20 December 2006

Poles in Scarborough - A Personal View

The local MP stated recently in the Scarborough Evening News: "It's been a very positive aspect to life in Scarborough. They have reasonable skills and are reliable labour."

The Polish community has increased by 750% in the last year. The local library stocks Polish language books, local shops are going cap in hand to the Poles asking them what they should be selling with regard to Polish food. And worst of all, local workers are being laid off from their jobs so that the Poles can be set on.

If work is available, then local people should have priority, not East European immigrants.

Maybe our local MP would like to meet some of his constituents who have lost their jobs, who no doubt may have voted for him in the last general election, and tell them how great it is to have such a large Polish community in the town. I'm sure they would agree, especially if they find themselves out of work and saddled with a mortgage so that a Pole can have their job.