prove 5 years work, you have to prove 5 years residency. So council tax bills, utility bills, mortgages, contracts from your landlord etc. For the latest EU election I got my polling card from the council, and a letter asking if I wanted to vote here or in the Netherlands, where I am from (but I've lived in the UK for 13 years). They know who lives where. The settled status should have just come through the post just like the polling card did. There should be no need to apply and risk getting rejected. May said that EU citizens would 'automatically be granted settled status', but that's not true.

[@MrSonofsonof]

You can remain even if you arrive in the UK on New Year's Eve 2020. You register your pre-settled status and can stay and work.

[@SultanSully97]

You do realize, if you aren't working illegally you will be given a payslip of ANY kind which will prove you working here!!!

[@lostinpa-dadenduro7555]

Come to the US. We love Poles! 🇵🇱

[@jacekn8]

@trident3b I worked in UK and US. Unfortunately now after 2016 when people in UK just create a problem with everything US is a lot more comfortable to live and work...

[@673497]

@@jacekn8 I indeed prefee USA folks over UK folks

[@andrewlusty5584]

We the British people voted to leave this was our decision people from other countries who are already living in the UK have a couple of options Stay and get settled status apply for British nationality or go back home it is quite simple.

[@danhall6922]

"The war is over we have won" Na farage you and your rich elite mates have won The rest of us lost

[@johnseabrook1703]

Dan Hall I’m not rich or elite, voted to leave, no regrets, whatsoever

[@danhall6922]

@@johnseabrook1703 you was conned mate

[@johnseabrook1703]

Dan Hall time will tell

[@leniizquierdo3762]

I love my countries being Spain and England but I’ve never been so disappointed to be British and for an event like this to occur with racist undertones and for a lot of people having hostile reasons to leave the EU. A lot of people including myself didn’t have the chance at the time to express our feelings or vote, this is a key fault to the Brexit situation. The world is changing, progressing - it needed youth who have grown up in a more ‘liberal’ world to decided THEIR future. The world isn’t perfect but actions like this, decided by the older generations sets us back.

[@alfonsoGarcia-ov9yo]

@@KentRoads You leave the EU for the inmigration. There is not economics reasons, period. I don´t judge, it is your right but it is what it is.

[@SexyFace]

@@alfonsoGarcia-ov9yo immigration is an economic reason, einstein

[@alfonsoGarcia-ov9yo]

@@KentRoads I say inmigration, I never say racism, you say it.

[@alfonsoGarcia-ov9yo]

California is the State with more inmigration in USA. 6 economy in the world. You are right, sorry.

[@jestempies]

@@KentRoads ​How is it the fault of immigration that Britain does not take care of its veterans? You could just as easily say that they're building bypasses while veterans are are homeless. Or they're having a Brexit celebration while veterans are homeless. That's just looking for an excuse.

[@fastbyte2235]

Ive moved to England from Poland when I was 19 and now Ill do my best to become a British patriot and instead of building a little Poland in Britain lets just build Britain in Britain. If youve left your country for some other one, just respect your new home and do not transform it for gods sake

[@DafyddBrooks]

I'll agree with you there man

[@EdLrandom]

It's interesting how mostly old people are celebrating brexit

[@johnrea2115]

Ed L. Wisdom comes with age perhaps

[@congt9288]

Ageist ? Crime ?

[@forza223bowe5]

I am 23, and I am happy fo Brexit, so it dispels the myth that Brexit is a old people’s thing

[@IowanLawman]

Then apply for residency/citizenship? If you've been here all your life and have children in the UK then you can/should apply for citizenship. Don't stand here and say "Ohhh poor old me what will happen to us?", the UK allows dual citizenship, so stop complaining and apply. Otherwise, leave if you don't like how half the country, which you are a guest in, voted.

[@georgesamuelson4003]

Are they really guests if they've been here 20 to 30 years? With that logic we could deport every child aswell.

[@Robert-cu9bm]

George Samuelson Unless you become a citizen your still a guest. If they love the country that much why not become a citizen and get the right to vote.

[@ANDY1985UK2011]

@@Robert-cu9bm they don't love the country though , they are just here to make money working like 60+ hours nearly every week some do where i work

[@domp242]

@@ANDY1985UK2011 What is wrong with working hard???

[@ANDY1985UK2011]

@@domp242 nothing it's just it makes it harder for me to get the overtime

[@pietleer8028]

They should try moving to a different area. Not all of UK is the same. I never got on in England but Scotland and Wales are welcoming.

[@daniellarcombe8083]

Yh ok😂🖕

[@mrssmith700]

Wales voted to leave

[@pietleer8028]

@@mrssmith700 What's that got to do with what I typed?

[@zepter00]

I Heard Scotland love Poles. Polish 1 St armored division was created there. Many clubs of Scotish Polish friendship were created there.

[@gamermapper]

What about North Ireland

[@fastbyte2235]

What are they on about? I am a Pole living in the UK and I would never think to be against Brexit, I love that finally one of the countries left the socialist EU and it happened that its the one Im living in

[@Calsopify]

Do not threat. The migrants featured in the video. Are very welcome in the UK and always will be. They should be given encouragement not anxiety inducing questions. The United Kingdom elected to remove itself from an ever expanding anti democratic body, nothing more.

[@yingyang1008]

@Gehn Saavedro ukip is pro immigration

[@krzysiekm8631]

Rodacy, wracajcie do Polski, tu jest wasz dom 🇵🇱❤

[@yingyang1008]

Polish people are the most closed to immigration of just about any nation in Europe - they see Poland as the home of Poles

[@673497]

Only narrow minded ones like the Brexiters.

[@yingyang1008]

@@673497 Poland as a country is incredibly hostile to immigration We're one of the most open countries to immigration in the world

[@domp242]

Why are You making those assumptions??? Not all Polish people are xenophobic and racist, You'll find close minded people in every nation

[@wharfedalelodge502]

Britain for the British. Build that wall.

[@public.public]

If you are that paranoid do everyone a favour and get help or just stay at home in your bedroom and lock the door.

[@leeskola417]

I'm from Latvia, I'm in UK 11 years. Feelings- I have many English friends and nothing change until that moment when I se in TV nigel.f. I see that few politicians like nigel.f. and others- many years "washed" English people heads- and result is brexit. So Sad. Now in global world England stays 1. We will see result after 5 years, but my prognosis- sad.

[@دبليو.عدن.كوم]

She lived for 30 years , why she hadn't applied for citizenship !?

[@clincpb8903]

You can be sure she is buying polish food and no english food !

[@margplsr3120]

13

[@دبليو.عدن.كوم]

@@margplsr3120 also she can

[@margplsr3120]

@@دبليو.عدن.كوم 5000 pounds it cost

[@zepter00]

@@clincpb8903 because Polish food is tasty, healthy and prices are low...food from UK ... completly opposite.

[@AndyJMacLeod]

For me, Brexit is not about immigration. It’s about wanting independence from EU bureaucracy. The UK is a large enough economy (one of the strongest in the world) to be in control of its own destiny. We’ve never seen eye-to-eye with EU politics either. We rejected the single currency, for example... I think we need to make it simple for EU nationals currently living here to apply for, and be accepted for, UK citizenship, if that’s what they want. I know it’s a time of uncertainty for many people. We need to take that on board and make sure that everyone who considers Britain to currently be their home know that they are valuable, worthwhile and accepted members of our country...

[@bokitoboss1993]

Hello! probably weird to get a response to a year old comment but you seem quite sensible. How is the british economy faring at the moment and are you still behind Brexit? Hope you're doing well. Much love from the netherlands, J.

[@maxwild1212]

I suppose you must be feeling a little perturbed by the fact that Brexit has significantly increased bureaucracy and is causing unsustainable damage to our economy, then.

[@100WangWing]

Why contribute to a country that doesn't want you? You don't owe anything to the country your born in or the country you happen to own a house or work in. If you feel unwelcome, there are many other countries that will gladly accept you. I left and my life has never been better. I will never go back.

[@marcusanark2541]

Well said.

[@forza223bowe5]

Nobody is against Polish people, I really don’t understand the fuss.

[@AK-xj2di]

🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 Long live queen of England 👑✌

[@bencrawshaw1227]

Go home, stay here,chill out I don't really care.

[@rosshilton]

why are you running a Polish Saturday school. You want to be British don’t you? Ah you want the opportunities but keep the culture. Doesn’t work like that.

[@Richardlfc]

I take it you have a problem with Chinese Saturday/Sunday schools too?

[@rosshilton]

RichJW24 You are either culturally British, or you are not.

[@Richardlfc]

@@rosshilton Nice avoidance of the question I asked.

[@gregp6631]

@@rosshilton explain to us please in details what it means to be ,,culturally British''?

[@rosshilton]

Greg P Us???? Is that the Royal We, or do you suffer form multiple personalities? Culture is defined as “the ideas, customs, and social behaviour of a particular people or society” Cannibalism is not part of British culture. Sex with underage girls isn’t either. a multiple wives isn’t. Defrauding fellow citizens was not, until a lot of people arrived from countries where it was considered the norm. But you know this don’t you. You are trying to be clever and portray me as a right wing racist. You won’t succeed.

[@a-khanation5279]

Yeah

[@philippgebhardt2272]

Immigrants from the EU tend to integrate very well (note the lack of Hungarian, French or Polish slums on the outskirts of big UK cities). It's an absolute nonsense to suggest that there's a significant anti-polish sentiment in the UK or that when people voted for Brexit (for immigration concerns) it was the Polish they had in mind.

[@onahilltopsatthemoon]

I'd like to believe that but your last paragraph was not exactly what I've seen and remember.

[@CBfrmcardiff]

Well, I do remember seeing graffiti in Trowbridge in 2015, "Poles go Home!" It was hidden away in an alley and it may even have been ironic. On the other hand it may have reflected a sentiment that too many Poles and others (because of their numbers, I think Poles are sort of symbolic of the 2004+ wave of immigration) were coming in to the country. The thing is that I would seriously suggest - please don't scoff before considering the idea - that being against a social phenomenon such as immigration, or even a prominent subset of immigration, is not the same as hating the immigrants themselves. We will never know what was going through the mind of the teenager who put that graffiti on the wall, but he (I'm sure it was a "he"), if he was at all serious, may still nevertheless have opposed the idea of throwing out or harassing or hating the existing Polish population. It's not the zero sum game that the Guardian seems to want us to imagine, where you either oppose all immigration control, or you're a racist who wants to deport everybody. One of the ladies on here says that since the vote people 'openly' talk about their opposition to immigration. That is of course her subjective experience, the value of which is telling us how she feels and not how people behave, but it is interesting for 2 additional reasons. First of all, the very idea that people had ever been obliged to keep as a secret their opposition to a particular level of immigration is itself troubling. They must have lived in fear. But secondly, I've come across people complaining about immigration for *years* (less so recently), including fairly recent immigrants themselves. It's no recent phenomena. I imagine that people often take their cue from their environment: come to Britain and work in a 'working class' environment and you'll soon complain about immigration, just as your colleagues do. Come to Britain and work at the Guardian, on the other hand, and you'll soon shudder in horror at the idea of a UKIP voter.

[@philippgebhardt2272]

@@CBfrmcardiff True - The Guardian also treats immigrants as these isolated, atomic individuals without cultural norms/customs The social impact immigrants have on society should be at the front of our minds when discussing immigration - but this is completely absent from the discourse and we only talk about how it will affect the GDP.

[@samaale7381]

@@philippgebhardt2272 Sorry mate most brexiteers voted out of EU because of Poles and Hungerians. Did you forget the polish man who was murdered in West London days after the vote?

[@philippgebhardt2272]

@@samaale7381 I didn't forget about it, I also didn't forget about a several hundred or so other murders in and around London that had nothing to do with the Brexit vote and *all* to do with gang violence. I didn't say there was *no* anti-EU immigrant sentiment, I also didn't say there was no anti-toaster sentiment. Look at the crime/murder statistics long and hard and if you still think there are gangs of red-faced brits going around stabbing poles then we'll just have to agree to disagree.

[@andyq752]

It's entirely up to anyone to leave or remain in the UK. They are welcome to stay if they wish, registration is free and simple. So exactly the same as before Brexit.

[@liten48]

they should have stayed poland , if wanted a polish school

[@moominpic]

Says the nation that gave us English pubs and Fish and Chip shops in Spain.

[@forza223bowe5]

Go to Benidorm they have fish and chips and Irish bars and British pubs on every corner.

[@liten48]

@@forza223bowe5 so

[@moominpic]

@@liten48 So if they'd wanted fish and chips they should have stayed in UK.

[@andrzejdobrowolski9523]

@@moominpic Is it true that British people living in Spain refuse to learn Spanish? I've heard about this

[@karlosthejackel69]

No ones asking you to go home, calm down and stop with the crocodile tears

[@TheIamIrving]

Not yet. What do think brexit was all about? Fish?

[@karlosthejackel69]

kaptain kopter It was always about the fisch

[@margplsr3120]

no one? they hear it every day. Speak other language with your friend in shop and some native will say go home and here we speak other language

[@lallenard]

could you please do one like this with Hungarian people, as well? would be much appreciated!

[@selmen9240]

What's the difference ?

[@lallenard]

I am just curious how my compatriots react to this change in status quo, what are their opinions, life situations, what solutions they might see. But yes, you are partly right, in basics, there should not be huge differences compared to the Polish.

[@onahilltopsatthemoon]

@@lallenard From the Hungarians I worked with during last years, it's pretty much the same.

[@glyntutt1586]

I am English and live in France. I care little for the EU and voted for Brexit. Compared to other EU countries, the fact that the UK has more than 5 million EU nationals living there is a testament to the dynamic and welcoming society that the UK has. If you think that the UK is a terrible place to be post Brexit - why not come an move over here……. go on try it, then you will realise why so few Brits actually LIVE and WORK in the - it is bloody difficult.

[@forza223bowe5]

The Uk is actually a very tolerant country. Try going to a Middle Eastern country and building a church on every corner

[@glyntutt1586]

@pat dunne : You are barking up the wrong tree Pat! I am an engineer and speak the language, but I have no rosy view of living here in France forever..... indeed, I will return to the U.K. when my children leave the nest and I have discharged my responsibilities accordingly. The Maastricht Treaty in the early 1990’s was clear that the movement of people within the EU was to Live and Work. You are indeed right that it is hard for most U.K. citizens to find work in the rest of the EU without a proficient use of the local language. That is also why the U.K. has more EU citizens working within its Territory than all other EU migrant movements put together. France for example has a total of 300K EU citizens working and/or living in France, the U.K. has over 5M!!!!! So, unless you have experienced first hand living in the U.K. and living in another EU state, I’d recommend that you button up.

[@mrblobby6284]

simple answer: yes.

[@kipdynamite4164]

Polish are hard working, love their families, a huge asset to the community & are great craic... English people I’ve found on the whole to be lazy & moan about issue instead of getting stuck in & fix the problem through hard work...

[@tammenjnobaptiste]

Well now you know how it feels for we commonwealth country citizens who go through turmoil to get visa and status here in the uk. You’ve enjoyed all these free movement now it’s time to pay rent!

[@CptClubs]

Sad and true. This story has happened time and time again. One thing everyone should know, the only people inheritaly from the isles are the Scots, the Welsh and some Irish - the rest of us all come here at different points in history, even our royal family is of German origin.

[@aaronbogatch548]

Not only England is happy with Brexit, Germany is too. Germany had never wanted Britain in the EU. Now At long last Germany scceeded in kicking Britain out of the EU.

[@truckerfromreno]

The UK voted to leave the EU - the EU tried their best to keep the EU in. Now the German stranglehold will strengthen and other countries will leave the EU.

[@meh23p]

You’re living in a fantasy land.

[@jamesyanchek779]

Now it is my understanding their is a strong grudge in Poland against the EU as well.

[@zepter00]

Not at all. Poles suport EU in 85%. That is highest % in whole EU. Polish governmant has many against EU but They love EU money so They will cooperate... with some resistance but will cooperate.

[@ibobeko4309]

In Austria, the right wingers always had a eye on leaving the EU but after seeing how much went wrong in the UK, they abandoned the plan. After Brexit nobody proposed or even mentions leaving the EU anymore. Brexit had the opposite effect on leaving the EU, nobody wants up like UK. And it is the same in Germany, thanks to UK.

[@ibobeko4309]

@@zepter00 They will cooperate more than ever, after Russia attacked Ukraine again. I think the support now is even higher.

[@zepter00]

@@ibobeko4309 what do you mean again?

[@Jamie_Johnson]

Why doesn't the Guardian do a little video on EU countries denying British people citizenship in Europe? Oh that's right I forgot, the Guardian are specifically trying to put the British in a bad light.

[@reece091]

Jamie Johnson evidence?

[@MrSonofsonof]

I don't think any EU Member States are forcing British citizens to move. Of course, Britain isn't forcing any EU citizens to move either.

[@alexe5461]

most of the east european nationals that live and work in the uk work hard and pay tax. there are a lot of exceptions though, some come to take advantage of the free health care. there are also romanian gypsys that seem to be flooding our streets at the moment, just some of the problems the uk faces but here is an interesting question, how many of these east europeans would fight for the british armed forces if it came under attack by a foreign power?

[@judefensterheim4779]

Why should they be expected to fight for the British armed forces? Did you? Would you expect the same of British people?

[@martinbuchan9432]

@@judefensterheim4779 Exactly,!

[@Batmax192]

"how many of these east europeans would fight for the british armed forces if it came under attack by a foreign power?" Definitly much higher number than that of the British fighting to save Czechoslovakia in 38 or Poland in 39....

[@MundM777]

None. They will just migate to Germany.

[@ghostkid45]

@@judefensterheim4779 what his basically saying is if your going to immigrate to a country it's okay to embrace your culture but at the same time you have to ask your self which culture do you love more if you had to pick between the two let's say the UK goes to war with your county what will do in that situation.