The article is correct in that post-WW2 treatment of Poles and the betrayal of Poland was a disgrace and wicked injustice.
However, the article's conclusory comparison of post-Brexit with post-WW2 Britain isn't explained, probably because the writer doesn't understand it.
Most xenophobia in Britain recently has come from the working class, especially unskilled or low-skilled workers, who are competing for jobs and affordable housing. Like most racism, it's more about class and economics than any sinister ideology.
Moreover, Britain's stupidly generous welfare system encourages the dregs of foreign nations to join the masses of existing parasites, causing an unsustainably burgeoning bill for the taxpayer, which in turn has contributed to austerity measures, namely cuts in public spending and welfare; the native parasites are pissed off now and join the working class in their shift towards national socialism.
As you see, the root of the problem is caused by socialists: post-WW2 leftists cozying up to Stalin (read the article for details).
The working class was hit hardest by the war and there was a massive political swing to the left; the Labour Party was on the ascendancy, leftist politicians were focused on locals desperately in need of assistance: millions of workers (military and civilian) are suddenly redundant when war ends and foreign workers are unwanted competition.
Moreover, six years of war had resulted in a lot of injuries and homelessness: cue the NHS, social housing and basic income support, which again, foreigners were unwanted competition for. The irony of fighting national socialism and end up with a similar sentiment.
The EU is a socialist superstate; the ongoing bailouts of failed nations is just macro-welfare. And as I've previously stated, nations with overly generous welfare systems have encouraged the wrong type of migrant.
Welfare is a socialist idea that may have begun with honorable intentions but, as is now self-evident, is a failure that causes more problems than it solves, such as the undue hatred and mistreatment of Poles in this case.
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