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jon357   
25 Jun 2017
Real Estate / Selling property in Poland [30]

I don't think they have an option for that, however you could try putting the address of the web page into bing or google translate.

Gumtree is also another very good possibility and they may have a language option.
jon357   
25 Jun 2017
UK, Ireland / Racist ex-priest Międlar tries to fly from Poland to U.K. again. [293]

Do you mean, there are already s'hitt'y people in the UK so a few more won't matter?

Possibly that's what it means.

Anyway, that's twice now that Wizzair has had to cover the cost of taking him back so hopefully they'll ban him.
jon357   
24 Jun 2017
UK, Ireland / Racist ex-priest Międlar tries to fly from Poland to U.K. again. [293]

America

Hard to know how that relates to the racist Międlar. Anyway, he's either back in Poland or still detained waiting to be put back on a flight. I'm surprised the airline carried him knowing he'd be sent straight back.

There was another deeply unsavoury character, Rybak, the one who was convicted of burning an effigy of a Jewish person, also turned away at the same time; they were travelling together with a third extremist.
jon357   
24 Jun 2017
UK, Ireland / Racist ex-priest Międlar tries to fly from Poland to U.K. again. [293]

Foreign criminals and potential trouble makers can be denied entry to the UK( and most countries) on the whim of a border officer.

Of course. And this well-known exhibitionist who was banned before gave a press conference this time to say he was going to try again. Basically all about publicity for him at home than anything to do with the UK.
jon357   
24 Jun 2017
UK, Ireland / Racist ex-priest Międlar tries to fly from Poland to U.K. again. [293]

I doubt that Theresa May would show the same military skills as Oliver Cromwell.

So do I.

Is a revolt of Poles in England against Brexit possible then?

Any who qualify as citizens (and plenty do) can certainly vote.

However none of that will stop the Home Office from denying entry to the outspokenly racist ex-priest Międlar, currently slinking back to Poland with his rosary between his legs.
jon357   
24 Jun 2017
UK, Ireland / Racist ex-priest Międlar tries to fly from Poland to U.K. again. [293]

The Home Office evidently think otherwise. If he wants to stand on a soapbox in the street ranting about ethnic minorities to a small crowd of boneheads I'm sure there are plenty of other countries who would be willing to let him in. San Escobar for example.
jon357   
24 Jun 2017
UK, Ireland / Racist ex-priest Międlar tries to fly from Poland to U.K. again. [293]

Good news, he's been refused entry. The Home Office statement about it is succinct and tactful.

I guess for the blackwood and ignorant progressives that distinction makes no sense.

Looks like you are a "Blackwood and ignorant" or perhaps just expressed it badly. He was a priest and also a member of a religious order. Technically he's still a priest, albeit without permission to perform any priestly duties whatsoever and is in the process of being laicised.
jon357   
23 Jun 2017
UK, Ireland / Racist ex-priest Międlar tries to fly from Poland to U.K. again. [293]

Quite.

In fact, I suspect the visit has little to do with anything in Britain where very few people have heard of him and even fewer care, and more to do with him getting publicity back in Poland for being turned away at the border.
jon357   
23 Jun 2017
UK, Ireland / Racist ex-priest Międlar tries to fly from Poland to U.K. again. [293]

The names of the two miscreants are probably in the linked article, the same charming pair who organised the failed event in Telford, a thoroughly unpleasant pair of individuals, Fransen and Golding, both convicted of hate crimes. They run the organisation that Jo Cox's murderer was an active member of.
jon357   
23 Jun 2017
UK, Ireland / Racist ex-priest Międlar tries to fly from Poland to U.K. again. [293]

As long as he is not stirring up active racial hatred.

This is the issue. If he came on a private visit, there wouldn't be a problem. Unfortunately he's announced he's coming to address a rally organised by people convicted of hate crimes and made it clear that he wants to stir up trouble and division.
jon357   
23 Jun 2017
UK, Ireland / Racist ex-priest Międlar tries to fly from Poland to U.K. again. [293]

I'm sure you will enjoy being in the company of racist failures. Why not take the kids too? The three of you together would probably double the size of the crowd.

Have you seen some of the people who travel to those events? Usually there are many more locals objecting to them polluting there town than there are racist troublemakers.

The guy's a frondeur, and the law exists to keep them from making trouble.

It will be interesting to see how this one plays out.
jon357   
22 Jun 2017
UK, Ireland / Racist ex-priest Międlar tries to fly from Poland to U.K. again. [293]

The legal justification is that he was coming specifically to make trouble and the Home Office considered this a risk.

And yes, he is very much a racist - and an outspoken one too. About this issue, I-S, it's a good idea to read the links before commenting.

Great he's been kicked out of religious ministry too.
jon357   
22 Jun 2017
UK, Ireland / Racist ex-priest Międlar tries to fly from Poland to U.K. again. [293]

He must be a glutton for punishment. Last time he tried to enter the UK (to address a neo-nazi rally in Telford that fortunately went off like a damp squib) he was refused entry. Now he's announced he's going to try to enter to address a similar event elsewhere in the Midlands. Hopefully he'll be turned away at the border as last time.

fakt.pl/wydarzenia/polityka/czym-zajmuje-sie-jacek-miedlar/mcwmfq0
hopenothate.org.uk/2017/06/22/jacek-miedlar-jew-hater-martyr/
jon357   
20 Jun 2017
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Can we trouble you for a link of him claiming

I doubt we'll see one.

the motley collection of

As usual, the opposite of the truth. I wonder if you actually think anyone believes that tosh.
jon357   
19 Jun 2017
Language / Polish slang phrases - most popular. [630]

"cwele"

That term does still exist, both in 'gryps' and also in other subcultures.

Remember that the 'cwele' and the'gitowcy' all 'grypsują'.

What happened was exactly the opposite, the political prisoners were treated with respect by inmates

This is not unusual.
jon357   
19 Jun 2017
Language / Polish slang phrases - most popular. [630]

In British slang (or in fact young people in South East England) definitely yes. I've never heard anything like that in Polish (which doesn't lack words for that body part). Perhaps it's a youth thing here too, or associated with a particular context.
jon357   
30 May 2017
News / Polish LGBT activists perform tribute to George Michael [38]

or the demise of garbage music

I've never heard his music called that. Banal and middle of the road maybe. Certainly popular here, as the youtube tributes and success of his concerts show.
jon357   
30 May 2017
Law / Poland's invitation letter validity. [26]

Edit. I just looked back in the thread and saw that your citizenship is from Turkey not Belarus. In that case, a good place for advice would be a forum for Turkish nationals like yourself who are in this exact situation right now, which is currently dependent on various policy issues to do with visas within the EU. Until visa free travel for Turkish citizens is in place hopefully soon, you may have problems re-entering Schengen - I have seen people turned away at the gate at Ataturk Airport by Turkish Airlines. Coming via Belarus probably wouldn't make any difference.

Good luck, anyway.
jon357   
30 May 2017
Law / Poland's invitation letter validity. [26]

when i exit from the piland air port. They will deport me or not?

1. They don't deport you if you're leaving anyway. If you've overstayed your visa, they can however stop you from returning for a certain period of time. This is rare however I have seen it happen. You say your work permit is "underprocess" - do you have a promesa? If so, you should keep it with your passport.

2. Before EU entry when I needed a work permit there didn't used to be a problem, though I was given a bit of paper called a promesa. This may have changed, and may vary by country of origin.

3. No. You don't need a letter or approval in order to leave. Returning to Schengen though may be a serious problem if your visit visa has been overstayed.

A good place for advice would be a Russian language forum like VK. There will be plenty of people from Ukraine (who until very recently needed visas etc) and perhaps some people from Belarus who are in the same situation. In my own experience, it's rarely a problem leaving Poland, however the important thing for you is if there will be a problem returning - the best thing you can do is to speak to people from Belarus who are doing this now or people from Ukraine who have done this recently.
jon357   
30 May 2017
News / Polish LGBT activists perform tribute to George Michael [38]

Johnny Mathis.

That's a very different genre to George Michael, much less popular in Poland and not my thing either. Mind you, there are several well-known Polish singers working today who were inspired by his (George Michael's) work, not to mention many thousands of fans.

dancing to one of them with your cats

If I ever get any, I'll remember your words. I don't know if household pets like Wham though. Have you tried that? It does seem a very strange suggestion.

Looks like someone put a lot of work into that.

The late George Michael had a lot of fans here - there have been a number of tributes. Poland didn't really produce a singer of that generation with the same level of élan as him, though plenty with lives similarly blighted by substance abuse..
jon357   
29 May 2017
News / Polish LGBT activists perform tribute to George Michael [38]

I always found him (except for Careless Whisper) to be middle of the road to the point of banality, especially the album 'Forty' which someone (Polish) gave me. Still he was much liked here and many people, not just the thousands of Poles who flocked to his concerts, evidently miss him.

Wham was fun though - takes me back to school discos (and liked here at the time too).

In the clubs here (not that I often go to noisy discotheques nowadays) they like all the favourites, anthems, handbag music, etc. Conchita Wurst is liked here.
jon357   
29 May 2017
Life / How do Polish people treat their animals? [33]

This is a heartbreaking one. Three men in Tarnowskie Góry attacked a St Bernard dog with an axe.
wiadomosci.onet.pl/kraj/bestialskie-ataki-na-psy/vst6y