History / 60th anniversary of the Poznan uprising! [60]


Depends on the country (for Poland it isn't automatic), however that wouldn't apply to him anyway.

So sad to hear someone living here without ever holding citizenship or contributing positively telling others to 'go home'. It's as I say, indicative of the lack of logic within the tendency who support PiS.

History / 60th anniversary of the Poznan uprising! [60]


Nope, always here by right. Now Po, remember that Poland is extending you our hospitality - why haven't you ever applied for citizenship? Or do you really want to answer that question....

And the debacle over PiS attempted interference in the Poznan 1956 commemorations is rather symptomatic of their whole vindictive attitude and contempt for the Polish state. Basically if they can't turn any public event into a celebration of their own ideology of martyrdom (they even pretend a plane crash was suspicious rather than an accident) they thou a strop.

The more publicity about that the better, since it does show their true colours.

History / 60th anniversary of the Poznan uprising! [60]

One thing that the disgraceful behaviour of PiS concerning the Poznan 1956 commemoration has done is to underline how they want to hijack events to be Smolensk commemorations to reinforce their sense of eternal martyrdom as well as to show the public how petulant, aggressive and vindictive they are.

News / Anti-Corruption Bureau investigates Warsaw city hall [69]


Well, he's just a back-bencher and I don't see any others being ferried around by taxpayer-funded helicopters while constantly malignly accusing others (invariably people he has a political grudge against, like the Mayor of Warsaw) of wrongdoing...

History / 60th anniversary of the Poznan uprising! [60]

Looks that way, doesn't it.

And as for all the xenophobic 'go home' stuff, it's worth remembering which of us is a citizen and which of us isn't...

The same sort of political and cultural illiteracy that led to Macierewicz behaving so appallingly at the Poznan 56 commemorations. He really did want to turn it into a Smolensk stunt and threw a strop when he was told how inappropriate that would have been.

News / Anti-Corruption Bureau investigates Warsaw city hall [69]


That's basically how they do it. Some of them really do believe they have a divine right to break rules.

History / 60th anniversary of the Poznan uprising! [60]


Part of the undemocratic Kaczynski gang, furious that the majority wouldn't allow Poland to become an authoritarian theocracy.

We see this now in the appalling behaviour of Macierewicz etc over the Poznan 1956 commemoration.

History / 60th anniversary of the Poznan uprising! [60]


An invited speaker who wouldn't appear unless he could turn it into a Smolensk accident commemoration, an entirely unrelated event.


Cobblers. JK may want to divide the nation, however he was frustrated in his aims last time and will be similarly frustrated this time.


He is the elected Mayor of that city and responsible for the commemorations of the 1956 events. Perhaps you hate democracy? Perhaps you just hate Poland...

News / Anti-Corruption Bureau investigates Warsaw city hall [69]


Only the courts can judge, assuming JK and his gang haven't abolished them all in favour of verdicts from clergy.

Oh, and us Polish citizens have a say too. Have you ever thought of becoming a Polish citizen.

History / 60th anniversary of the Poznan uprising! [60]


There you go again, Po.

At least the Mayor of Poznan didn't let them bang on about Smolensk, as they wanted to.

History / 60th anniversary of the Poznan uprising! [60]

JK? So toxic that as party leader he couldn't even put his name on a ballot paper! The same Jk who tried to hijack the 60th anniversary commemorations and make them about the Smolensk accident.

News / Anti-Corruption Bureau investigates Warsaw city hall [69]


Basically it's another piece of PiS. Just corruption and subverting laws they don't agree with.

Love / PhD qualified British guy is in love with Polish women - where to meet nice ladies from Poland in England? [17]

All of those you can find at home in Britain, though your use of English suggests your home is originally elsewhere...

News / Anti-Corruption Bureau investigates Warsaw city hall [69]


Yes, more PiS criminals and more vindictiveness against those who invariably thwart their intentions.

History / 60th anniversary of the Poznan uprising! [60]


Sadly they were voted out due to low turnout.

News / Anti-Corruption Bureau investigates Warsaw city hall [69]


Your fantasy.


Exactly. As his repellant (albeit less extreme) brother said, "now it's our f*cking turn to be corrupt".


Sheer PiS vindictiveness. As obvious as Szydlo's hair dye,

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]


No it isn't. Far from it. Voting idiotically for 'Brexit' however isn't the same as bringing in socialism.


Well actually...

News / Anti-Corruption Bureau investigates Warsaw city hall [69]

Spot on. Pure vindictiveness by the Ciemnogrod squad.

In one of the sites where they want to build a golden statue, there's actually an adjacent discreet monument to a great General and before the city decided that the whole of Krakowskie Przedmiescie was a completed work, there were proposals for a larger monument to him. The plans were rejected, however PiS very much believe in one rule for themselves and one rule for everyone else.

We can expect even more vindictive use of anti-corruption regulations over the next few months; in fact they've just raided a number of organisations that they haven't been able to attack by other means.

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]


What would a world without opportunists be like? PiSlandia probably, in which nothing ever happens.

News / Anti-Corruption Bureau investigates Warsaw city hall [69]


Indeed. Unfortunately we'll be hearing more and more Smolenskist conspiracy theories.

Did you know that JK wanted not one but two giant statues of his twin (probably golden ones) on Krakowskie Przedmiescie despite knowing that no more changes are allowed. Much of this current sniping at City Hall is about that.

News / Anti-Corruption Bureau investigates Warsaw city hall [69]


And plenty more outrages, respectable businesses destroyed and above all, stopping brothels having a discreet sign in the window, thereby unleashing a flood of obscene leaflets tucked under windscreen wipers and left to blow along the pavements.

Travel / Gdansk - where to go and what's cool to see? [25]

Why not get the train down to Malbork? It's an impressive castle (best seen from the outside, and the guided tours are a drag on a hot day) but still worth a trip. Or cross over to Kaliningrad if you can get a visa.

As for sailboats, in Gdansk itself you'll need an existing certificate if you want to navigate it yourself. It contains major shipping lanes in a very small area and is therefore very controlled.

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]


Well, refugees do tend to need help. If they didn't, they wouldn't be refugees now, would they...


Or further than Mrs Grundy would like.

Anyway, there's a thread for you to discuss the humanitarian crisis in. Here, all that's important is that free movement of citizens is a non-negotiable part of modern Europe.

Travel / Gdansk - where to go and what's cool to see? [25]


The Amber Museum in Gdansk is worth a look, as is Westerplatte.


Trees and beaches, mostly.


Plenty of nightclubs there, a big one in Sopot.

UK, Ireland / A new mayor in London: opinion of Polish people in the UK? [317]


Cobblers. Perhaps 'Jaciek' would like to pop into Hyde Park today and see if the women sunbathing are "much more covered up".

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]


Are you in Warsaw? There are a lot more than you think here.


Remember there's less of a language barrier and an established community already.


Oh dear...


All three are stoppable.

UK, Ireland / Why are Poles in the UK complaining of racism when you are racist? [73]


This is a good website and worth using. There is also an equivalent here in Poland.

News / Anti-Corruption Bureau investigates Warsaw city hall [69]

Yes, however sadly an individual is only interested in moaning about


as usual. And attacking excellent people like


And Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, although right-wing, is the best Mayor our city has had. Certainly not corrupt.

But hey, they passed him by (for reasons best not mentioned here) when it came to jobs etc.

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]


What "free movement:? Do you mean the humanitarian crisis? That same crisis that several member states including Poland are barely involved with? Or the flood of refugees from the fighting in Ukraine?

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]


World domination, of course...

First the EU, next the world.

Seriously, whether Brexit went ahead or whether it doesn't, free movement of people within Europe will be non-negotiable. This has been made clear by the Union. Either the four freedoms apply or none of them do.