tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post3782001127584014102..comments2023-10-01T16:53:17.274+01:00Comments on Cicero's Songs: Snow thoughts from AbroadCicerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02090838836212624633noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post-82144991330559867462007-01-30T10:07:00.000+00:002007-01-30T10:07:00.000+00:00Lepidus- I don't think a third will remain for eve...Lepidus- I don't think a third will remain for ever- I just think thay are just staying longer- they are different from the short term work visitors.<br /><br />Anecdotally, it does seem that Polish-British relations both on the ground here and internationally are pretty good. It is not only the idiocy of Chirac that has hurt France- it is also the fact that the English Language is so widespread (and indeed necessary). <br /><br />The difference in work ethic though, is noted- and it has been the creation of Polish owned businesses to exploit British laziness and fill the gaps that it creates that has extended the stay of many Polish and other CEE individuals. As I have often said- if there was no need then the CEE work visitors would not be coming.Cicerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02090838836212624633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post-89345112007354459352007-01-29T19:12:00.000+00:002007-01-29T19:12:00.000+00:00How do they view "us"?: Ask a Polish builder and h...How do they view "us"?: Ask a Polish builder and he will think that we have been very patient to the point of unbelieveable indulgence with local laziness and corner cutting. But then, all these Anglo Saxons were all immigrants themselves (who didn't go back home, not even when the French arrived).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post-55605937615508566822007-01-26T19:36:00.000+00:002007-01-26T19:36:00.000+00:00Cicero if even half or being really conservative a...Cicero if even half or being really conservative a third of the Poles remain that is a massive number. Noinetheless they are by word for hard work and industry, despite the barbs from their PM I certainly didn't recognise his description. But I raised a point twice with refernce to the Cold war and America's immigrant communities of the way it binds us to Poland and other places but Poland especially. Perhaps you can address a) The leadership opportunities for this country with these new ties and b) How Poles etc view us. Ironic that many decades ago France was the natural place to look for mitteleuropa and now it is us, We certainly won't tell them to shut up, but I do wonder how favourably they view us I think. <br /><br />Lepidus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post-68173815676562378132007-01-26T14:42:00.000+00:002007-01-26T14:42:00.000+00:00And, Cicero, imagine this irony: our Polish, Lithu...And, Cicero, imagine this irony: our Polish, Lithuanian and other CEE friends gives Scotland its thanks for helping to set them free 15-18 years ago by helping Scotland to regain its independence. That would be sweet, and just, even if ironic...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com