News / Why has the US dollar reached almost 3.99 zł in Poland? [56]



Horrific isn't it. I'm down thousands this week.


Sterling too. Still strong against the złoty and the current instability within Poland can only contribute to that.

News / Poland's democracy defenders in Brussels turned out to be EU employees. [62]


I suspect we will see immunity lifted, given the seriousness of their crimes.

News / The shame of Duda making late night visits to Kaczyński [79]


The tens of thousands of ordinary people who have attended the Polish pro-democracy rallies reckon they spoil their chance as soon as Kaczynski got the keys (did he have them cut himself) to the office.

News / The shame of Duda making late night visits to Kaczyński [79]


Not to the majority of people in this country, it isn't. And the minority who voted for PiS (demographically less well-educated) if they understood what they might end up with would doubtless change their minds.

News / Do you believe that western Europe (ie EU) won`t punish Poland if Poland try to go out of EU? [44]


We'd need to harmonise the benefits system Throughout the EU before that could work, and it would also be illegal under our own laws. It would also defeat the object of having a benefits system in the first place; namely to reduce poverty.

Having said that, the current government are trying their damndest not to have a benefits system at all, with a resulting human cost and 300 charity food banks opening to stop people starving.


If anything, benefits are hard to get.

Difficult to see how this relates to any sanctions should Poland decide (we won't) to leave the Union. It just seems like a lot of anti-EU rants by people who have undoubtedly enjoyed the benefits of membership.

News / Poland's democracy defenders in Brussels turned out to be EU employees. [62]

And was your taxi driver (doubtless the fount of all insight) a VIP?

News / Do you believe that western Europe (ie EU) won`t punish Poland if Poland try to go out of EU? [44]


Immigration over the decades started long before EU entry (or the EEC becoming the EU in 1990) therefore nothing to do with the EU, and in the current wave of refugees, far fewer are going to the UK (or Poland) than other countries.

News / The shame of Duda making late night visits to Kaczyński [79]

Not much of a reply, is it Po?

After all, we aren't talking about former governments decades ago, are we. We're talking about Kaczynski and his puppets Duda and Szydlo.

News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]


And plenty of them in Poland. There's also an early Mass and an afternoon Mass in almost every parish - in fact plenty of the people attending Polish pro-democracy rallies on Saturday go straight on to the local Vigil Mass.

News / The shame of Duda making late night visits to Kaczyński [79]


This is what it's all about. Macierewicz cutting keys to the NATO office in the middle of the night, Kaczynski summoning his poodles Duda and Szydlo in the middle of the night, secret underhand meetings of the Kaczynski Gang - all done under the cover of darkness.

They seem to be taking the concept of Ciemnogrod a bit too seriously...

News / Poland's democracy defenders in Brussels turned out to be EU employees. [62]


What about a bloke in the pub?

History / "Poland's Concentration Camp" ?? [570]

Still trying to pretend that documented facts didn't happen, Bieggers? Even suggesting that the Jewish Chronicle (which by the way reviewed the book, nothing more) and the British Houses of Parliament aren't reliable sources!

Given that Sikorski himself admitted that they were Concentration Camps, given that names of the inmates are a matter of public record, given the contemporary eyewitness reports, and given the meticulously researched detail as, I think we can conclude that your lame attempt to discredit a piece of history that is true beyond any doubt is laughable.

And since the whole matter is likely to be tested soon in a court of law (yes, some survivors of the Polish Concentration Camps are still alive) we shall be hearing much much more of this whole sad chapter in history.

News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]


And the Saturday evening Vigil Mass exists for people who work on Sunday mornings.

History / "Poland's Concentration Camp" ?? [570]


That's actually a fascinating forum for so many topics. There's mention there of some of the eyewitness accounts and in our compensation culture I suspect that there are lawyers trawling it now.

Since any survivors of the Polish Concentration Ca,ps that Sikorski dared to insult Scotland with are certainly eligible for a huge payout from the Polish government-in-exile's legal heirs.

If not the Sikorski family too, who aren't exactly on the breadline.

History / "Poland's Concentration Camp" ?? [570]

Bieggers, you seem for some reason (probably because you haven't got anything else to say) to be fixating on the clipping that mentioned Pravda. Unfortunately for your argument, every detail and more is documented in individual sources.

You even, amusingly, tried to mention the 2002 invasion of Iraq! As if that either negates or confirms something that is documented as happening between 1940 and 1946! No words are enough to express the stupidity of that comment.

So in fact, you're getting worked up about (as usual) something about which you know nothing and don't have a leg to stand on.

It may surprise you, being a teenager in Canada born in the late 90s or even after 2000 that there are some people alive today in their 90s who would just muss your hair and call you kiddy, but are very capable of giving their testimony about what happened to them when they were very young (but still a decade older than you are now). There are also other sources, Hansard being one of them and unfortunately for anyone who tries to pretend (the Polish government by the way doesn't) that Polish Concentration Camps didn't exist in Scotland, General Sikorski himself admitted it.

News / Adam Michnik awarded for integrity, professionalism and high standards. Poland's No. 1 fascist? [321]


We have quite a few mutual acquaintances and I'm not at all a fan.


Spot on.

News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]

Watch the TV news, Po3. After all, you whined yesterday that the Polish pro-democracy protests were dominating it.

Polonia / Should Poles help Germans organize protests demanding free media ? [136]

Can't speak for India, however there are parts of the Middle East that are fine. Europe during the Twentieth Century though was a living hell at so many times, for so many people and in so many places. The bad things that happen in the Middle East are usually due to chaos. In Europe it was mostly by design.

Work / Au pair in Poland, how much should I earn? Taxes and insurance. [13]

You'd need to give a contract of employment - this is essential. For tax, insurance etc, you really do need to consult a bookkeeper. They aren't expensive. This is essential since in Poland the system is quite fiddly and you can be fined for a small miscalculation.

Most locals would just discreetly pay cash...

News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]


Perhaps, though nobody really blames them for Trump. Not that much, anyway.


Good news that there are so many. The last one in Warsaw was good, so many normal decent people and no trouble, no rancour, all positive.

News / Poland's democracy defenders in Brussels turned out to be EU employees. [62]

Unless recruitment policies there have changed, I think we can say yes.

A silly thread really, since it's based on a throwaway comment on a TV station.

Perhaps some of the usual suspects will suggest next that the tens of thousands of people who attend the Polish pro-democracy rallies are all "EU employees"...

:-)))

Polonia / Should Poles help Germans organize protests demanding free media ? [136]


No great loss.

News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]

Why would I need to "rush to google".

And yes, it's unlikely they'll last a full term. However much you hate that fact.

News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]


It increasingly looks like they'll be out of office before their term ends. Just like last time.

News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]

Easy to see how quickly a discussion on the Polish pro-democracy movement degenerates when some of the usual suspects (none of whom have lived in Poland for years) start to spam about their usual topic; namely their hatred and fear of Muslims.

Which is nothing whatsoever to do do with the Polish pro-democracy rallies.

Those exiles really do have nothing to say.

News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]


Excellent. That will help correct the low birth rate and the problem of people abandoning Poland never to return. In any case, it isn't one of the many issues that the thousands of people who attend Polish pro-democracy rallies are expressing concerns about.


Every post you make about immigration and people of colour/Muslims (and that's quite a lot of your posts) suggests the opposite is true.


How on earth would you know anything about my "friend's circles" ?

News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]

That doesn't make much sense at all. Especially since there are very few "foreign guests" in Poland and among those foreigners (either visitors or permanent residents) or citizens who naturalised, very few attend the Polish pro-democracy rallies. Most of the attenders are native Poles, ones who stayed here through good times and bad and didn't abandon our country as soon as they could when time were hard

News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]


I strongly doubt that - especially since none of the major parties in Poland favour large-scale immigration. If it does come, however, it will start during PiS's brief spell in office.

It may be something that makes you feel insecure in Birmingham, however it isn't anything people discuss much here in Poland.

Almost funny to see PiS supporters here (living abroad, as it happens) getting so upset about the Polish pro-democracy movement.

News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]


None have so far (or did before) so I doubt people (especially the people who attend Polish pro-democracy rallies) are holding out much hope. Nor are the markets.

News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]


This one was rather low, especially in the more affluent voivodships.

Next time, given the Polish pro-democracy movement, it will be higher. As it was when people turned out en masse to chuck PiS out last time they were in. A genuine groundswell of common sense then, too.