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Posts by Lenka  

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Lenka   
29 Jun 2020
News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]

Crazy campaign system here, having two rounds of voting.

I happen to like it. It allows people to show their true preferences without voting tactically in the first round

Plus let's say 3 candidates with similar ideas (let's say centre) might separately get less votes then a different candidate (right) but then in second round voters would add app and one off them would beat the rights candidate because more people want that kind of politics.
Lenka   
29 Jun 2020
News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]

That's why I'm not going to distort it by commenting on exit polls and not on official results.

It seems that might be wise considering the numbers seem to change quite substantially. Sadly the numbers go against all the candidates beside Duda :/
Lenka   
28 Jun 2020
News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]

That guy has powerful backers.

Are you tryimg to suggest that he is not a man?
And do you truly believe that those 'backers- convinced 13% of voters and not Hołownia?

But thank you for presenting a certain attitude I would like to discuss, namely reality distortion.

Here is a quote from SLD vice president about Biedroń's poor result:

Parliamentary elections and today's results proved that Poland is still waiting for social democratic president and not a right wing one, centre right or far right. But the will to remove Andrzej Duda from power was so strong that some Left voters decided to already in the first round vote for the candidate that has bigger support in polls and bigger chance to win

Seriously? How can left ever be a bigger player if we cannot openly say 'it didn't work, we made boo boo somewhere, let's correct it for next time'.

Here comes Bosak:

it seems it'sa historic moment. This results predict a change on the political scene. Konfederacja became third power in Poland.

Dude, you came fourth after an independent candidate and didn't even cross the 10%. . So instead of going all 'Oh, I'm the man' maybe realise that you just got your ass kicked by someone who 6 months ago was political nobody.

And now you Spike. Instead of seeing that centrist material, young and energetic demeanour and hell of an experience with media pay off you look for a boogie man. It scares me like hell that I see more and more people hiding their head in the sand while they should face what is there.

multitude of people who are looking for a third option beyond the existing political duopoly.

And they will get one sooner or later. Good centrist party could be a hit. PiS and PO are old and worn out with scandals and power abuse
Lenka   
28 Jun 2020
News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]

More like what you think about them. Is it satisfactory result for you or not? On one hand he is 4th which is really good but then a guy who entered politics 6 months ago has almost double the votes...

I wish I had the powers to see how it would all play out if there was no Coronavirus lockdown...Both Biedroń and Kosiniak-Kamysz went downhill after that.
Lenka   
28 Jun 2020
News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]

I voted for Hołownia

It seems he is planning on staying in politics. That may mean even bigger problems for PiS in the future. Hołownia to the centre and Konfederacja to the right...

I must say that he performed the best 'results speech' of the top three. It's possibly his media experience but I didn't have to cringe even once.

We have to remember we still have Polonia votes and postal ones...I wonder if that will change the result in a noticable way.

turn the Polish sound off, you may follow the original track in Russian.

Cool, thanks for the tip.
Lenka   
28 Jun 2020
News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]

The turnout is amazing! Almost 63%!!! That makes me really happy.

Bosak lower than I expected and

True, I feel the same way. We should wait for Spike's comment on that.

anyone thought he could get anything done without any kind of party support....

The role of Polish president is more to be a balance and safety valve. And of course our formal representation
Lenka   
28 Jun 2020
News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]

This is amazing. Apparently few voting stations are running out of ballot papers!
No matter the result* - I'm crazy happy that more and more people bother to vote.

wiadomosci.onet.pl/lodz/wybory-2020-w-lodzi-zaczyna-brakowac-kart-do-glosowania/83dtr39

*Although I will be even happier if Duda will be defeated :D
Lenka   
27 Jun 2020
Life / Who's the best looking (and acting/singing) celebrity in Poland? [32]

Is her type rare in Poland?

No. Although of course she puts a lot more work into her looks then an average girl.

I can't believe I discuss Doda and on PF of all places...:)
I must be losing my mind because of all that voting silence
Lenka   
27 Jun 2020
Life / Who's the best looking (and acting/singing) celebrity in Poland? [32]

For myself she's just kind of cheap and vulgar..

Also self centred, going from one temper tantrum to another, with awful manner of speaking. She disappeared from main pages of gossip columns for quite a while now. Whether it's because of all the lawsuits or she decided to move into the shadow I don't know
Lenka   
27 Jun 2020
News / Tesco abandon Poland [66]

farmers selling fruit and veg from the street stalls in cities

Depending where and who.
In my town I had a local stall that did go to wholesalers but very local like 20 km radius. And on targ you had sellers from specific farms. I even know a family with a farm and the son was going to targ and sold the produce.
Lenka   
27 Jun 2020
News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]

Legit. My sis got a phone call that she came to contact with confirmed case so she and her household have to do quarantine. She should have her results in 10 days (it is kind of funny that the test results take almost as long as the quarantine).

If they got a message yesterday they could still do it but today is too late.
Lenka   
26 Jun 2020
News / Tesco abandon Poland [66]

Their fruit tea won some prizes too. Expensive doesn't always mean better. More often than not it's just overpriced.
I try to read labels more often now as few times already I noticed the store brand had better ingredients then the 'original's ones
Lenka   
26 Jun 2020
History / History of computer markets and piracy in Poland [5]

how Poland went from cash only to plastic in a very short period of time virtually completely bypassing checks..

I saw check book once in my life and that was only because of my mum's work.
Generally that is one of the very few good things about having a 'catching up' economy- you can skip few steps.
Lenka   
26 Jun 2020
News / Tesco abandon Poland [66]

Me too. But that might have been due to the familiarity