I walked into town today, but got so cold I took the bus home from the terminus. This meant a five minute wait on the bus where I overheard two passengers get into conversation about immigrants and in particular Polish/Easter European immigrants. Their ignorance was breathtaking and in the end I couldn't help but interrupt when, after a considerable (and racist) tirade one of the women stated that she didn't know why it was that a relative of hers couldn't get benefits, but that 'everyone knows that immigrants can work in this country and then go home and still get tax credits when they're in Poland'. I challenged her comment (politely) and asked her where she got her information, and furthermore did she truly believe that government officials were applying different, more generous, rules to immigrants? Her response? She kept reading all these stories in the newspapers so assumed it must be true!!!! Aaargh!!!!
