History / How much Poles trust to France? [130]


Unless there's money to be made, in which cases their companies are all over you.

News / Presidential elections 2025 - the race has commenced!!! [665]


Every vote counts, especially in a close call.


He's the best person for the job. PiS' alleged russophilia will count against them as will their theocratic views on women's bodies and their general hysteria.

There are voters in this election who are digital natives, and very used to filtering the BS out of propaganda. As that to the declining infield (and haemorrhaging mass attendance) in the RCC, the age range (and number dead since the last election) of PiS voters and of course osę voters who stayed at home during the first round, and he's got a very strong chance.

He did come very close last time and his star has been on the ascendant since, plus of course PiS have fallen...

News / Presidential elections 2025 - the race has commenced!!! [665]

It's good electoral publicity.

As long as they help keep Nawrocki out.

News / Presidential elections 2025 - the race has commenced!!! [665]

There looks to be a huge turnout in the big march today in Warsaw.

News / Presidential elections 2025 - the race has commenced!!! [665]


Isn't it in most places?

Sweden is a little odd. You can buy those nasty mini-teabags with tobacco in, you can buy Ephedrine pills without a script (or is that Norway), yet a beer or a decebt bottle of wine costs a fortune.


Eww. Those appeared briefly in the UK in the late 8os or early 90s due to a loophole in the law (they didn't exist before and nobody thought about them. They weren't a big seller though and probably nobody but the importer and some school Headteachers noticed when they were banned.

Paan Parag is still either legal or a grey area. Nasty stuff but not mainstream.

Life / Top 5 things I like about Poland [77]


There are some nice ones to find.

A lot have near identical menus though, mostly stuff that people can (and do) make at home.

USA, Canada / What kind of American food do Poles like most? [119]


Doesn't Europe mostly export those?

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1442]


In Germany?

Certainly not in the UK or Poland. Prices have been rising steadily since 2020 however there's not been a sudden leap. Not much food comes from there anyway, since a lot doesn't meet food standards.

No change in the consumer goods the shops which are all from China anyway.

News / 2011 Stats: 80% of Poles happy [60]


More than. You do need another. Hope.


Getting the decorators in to do the living g room and kitchen before I'm back would make my happiness complete.

News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [1032]


Which borders? Are any external borders open?

As far as I know, the only open borders are within Schengen,

News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [1032]


So you favour something much more authoritarian?

Would everyone agree to that?

News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [1032]


How old? How far back? Which period?

News / R. Trzaskowski, current mayor of Warsaw, future President of Poland [354]

@Ironside
So what about these "connections"?

News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [1032]


Did he have a crystal ball? Would anyone else have made a different decision.

Crimes happen. The background of the perp tells us little.


That's just paranoia. Does the Telegraph "have a left wing narrative too"?


There are lots of those. Most of them done by Tories.

UK, Ireland / Ad from my UK newspaper today : not worth a zloty [16]


In little shops it can be a drag getting change, especially now so many people pay with phones

Life / Is it worth returning to Poland in old age? [168]


You have to make plans and face it before, getting somewhere single story earlier rather than have others make decisions for you later

People like staying where they are. Sometimes it's a longer and better quality life in an easier home nearby rather than hanging on in a big one until it wears yo7 out or you fall down the stairs.

Off-Topic / A "humorous" aside to US 47th President [31]


Is he supposed to get up at fück knows what time it is over there and wrote something so you can comment on it?

News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [1032]


How?

And his father is irrelevant.


The Times?

Or do you prefer random fascist grifters on the internet?

News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [1032]


31 months surprised me too since I'd have guessed 6 or 12 and a period on licence however they did follow the guidelines and the appeal court upheld it.

She'll probably get early release anyway, especially if there are mitigating factors and whether or not it's her first offence.

News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [1032]


I can believe that and it looks the same in England.

In the old days, we all usually had a day to process news.
Now it's half news and people yelling within minutes, often people not great at discernment.

It's way worse in the Arab world where due to cultural, historical, economic and religious factors there's a huge degree of trust in anything written down. People read it and if the website looks nicely enough presented and tugs the right things, they believe it unquestionably. This week (somewhere near but not in Palestine for work stuff) I've heard educated and intelligent people swear blind that Brigitte Macron is a man and that America is majority Jewish.

It's less so in Western Europe though not everyone has critical thinking skills and it's very easy to manipulate people by saying the right things in the rightness to the right people.

News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [1032]

@Vincent

He was under 18 at the time of the crime and is still 18 now.

So no "attempt to cover up" anything since as you well know, under 18s are not usually named in court.

In this case though, the judge made an exception and stripped him of his anonymity, so in fact the opposite of a "cover up".

News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [1032]


Against people who have nothing in common with the perp?


A more normal response yet would be to vote for a party who are made up of and represent the industrial working class rather than get worked up by rightwing newspapers whose owners pay no tax, or focus on non-existent enemies like the "woke" or people who never hurt them like trans, all of it whipped up by expensive PR from politicians who represent those that make huge sums of money from the working class's labour.

Some people are easily distracted. It's the oldest trick in the book.


What 'attempt'?

News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [1032]


I've read about this but have never seen it. Maybe it's not a thing in my town or others around them, however given the way the tories have run down the police service, nothing surprises. This is something we should tackle, and our government is a new one, there to pick up the pieces.

Incidentally, I bought 8 kilos of cheese in Morrisons about 3 weeks ago (mature Cheddar and Stilton, 58 quid with some other stuff) and a security guard appeared as if by magic or CCTV, followed me to the checkout and stayed there until I paid. So it looks like they do take steps to prevent it.


Burglaries have plummeted compared to the level pre-1997 however they are often impossible to solve.

Plus, as mentioned, the tories have run down the number of police hugely in order to give tax breaks to their voter base down south.


The Hamas supporters in London? Yes, we should arrest, however again, police numbers are very low due to tory misrule. The greeny 'Just Stop Oil' ones who glue themselves to the road? Rarely happens (but always gets media coverage) and they always get prosecuted. They also always use superglue which is made from oil.


They're neither, and what does the term 'woke' mean to you anyway?


Nobody minds 'hurty words' (apart from rightwing screamers) however if someone with a large social media following exhorts their followers to burn women and children to death in hostels and some of those followers go to a hostel and start a fire with the intention of doing that, what on earth do you think will happen to them? An invite to a Buck House garden party?

News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [1032]


It really isn't.

Don't believe that fascistic millionaire Farage and his clowns. He will laugh you into hell.


In fact I've been more in U.K. than PL over the past three years due to family issues.


We probably all do. There are however the democratic means to influence this or change it. Voting Labour (or if you're in NI, the SDLP) and instead of sniping from the stands, actually showing up to party meetings does really make a difference.

In any system, you have to use it well to get what you want. Otherwise you just get angry.

News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [1032]


It's pretty good, though seeking perfection is essentially absolutism and as Martin Luther always stressed, unattainable.

The system, though not perfect as we on the left know, has evolved over centuries and is very adaptable to circumstances.


We obviously know different people, however I've noticed this more with Americans (I've seen several absolutely lose it in public) and French who at the best of times are a bit "my way or the highway".

Language / Use of "Pan/Pani" in Poland vs Other Countries [30]


We've always used the singular.


I suspect it's more about being cautious in certain ways.


It takes two to tango and he seems happy enough.

News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [1032]


Ask a judge instead of ranting online to people who have no interest. And any sentence is according to the law. Criminals also have a right to appeal if they are unhappy with their sentence, and politicians (of any party or part of the U.K.) can ask in parliament for sentences to be increased under the Unduly Lenient Sentences Act.


Cumulative and even 2 pints is bad at your age.


The Hamas supporters? Were there any MPs?

News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [1032]


A slight correction. A look on Google tells me that the Crown Prosecution Service charge according to the name the accused person gives them. Including spelling.

So it is his choice, having given them that spelling. Why would they use another?

News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [1032]


All sentences are according to sentencing guidelines which are in place long before any trial.

They don't just make it up as they go along, you know...


They would charge according to the name on documents.


1. There is no evidence of wrongdoing. 2. The person who made the accusation was above the age of consent.


And the clowns who don't take up their seats aren't bigots? Are Colum Eastwood and Clare Hanna 'bigots' according to you then?


Except the 'general population of Britain' wasn't "whipped up" were they...

In fact more people came out to peacefully oppose the small number of thugs that were "whipped up" than the thugs themselves.


Go and drink a nice cup of tea. And avoid the thing that is causing your current hangover. Vitamin C helps.

News / R. Trzaskowski, current mayor of Warsaw, future President of Poland [354]


Do tell. This is actually interesting and a genuine question.


Very possibly. He would probably have been present if Cameron did, it that the story is especially reliable or relevant to anything.

Who knows what a lot of male politicians did round the world when they were frat boys.