The great Polish exodus: The arrival of 100,000s of Poles changed the face of Britain, but now they’re returning home in droves for a better life in their low-tax, booming homeland. Could there be a more damning indictment of our decline?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15379789/Polish-exodus-arrival-Britain-tax.html
by ByGollie
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It’s wild that even after brexit being such an unmitigated disaster, the British public look set to elect Nigel f***ing Farage as their next prime minister.
I genuinely do not understand how so many people can be that dense.
It’s all by design, the elites want to turn everything into slums and they are succeeding. It’s much easier for them to rule over the poor than deal with independent middle class.
Poland was post communism, and had a much lower base to start from to catch up to our living standards. It’d be nice to read a more balance view of the rise since 2004 and those who’ve decided to move back vs those who’ve decided to stay.
Isn’t this what the right wants? For the immigrants to go back home. I guess brexit is working
It’s not that we are that good. It’s UK is doing bad (because of Brexit or other political decisions).
People in Poland still emigrate to Germany or Netherlands for better salaries.
>in their low-tax, booming homeland.
We actually need more taxes because public sector is underfunded. We spent too little for healthcare, education, our police is among the worst paid in Europe. But because of a group of right-wing politicians very vocal on social media which claims that low taxes and simple state are a panaceum for every our problem it’s hard for more left wing politicians to push the idea that we need to increase taxes and government spendings.
Don’t read the comments in the article if you want to keep your sanity intact lmao
Just to mention the Daily Mail championed anti-Eastern European hostility for many years, especially in the run-up to Brexit.
Yeah, The Daily Fail is not your best source of unbiased information considering they spend their time, 24/7 stoking the flames of hate.
Not unique to Europe, the same has been happening the US for the last 20 years with its Asian people.
Migration isn’t permanent it’s transactional. When conditions improve back home, people go back. That’s not an exodus, it’s equilibrium.
Isn’t UK extremely racist towards the Poles?
lol at low tax – effective tax is much higher in Poland (way over 40%) because Poles pay for healthcare separately (ZUS)
They will go home and then people from 3rd world will take their place.
To be completely fair: that has been the case before brexit and in countries other than the UK too. In Germany, more and more Poles have been returning to Poland ever since the mid 2010’s.
It’s honestly really cool how much Poland improved! Wish our neighbors all the best and I can personally say, I always liked Polish people and will always like them. They’re super similar to us Germans anyway. Ok except for the extreme religiosity/Catholicism of some Poles. That’s a bit much for my personal taste (and personal experience but nevermind lol)
I love the Polish people.
Best wishes to you from a person from Barcelona.
Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
Fucking rich for the Daily Heil to be decrying the exodus of people they’ve spent years vilifying, for a cause that they championed.
Wasn’t this the desired outcome from a lot of Brexit supporters? Be careful what one wishes for.
This is a good thing isn’t it? Polish people no longer have to leave their home country to make ends meet. I’ve seen this posted on quite a few subs with negative undertones but this should be seen as a positive sign.
Daily Mail…what exactly would make you happy?
Polish people coming to UK – bad
Polish people going back to Poland – bad
Lol
£20 if you can tell me what the daily mail was saying about poles in 2004
Life in Poland is so nice, not only Warsaw… kudos to the amazing Polish people.
I frikin love to read about low-taxes wonderland when reality is failing public health system, crazy inflation that wages cannot follow and war right next door.
GPDlandia must continue.
Soon Polish politicians will be talking about the British plumber who comes to take the jobs of good citizens… Beyond the comical aspect, it’s unfortunate.
Love how the Mail has to shoehorn ‘low tax’ in there even though the current government hasn’t really touched taxes, and we’ve just come out of 14 years of Tory austerity and Brexit – given to the UK by the government they championed.
Despicable, despicable cunts.
They moan when they come here, they moan when they go back. The Daily Mail Mail is just vacuous rage bait.
Sounds like Europe has helped Poland to prosper.
A lot of my friends are returning home because British property quality plainly sucks compared to the price attached to it.
Same thing with Bulgaria and Romania (who are doing significantly worse off than Poland). Over a decade ago UK banned Bulgarians and Romanians from immigrating there, now they’re returning home in droves. Because even Eastern Europeans consider modern UK a shitshow.
Hey maybe falling for Russia’s propaganda and doing Brexit plus all the rest of the garbage was actually a garbage idea?
Really don’t blame them. They really had it tough last century. I mean they were the fourth largest allied army on the western front. Contributed immensely and then gets shafted in 45 by the US, UK and Soviet union. They deserve some credit and a bit of prosperity.
Low-tax booming. That’s one loaded statement.
Brexit meant Brexit. This is what Brexit really meant.
Counties like Poland and Czechia are proof that the EU works, and that unbridled immigration from non-aligned countries does not.
The UK was lucky to have the Polish in the first place. Highest qualified population per capita, in terms of graduate and post graduate qualifications.
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