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In November 2014, [[Lidl]] supermarkets were exposed by the BBC for threatening staff with termination for speaking Polish during work and at their tea breaks.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-29956188 |title='English only' rule at Lidl shops sparks Welsh row |publisher=BBC News |date=7 November 2014 |accessdate=24 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Richard Spillett |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2823575/Polish-workers-Lidl-told-stop-speaking-native-language-sacked.html |title=Polish workers at Lidl told to stop speaking their native language or they will be sacked |publisher=Daily Mail Online |date=7 November 2014 |accessdate=24 February 2016}}</ref>

After the [[United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016|British referendum of EU membership]], there were more cases of Polonophobia attacks including anti-Polish leaflets posted in [[Huntingdon]] <ref>{{cite web|title=Reports of "No more Polish vermin" signs left outside primary schools in Huntingdon|url=http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/reports-of-no-more-polish-vermin-signs-distributed-in-huntingdon/story-29443411-detail/story.html|website=Cambridge News|accessdate=26 June 2016}}</ref> and graffiti against the [[Polish Social and Cultural Association|Polish Cultural OfficeCentre]] in [[Hammersmith]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Micklethwaite|first1=Jamie|title=Police probe racist graffiti smeared on Polish centre after Brexit vote|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/police-probe-racist-graffiti-smeared-on-polish-centre-after-brexit-vote-a3281081.html|website=Evening Standard|accessdate=26 June 2016}}</ref> Several acts of violence against Poles took place in [[Harlow]], one of the victims died. <ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-3766120/Teenager-quizzed-Harlow-death-Polish-man-possible-hate-crime.html Racists exploiting Brexit 'come from sewers' says MP of Pole murdered in Harlow]</ref> <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/aug/30/five-teenage-boys-arrested-after-man-dies-following-attack-in-essex Six teenage boys arrested over death of Polish man in Essex]</ref>

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