How The Tabloid Press Demonises Polish Immigrants
“POLES are dumping kids here,” screams the Star. “Brutal parents flee UK”.
“Hundreds of battered Polish children are being abandoned in Britain by abusive parents.”
Hundreds become “dozens”, as readers read on:
“Polish embassy staff have personally intervened in at least 10 ‘child at risk’ cases this year alone…”
Becomes ten…
Image: Smak is the staple diet of Poles
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October 2nd, 2008 at 12:33 pm
‘consular officials fear it is just the tip of the iceberg and are worried hundreds more abused children could be taking daily beatings’
Every day I thank gog-magog that no Brits beat kids, take drugs or become alcoholics. When will the proto-fascist European Mainland learn to become civilised like us Tommies?
October 2nd, 2008 at 12:32 pm
Thanks Jack, that’s really useful.
As for that fat cat Fully Secured Bank Funding Pigeon, I’m truly disappointed in him. Why trade a child when you can sell it outright?
Oops, wrong thread…
October 2nd, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Thanks Jack, it is working.
October 2nd, 2008 at 12:25 pm
It#s a ridiculous link, but it works for me. Or type “dumping kids” into the search bar at the top of this link maybe:
pressdisplay.com
October 2nd, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Yvonne, if you put this into your Address bar it might work:
pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/showarticle.aspx?article=a703d490-8a9b-47cd-ace5-344a56946451&key=dMmkHRLmuUZkzE0hpVEJGg%3d%3d&issue=10692008100200000000001001
I can#t post an active link, the software isn’t working for that.
October 2nd, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Hi, yvonne
Not sure that it is online; have you tried googling?
October 2nd, 2008 at 12:10 pm
They should have gone to child trader!
October 2nd, 2008 at 12:09 pm
I would like to read The Star’s version. Didn’t they place it on-line?
October 2nd, 2008 at 12:05 pm
HAS ANYONE NOTICED THAT EATING LOADS OF CABBAGE MAKES YOU FART?
October 2nd, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Jack,
The story started in Polska, thus:
‘Neglected and beaten children of Polish immigrants suffer in British foster care, writes daily Polska.
The number of mistreated Polish children in Great Britain is on the rise, with over 100 of them already taken away from the parents by state social services, writes daily Polska. This is exceptionally hard for these children, as they are placed with foreign foster families, where they feel alienated from the environment; very often they don’t even speak English. This situation was to be expected, writes a columnist with the paper. Millions of Poles travelled to Britian over the last couple of years, most of them unemployed, so it was obvious that not everyone would be successful, and failure could trigger pathological behaviour in some of these people. Such cases have already been highlighted by the media. The efforts of consulate officials or charity organizations, though appreciated, are not enough to solve the problem. These children need to be taken back to their homeland, to Polish foster homes. It’s the government’s and the society’s responsibility to bring these children back. Ombudsman for children’s rights Marek Michalak has already pledged to help remedy the situation, writes the newspaper.’
The Star turned that very sad story into a club to beat Polish people over the head, in typical tabloidese…
October 2nd, 2008 at 11:57 am
Could you please enclose link to article in The Star. I can’t find it.
October 2nd, 2008 at 11:55 am
‘battered Polish children ‘
They fry their own children in batter? I will be writing to my MP asking for Poland to be thrown out of the EU.
Brits who abandon kids do it for good reasons, like when they can’t be bovverd about the annoying tossers. Poles do it ‘coz dey is pure eevil, innit?