jon357
8 Jul 2024
History / Warsaw Rising 1944 - National Disaster or Triumph of Spirit ? [515]
You're still wrong.
Have you been imbibing strong drink?
You're still wrong.
Have you been imbibing strong drink?
jon357
8 Jul 2024
History / Warsaw Rising 1944 - National Disaster or Triumph of Spirit ? [515]
It's still called the Warsaw Uprising...
Why try to change its name in a language that isn't yours?
It's still called the Warsaw Uprising...
Why try to change its name in a language that isn't yours?
jon357
8 Jul 2024
History / Warsaw Rising 1944 - National Disaster or Triumph of Spirit ? [515]
I'm sure, however in England we like the language so much, we named our country after it.
In English, it's a synonym of insurrection or rebellion. One rider though is that it tends to be used for an insurrection in a particular region. That would fit since we're talking about Warsaw, however yes, Uprising is correct. Nobody uses rising in relation to the Warsaw Uprising.
Though not in American
I'm sure, however in England we like the language so much, we named our country after it.
In English, it's a synonym of insurrection or rebellion. One rider though is that it tends to be used for an insurrection in a particular region. That would fit since we're talking about Warsaw, however yes, Uprising is correct. Nobody uses rising in relation to the Warsaw Uprising.
jon357
8 Jul 2024
News / What will Britain's Labor Coup mean for Poland? [100]
I'm away longer than expected in a hot place so I appointed a proxy. To do a postal vote, you need to sign the paper and they have your signature scanned when you request one.
You make him sound like a sort of charismatic dictator or a wannabe like farage her than what he is, a boring lawyer.
Remember, the Labour Party isn't like the Tories or the LibDem or a minor party. It's a mass member organisation, made up of hundreds of tnousands of members, mostly older people in the North, Scotland/Wales and the bigger midlands towns with a complex party structure involving affiliated trade unions. It doesn't matter that much who the leader is; providing they're not offputting to provincial voters like the last one who was voted in on a knife edge due to entryism in London and then voted out again.
Sir Keir doesn't have a cult of personality, most people couldn't name his wife and know nothing about his kids and he doesn't crave personal attention. He is not a Boris or a Nigel, or even a Tony.
Why do you think that given that their policies are so radically different?
Who? That just sounds like paranoia. The world is not so well organised.
People working abroad can vote by post, if they are sick they can get someone (officially), to place their vote
I'm away longer than expected in a hot place so I appointed a proxy. To do a postal vote, you need to sign the paper and they have your signature scanned when you request one.
These poor souls were just foot soldiers for Starmer
You make him sound like a sort of charismatic dictator or a wannabe like farage her than what he is, a boring lawyer.
Remember, the Labour Party isn't like the Tories or the LibDem or a minor party. It's a mass member organisation, made up of hundreds of tnousands of members, mostly older people in the North, Scotland/Wales and the bigger midlands towns with a complex party structure involving affiliated trade unions. It doesn't matter that much who the leader is; providing they're not offputting to provincial voters like the last one who was voted in on a knife edge due to entryism in London and then voted out again.
Sir Keir doesn't have a cult of personality, most people couldn't name his wife and know nothing about his kids and he doesn't crave personal attention. He is not a Boris or a Nigel, or even a Tony.
The two main UK political parties were both singing from the same hymn sheet
Why do you think that given that their policies are so radically different?
no doubt there was some higher authority pulling their strings
Who? That just sounds like paranoia. The world is not so well organised.
jon357
8 Jul 2024
Off-Topic / Moderators on PF are breaking the law: not only they can reported for it, but fines apply [96]
There's enough of them here who probably hear voices so best not add t9 that...
Together - your voice may have a better chance of being heard!
There's enough of them here who probably hear voices so best not add t9 that...
jon357
8 Jul 2024
News / What will Britain's Labor Coup mean for Poland? [100]
Normal enough there. It seems the other 60% don't mind which of the two major parties is in office for two decades.
The only two important words in that sentence are the first two. You could easily say that the Tories only won by default last time.
You mean vote for Labour? A clear majority of those who bothered to vote in 412 constituencies put an X next to the Labour candidate.
Why do you think that, given that one increases poverty, reduces standards of living and enriches their chums at the expense of society as a whole and the other does the opposite.
Don't forget, in the first year of the last Labour administration, 2 million children were lifted out of a poverty that they should not have been in
When Labour left office before, there were 7 food banks, now there are more than 3000. So no, capitalists and Socialists are not "two cheeks of the same arse".
That seems like a lot to me
Normal enough there. It seems the other 60% don't mind which of the two major parties is in office for two decades.
Labour won by default
The only two important words in that sentence are the first two. You could easily say that the Tories only won by default last time.
80% of the country didn't vote for Starmer
You mean vote for Labour? A clear majority of those who bothered to vote in 412 constituencies put an X next to the Labour candidate.
Tories and Labour are two cheeks of the same arse
Why do you think that, given that one increases poverty, reduces standards of living and enriches their chums at the expense of society as a whole and the other does the opposite.
Don't forget, in the first year of the last Labour administration, 2 million children were lifted out of a poverty that they should not have been in
When Labour left office before, there were 7 food banks, now there are more than 3000. So no, capitalists and Socialists are not "two cheeks of the same arse".
jon357
8 Jul 2024
News / What will Britain's Labor Coup mean for Poland? [100]
Won. With a supermajority.
We wouldn't, if you look at the actual figures.
Their failures with the economy, the NHS and housing according to the polls. The public purse being left in the worst state since WW2 should be a clue.
Most people don't obsess about migration, and fewer than one in five voted for that fascistic grifter Farahe.
Aren't you happy we've got a Labour government again!
Labour's
Won. With a supermajority.
areas as they did in 2019 we would have a conservative government today
We wouldn't, if you look at the actual figures.
their failure
Their failures with the economy, the NHS and housing according to the polls. The public purse being left in the worst state since WW2 should be a clue.
Most people don't obsess about migration, and fewer than one in five voted for that fascistic grifter Farahe.
Aren't you happy we've got a Labour government again!
jon357
8 Jul 2024
News / What will Britain's Labor Coup mean for Poland? [100]
That's not a 'desire for open borders' though, is it...
Those who haven't been granted asylum have to leave.
Remember, most people don't obsess on migration; the main issues in the election were housing, cost of living and the NHS.The party that's specifically against almost any migration won
5 seats out of 635.
Reality in dinghies
That's not a 'desire for open borders' though, is it...
forced to leave
Those who haven't been granted asylum have to leave.
Remember, most people don't obsess on migration; the main issues in the election were housing, cost of living and the NHS.The party that's specifically against almost any migration won
5 seats out of 635.
jon357
8 Jul 2024
History / Warsaw Rising 1944 - National Disaster or Triumph of Spirit ? [515]
'This' up?
It makes it clearer, however the words are interchangeable in English. And habit uses the word "uprising" for Warsaw.
doesn't this 'up' in 'uprising'
'This' up?
It makes it clearer, however the words are interchangeable in English. And habit uses the word "uprising" for Warsaw.
jon357
8 Jul 2024
News / What will Britain's Labor Coup mean for Poland? [100]
Where did you pull that one from. Neither support open borders even within Europe.
desire for open borders
Where did you pull that one from. Neither support open borders even within Europe.
jon357
7 Jul 2024
Language / Cult statements in the Polish language [31]
Very. Fluent in several languages and quite a bon viveur.
Sophisticated enough to hit on the idea of comedy sketches so basic that even foreigners could understand them.
While Benny Hill was extremely sophisticated :):):)
Very. Fluent in several languages and quite a bon viveur.
Sophisticated enough to hit on the idea of comedy sketches so basic that even foreigners could understand them.
jon357
7 Jul 2024
Off-Topic / Moderators on PF are breaking the law: not only they can reported for it, but fines apply [96]
Yes,since Poland is a full member of the EU. The forum however is not based there, and governments have too much to do than waste time and money on trivia. The Polish government is not currently a bunch of cranks from the PiSflaps party wailing about Teletubbies.
Really? Polish?
Yes,since Poland is a full member of the EU. The forum however is not based there, and governments have too much to do than waste time and money on trivia. The Polish government is not currently a bunch of cranks from the PiSflaps party wailing about Teletubbies.
jon357
7 Jul 2024
Off-Topic / Moderators on PF are breaking the law: not only they can reported for it, but fines apply [96]
Those are Polish laws. The forum isn't based there.
Those are Polish laws. The forum isn't based there.
jon357
7 Jul 2024
Language / Cult statements in the Polish language [31]
I don't generally think much of the level of comedy and humour in Poland (or anywhere else on mainland Europe; it's just so unsophisticated) however Stanisław Bareia was good. He caught the absurdities of the time just right.
About the cloakroom attendant, it's just about possible to imagine one saying that now. 20 years ago, even more so.
Stanisław Bareja
I don't generally think much of the level of comedy and humour in Poland (or anywhere else on mainland Europe; it's just so unsophisticated) however Stanisław Bareia was good. He caught the absurdities of the time just right.
About the cloakroom attendant, it's just about possible to imagine one saying that now. 20 years ago, even more so.
jon357
7 Jul 2024
Off-Topic / Moderators on PF are breaking the law: not only they can reported for it, but fines apply [96]
I can't figure out what he's on about.
Especially when he mentions "lefties"? If anything the forum is infested by righturds.
Is he objecting to seeing things he disagrees with? What a snowflake...
And I've no idea what this means: "structural laws of forum management that apply on internet".
reported for crying and moaning like a b*tch
I can't figure out what he's on about.
Especially when he mentions "lefties"? If anything the forum is infested by righturds.
Is he objecting to seeing things he disagrees with? What a snowflake...
And I've no idea what this means: "structural laws of forum management that apply on internet".
jon357
6 Jul 2024
News / Polish PM Tusk- dictator or not? What Poles think? [455]
Labour, not 'Labor'. They aren't Seppos.
The EU? I doubt it. Barring some unforeseen crisis, the EU would have to change before that happened. There will be closer links though.
Labour, not 'Labor'. They aren't Seppos.
The EU? I doubt it. Barring some unforeseen crisis, the EU would have to change before that happened. There will be closer links though.
jon357
6 Jul 2024
News / What will Britain's Labor Coup mean for Poland? [100]
Fortunately we've avoided that, despite right wing groups (funded by state entities in r*SSia and private entities in America) doing their best to create division.
But if it not then you get something as in the current USA, two hostile halves, a split people....
Fortunately we've avoided that, despite right wing groups (funded by state entities in r*SSia and private entities in America) doing their best to create division.
jon357
6 Jul 2024
News / What will Britain's Labor Coup mean for Poland? [100]
That's basically true,
One reason I like our very old fashioned voting system is that it keeps minor parties mostly out and means that the main parties have to be quite broad in approach.
The Labour Party is made up of a broad membership structure of Branches (especially in the northern industrial areas) which cover a council ward (a community of a few thousanfpd) which each send delegates to the constituency party which covers an electoral district of about 70,000 people. They vote for delegates to the NEC (national executive committee) which runs the party. As well, there are the Trade Unions which are affiliated to the party and make up part of its structure, and special interest groups (about 7 or 8) which members can join if they wish. All these send delegates to the annual conference where the party's policies are made.
have to represent an alot broader spectrum of opinions!
That's basically true,
One reason I like our very old fashioned voting system is that it keeps minor parties mostly out and means that the main parties have to be quite broad in approach.
The Labour Party is made up of a broad membership structure of Branches (especially in the northern industrial areas) which cover a council ward (a community of a few thousanfpd) which each send delegates to the constituency party which covers an electoral district of about 70,000 people. They vote for delegates to the NEC (national executive committee) which runs the party. As well, there are the Trade Unions which are affiliated to the party and make up part of its structure, and special interest groups (about 7 or 8) which members can join if they wish. All these send delegates to the annual conference where the party's policies are made.
jon357
6 Jul 2024
News / What will Britain's Labor Coup mean for Poland? [100]
Where I'm from (you can compare it to the Ruhr Valley albeit neglected by successive right wing governments who fear us) it's always solid Socialist.
Don't assume the Labour Party in the U.K. is anything like those. It's not a party of ideologues.
are no vote winner in Germany.
Where I'm from (you can compare it to the Ruhr Valley albeit neglected by successive right wing governments who fear us) it's always solid Socialist.
western left parties
Don't assume the Labour Party in the U.K. is anything like those. It's not a party of ideologues.
jon357
6 Jul 2024
News / What will Britain's Labor Coup mean for Poland? [100]
That doesn't mean very much, however you'll doubtless be relieved to hear that the Labour Party doesn't have flags of Mao or Guevara. They were communists. We aren't.
It isn't. There are mixed economies where private capital is allowed and these tend to be the most liveable countries in the world.
For communists. You're mistaking mainland European absolutism, something that on right or left brings certain countries down again and again.
Not that capitalism has ever existed side by side with poverty and hunger, eh...
Well....since 1989 all western Lefties
That doesn't mean very much, however you'll doubtless be relieved to hear that the Labour Party doesn't have flags of Mao or Guevara. They were communists. We aren't.
It's the only alternative to Capitalism there is!
It isn't. There are mixed economies where private capital is allowed and these tend to be the most liveable countries in the world.
Socialism is only the pre-step to Communism
For communists. You're mistaking mainland European absolutism, something that on right or left brings certain countries down again and again.
ration cards or have to eat zoo animals
Not that capitalism has ever existed side by side with poverty and hunger, eh...
jon357
6 Jul 2024
News / What will Britain's Labor Coup mean for Poland? [100]
Who thinks that? Not any of the Labour Party.
Socialism is the better option and shouldn't be compared to communism, a very different thing, one beloved of some mainland European absolutists.
We aren't a Marxist party. Do not compare us with your own political crazies on the right or the left.
those who want to cull Capitalism think so.
Who thinks that? Not any of the Labour Party.
a better, viable option till now...it somehow always ends in Socialism
Socialism is the better option and shouldn't be compared to communism, a very different thing, one beloved of some mainland European absolutists.
books by Marx
We aren't a Marxist party. Do not compare us with your own political crazies on the right or the left.
jon357
6 Jul 2024
News / What will Britain's Labor Coup mean for Poland? [100]
Did you think that the only alternative to unrestricted capitalism is totalitarian Eastern European oppression?
As is almost everybody. Certainly all main parties, as well as the fringe parties on the right. Nevertheless, as a party we ar far less globalist than the alternatives.
Something we've found out to our cost and are moving away from. As for capitalism, it has a role however it needs to exist with strong controls.
Didn't the Incas or Aztecs invent that and played with human heads.
We did invent engines powered by steam, and computers, trains, jet engines, electric motors, antibiotics, chocolate bars, submarines, television, telephones, telescopes, the World Wide Web, hollow pipe drainage, incandescent lighting, the fax machine, bicycles with rear wheel pedal drive, traffic lights, fingerprint forensics, anglepoise lamps, lithium batteries, SMS text messages, fire extinguishers, pencils, toothbrushes and ibuprofen.
That's just a few, barely scraping the surface.
enjoy" the alternative for half a century,
Did you think that the only alternative to unrestricted capitalism is totalitarian Eastern European oppression?
economically he is a globalist
As is almost everybody. Certainly all main parties, as well as the fringe parties on the right. Nevertheless, as a party we ar far less globalist than the alternatives.
And Corporatism sucks badly
Something we've found out to our cost and are moving away from. As for capitalism, it has a role however it needs to exist with strong controls.
The steam engine? :)
I'll give you football, though...
I'll give you football, though...
Didn't the Incas or Aztecs invent that and played with human heads.
We did invent engines powered by steam, and computers, trains, jet engines, electric motors, antibiotics, chocolate bars, submarines, television, telephones, telescopes, the World Wide Web, hollow pipe drainage, incandescent lighting, the fax machine, bicycles with rear wheel pedal drive, traffic lights, fingerprint forensics, anglepoise lamps, lithium batteries, SMS text messages, fire extinguishers, pencils, toothbrushes and ibuprofen.
That's just a few, barely scraping the surface.
jon357
6 Jul 2024
News / What will Britain's Labor Coup mean for Poland? [100]
I would hope that every single member is a Socialist since we are a Socialist party. There are a few in the party close to bring Social Democrats however all are Socialist.
Really? No. Not at all.
Is capitalism an entry point to fascism? Actually, don't answer that...
Can you name any?
Nobody, but plenty of Socialists in there.
I would hope that every single member is a Socialist since we are a Socialist party. There are a few in the party close to bring Social Democrats however all are Socialist.
there.(The entry point to Communism
Really? No. Not at all.
Is capitalism an entry point to fascism? Actually, don't answer that...
there are no Communists in the Labour party
Can you name any?
jon357
5 Jul 2024
News / What will Britain's Labor Coup mean for Poland? [100]
So who in the parliamentary party do you think is a communist?
Not part of the Labour Party.
A London thing and an attempt at entryism. As you probably know, we expelled their ringleaders.
Either you are very naive
So who in the parliamentary party do you think is a communist?
Momentum
Not part of the Labour Party.
A London thing and an attempt at entryism. As you probably know, we expelled their ringleaders.
jon357
5 Jul 2024
News / What will Britain's Labor Coup mean for Poland? [100]
Did you think I'm from London?
None are.
Keir Starmer? Yes, he's a Socialist, albeit a rather moderate one. A good thing since the U.K. has just elected a Socialist party to govern for the next decade or so...
Is that why you moved to Poland
Did you think I'm from London?
Some of the Labour Parties members are though
None are.
Kier Starmer claims to be a Socialist.
Keir Starmer? Yes, he's a Socialist, albeit a rather moderate one. A good thing since the U.K. has just elected a Socialist party to govern for the next decade or so...
jon357
5 Jul 2024
News / What will Britain's Labor Coup mean for Poland? [100]
Yet thousands come and millions want to.
And we invented pretty well everything worth having.
the most hated
Yet thousands come and millions want to.
And we invented pretty well everything worth having.
jon357
5 Jul 2024
News / What will Britain's Labor Coup mean for Poland? [100]
They're not about Communism though, are they?
James Connell wasn't a Communist. The words are beautiful.
And the voters chose that party with a massive supermajority.
what communism meant
They're not about Communism though, are they?
James Connell wasn't a Communist. The words are beautiful.
And the voters chose that party with a massive supermajority.
jon357
5 Jul 2024
News / What will Britain's Labor Coup mean for Poland? [100]
How quaint, sweet Cherry pie.
What, in your pathetic little opinion, is a 'hand out'?
Can people hide income and savings where you're from? Perhaps when you're an adult you'll be able to try it yourself. In the U.K. though, it's a bit harder since salaries go into people's bank accounts.
How quaint, sweet Cherry pie.
What, in your pathetic little opinion, is a 'hand out'?
income and savings do you plan to hide
Can people hide income and savings where you're from? Perhaps when you're an adult you'll be able to try it yourself. In the U.K. though, it's a bit harder since salaries go into people's bank accounts.
jon357
5 Jul 2024
News / What will Britain's Labor Coup mean for Poland? [100]
What does that reference mean to you?
A out of date nickname for a football team in a city I'm not from?
Weird.
Good that you've quoted out party anthem in full.
Interesting that you highlight Moscow in bold. It was written in 1889. Perhaps you'd spent more studying rather than eating cakes and making anonymous phone calls to people on PF you'd have known that.
Wonderful news today.
Davos
What does that reference mean to you?
Loiner
A out of date nickname for a football team in a city I'm not from?
Weird.
In Moscow's vaults its hymns were sung
Good that you've quoted out party anthem in full.
Interesting that you highlight Moscow in bold. It was written in 1889. Perhaps you'd spent more studying rather than eating cakes and making anonymous phone calls to people on PF you'd have known that.
Wonderful news today.
jon357
5 Jul 2024
News / What will Britain's Labor Coup mean for Poland? [100]
How silly.
It's great news. The less capitalism the better.
He prefers Davos over Westminster
How silly.
It's great news. The less capitalism the better.