I'm sick of foreign people

[Deadly Ferret]

I'm English, 32, and have lived in London since 1992. When trying to remember the last time I went a few days without seeing foreign people, I have to go back to before I came to London.

To clarify, by foreign people I don't mean all those who are not Anglo-Saxon. I mean people, of all colours, who come from foreign countries. (Seems obvious really, afterall that's what foreign means, and yet idiots abound hence feeling the need for clarification...)

I'm sick of it. Supposedly I live in England, and yet I can't even go out for an hour without passing somebody foreign, without hearing some African jabbering away to his pal on the bus at twice the normal volume, or a Polish couple walking past me on the street talking Polish to their child (why the hell aren't they teaching the child English?)

I feel like I live in a foreign land. I get it on the street, on public transport, and I get it at work (the construction industry). I'm sick of not being able to enjoy being around English people in England, of foreigners being constantly present rather than occasionally present.

I want to live in an area that has a large English majority, but such places are becoming rather scarce, and those that remain I cannot relocate to because my work traps me in London.

England is dead, or at least it is in the South-East.

 

[El Capitano]

Either that, or you're just a bigot.

 

[semi-pro waster]

I'm sick of it. Supposedly I live in England, and yet I can't even go out for an hour without passing somebody foreign, without hearing some African jabbering away to his pal on the bus at twice the normal volume, or a Polish couple walking past me on the street talking Polish to their child (why the hell aren't they teaching the child English?)

You do live in England, a country that has rightly been famed for its tolerance and accepting attitude in terms of dealing with foreigners. How do you know that the Polish couple aren't teaching their child English? Seems a bit of a presumption to make, they might be teaching them in the safety of their own home but when out on the street the language that the child knows best presently is better for control purposes. There's a variety of possible reasons why they might not choose to speak English at a particular point in time.

I feel like I live in a foreign land. I get it on the street, on public transport, and I get it at work (the construction industry). I'm sick of not being able to enjoy being around English people in England, of foreigners being constantly present rather than occasionally present.

I want to live in an area that has a large English majority, but such places are becoming rather scarce, and those that remain I cannot relocate to because my work traps me in London.

England is dead, or at least it is in the South-East.

There seems to be lots of English people in London to me but as an added bonus there's millions of people from around the World here also with all the interest and cultures that brings with it. Frankly I think it's brilliant but maybe London's not the place for you, I'm sure there must be construction projects elsewhere in England or the rest of the UK. If you really found it that much of a problem then you could go to them and retreat into a little enclave of Englishness - maybe it'll be the solution but I wouldn't be holding out much hope.

 

[lokkers]

You live in a multi-cultural capital city and you complain that you overhear non-English people?! Get a grip man.

 

[Nitrojan]

I'm English, 32, and have lived in London since 1992. When trying to remember the last time I went a few days without seeing foreign people, I have to go back to before I came to London.

To clarify, by foreign people I don't mean all those who are not Anglo-Saxon. I mean people, of all colours, who come from foreign countries. (Seems obvious really, afterall that's what foreign means, and yet idiots abound hence feeling the need for clarification...)

I'm sick of it. Supposedly I live in England, and yet I can't even go out for an hour without passing somebody foreign, without hearing some African jabbering away to his pal on the bus at twice the normal volume, or a Polish couple walking past me on the street talking Polish to their child (why the hell aren't they teaching the child English?)

I feel like I live in a foreign land. I get it on the street, on public transport, and I get it at work (the construction industry). I'm sick of not being able to enjoy being around English people in England, of foreigners being constantly present rather than occasionally present.

I want to live in an area that has a large English majority, but such places are becoming rather scarce, and those that remain I cannot relocate to because my work traps me in London.

England is dead, or at least it is in the South-East.

I don't want to get flamed either.. but I do see where the OP is coming from, and I have to say, I agree.

 

[Castiel]

You live in a cosmopolitan city, like all large cities across the globe it is populated by people from everywhere. If you don't like it move out of the urban environment. I live in a small city in Wiltshire and all you hear here is English.

Crazy bigoted people....

 

[LabR@t]

Welcome to Labours legacy the multi-faith,multi-cultural hell hole.

Diversity for the sake of diversity.

I hope the annuals of time will document that the last government was when england was ruined for it Indigenous population.

Call be a bigot or racist if you like I really don't care, I too am sick of the raping of this once great country too many people see england as some kind of refuge camp for the world and those that support this or agree with this are in my mind traitors and to think we thought two wars to stop foreign invaders.

 

[deus3x]

I can see what your saying but dude this world has more than just English people in it. People travel and people want to come to the great Capital.

should not have lived in the Capital if it gets to you that much.

 

[El Capitano]

Welcome to Labours legacy the multi-faith,multi-cultural hell hole.

Diversity for diversities sake.

OK, we'll kick all the foreign people out. You're now on toilet cleaning duty for the entirety of England...

I hope the annuals of time will document that the last government was when england was ruined for it ingenious population.

...partly because you certainly aren't an English scholar and partly because you threw all the people out who do the jobs you don't want to do.

 

[Vonhelmet]

Move in with Nick Griffin. I hear he'll be glad of the rent.

 

[Vonhelmet]

Welcome to Labours legacy the multi-faith,multi-cultural hell hole.

Diversity for diversities sake.

I hope the annuals of time will document that the last government was when england was ruined for it ingenious population.

Call be a bigot or racist if you like I really don't care, I too am sick of the raping of this once great country too many people see england as some kind of refuge camp for the world and those that support this or agree with this are in my mind traitors and to think we thought two wars to stop foreign invaders.

You apparently can't even write proper English, so I'll take your opinion on English things with a pinch of salt.

 

[d_brennen]

Lol at the bandwagon jumpers screaming "bigot"

OP has a right to an opinion. You're the bigots

 

[El Capitano]

Lol at the bandwagon jumpers screaming "bigot"

OP has a right to an opinion. You're the bigots

I don't think you know what a bigot is.

 

[Redrum]

When trying to remember the last time I went a few days without seeing foreign people, I have to go back to before I came to London.

Why is it a bad thing to see foreign people?

without hearing some African jabbering away to his pal on the bus

The African is not talking to you, so he/she doesn't need to use English. Why do you feel people having a private conversation should do so in English just because they are in England?

at twice the normal volume

So you feel they are sometimes rude? How often do you see English people that you feel are rude? I'd wager that it is more often.


I have a question for you. I'm English but I live and work in Japan. I often talk to my friends in English when I am walking down the street or in a bar. Am I being out of order to the Japanese?

Considering we are from a country that is infamous for its people going abroad and making no effort to speak the native language and for generally being rude and loutish, I think we should be careful about throwing stones.

 

[Vampyre]

'diversities' 'annuals of time' 'ingenious population.'

You're not from around here are you??

 

[Dolph]

I'm fed up of stupid people, but apparently it is far less appropriate to discuss measures to fix it because the large majority of them are homegrown...

 

[Dolph]

Lol at the bandwagon jumpers screaming "bigot"

OP has a right to an opinion. You're the bigots

Freedom of speech cuts both ways. OP has the right to express his opinion, others have the right to vilify him for it.

 

[Meridian]

England in particular has been subject to waves of immigrants for centuries. Remember the Normans? Took over the country. In the Seventeenth Century the whole country (or at least the people of London) were up in arms over the arrival of the Huguenots, who were (apparently) going to turn us all French. The influx of them was massive - far larger per head than the current East European wave.

And here's the funny thing: we still speak English as the national language. We've annexed words from all those countries (plus the ones we invaded), but the last invaders to change the language significantly were the Anglo-Saxons: the invaders that many bigots think were somehow native to this country. Nope, just another load of immigrants.

Immigration is a natural human characteristic. If it wasn't, the human race would consist of a few thousand people living in the Great Rift Valley. Get used to it, because Human Nature always wins. Take advantage of it: generally the ones coming here are the best and brightest from their countries. We just need a scheme to swap them for our local scum.


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[AtreuS]

Im pretty easy go lucky, and if someone wants to come here and work and pay taxes i will welcome them with both arms.

What does annoy me is when i pop down to my local asda or tesco and see HUGE families of eastern europeans, or asians with 2 or 3 stacked trollys FULL of brand items and seeing them pay for it will with bloody vouchers they somehow get for free from the government.

Myself and the mrs both work long hours and do all we can to keep a roof over our heads and its quite an irritation to see these scroungers getting it all for free. And this isnt just now and again, its EVERY damn time i go shopping.

Fair enough i also see white "british" people using vouchers and getting stuff for free, but in all honesty id say its 1/10 that fit into that category. They annoy me in equal measure but i find the discrepancy in numbers quite disturbing.

Now i can only say here that i am not racist, i have many friends who are not "white english" and when asked about this kind of thing they ALL agree that britain has become like a dumping ground for scroungers from around the world.

Something has to give sooner or later. Too many scroungers of ANY background will drag us all down sooner or later.

My sister in law worked in Barcelona for a year and according to her its the same there more or less... i think any big metropolitan city will of course have a large diversity in ethnic backgrounds, its only natural. But how these people conduct ther lives is what makes the differance.

If they come to work and contribute we all benefit. If they come to scrounge and stay isolated and refuse to join in, we all suffer.

 

[Redrum]

AtreuS, if we say for argument's sake that there are lots of foreign people living lavish lifestyles on government benefits and handouts*, then who's fault is that? Should we not blame the government for giving it to them? Do you really expect them to refuse money if the government is trying to give it to them?

* I don't agree with this.