Off-Topic / Why does Geddy Lee hate Poland? [105]


Everybody is entitled to express their opinion of somewhere, and I doubt the opinion of some guy from an obscure popular musical group would stigmatise a whole country.

And it's hard to deny that even now, there are high levels of antisemitism in Poland, though fortunately the kiosks have recently stopped selling those awful 'Meet the Jews' booklets.

History / Recommended Poland's history books [257]


Ferguson is on the conservative side but does make some good points.


They don't seem to have much to cherish and if course fatalistic societies do tend to favour either a 'hard' leader or an absolutist religion or ideology as a way of abrogating themselves of responsibility for what is around them.

There are elements of that in Poland too.

Work / Very important for starting your online business [3]

I suspect that is something you just made up.

Difficult to say why.

Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [970]

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UK, Ireland / Polish cities and their UK twins [34]


Rather like the Schengen Zone's new system, the one that has been planned for years and keeps getting delayed. It was supposed to come in to effect several times, most recently last November.

The UK system was planned much later and was up and running very quickly.

UK, Ireland / Brexit complications for UK nationals [49]

A dish supper for £7.95 isn't rare in the north.

When were you last there?

UK, Ireland / Brexit complications for UK nationals [49]

December 2024.

Quite nice. There are Hople of better ones within a few miles, however that o e's a handy location.

Language / Polish pet names [40]


No, you didn't.

If you're interested in historical statistics on socio-economic class in Poland, just use the search function.

Drink a black coffee first though.

Language / Polish pet names [40]

I can, but choose not to repeat myself, since it's already been discussed at length in other threads.

It's a well known source.

What's with the trolling today? Is it the last day of the school half term or are you just on a drinking session?

UK, Ireland / Brexit complications for UK nationals [49]


Cooking oil? Who mentioned oil?

And do you always ask takeaways what fat they use?

And the price of cod and haddock has been rising for years. Chip 'oils have been getting steadily dearer, however mine is still £7.95 for a sit down including curry sauce or peas, bread and butter and a pot of tea.

UK, Ireland / Brexit complications for UK nationals [49]


What sort of chip 'oil do you buy it at?

UK, Ireland / Polish cities and their UK twins [34]


It's in wonderful taste.

What did you think of the tour?

And do you like the changes to the streets there?

UK, Ireland / Polish cities and their UK twins [34]


Flashy, of course, it's meant to be. Cheap, definitely not.


A strange thing to say. Have you seen that tacky Chinese hotel in Sopot,

When were you last in Brighton? What did you think about the rather controversial policy there about the streets? Impossible not to notice and people have very mixed feelings about it.

UK, Ireland / Brexit complications for UK nationals [49]

Barring a particularly grisly accident, we'll have male rulers for the rest of the century, unless Prince William or Prince George transition.

We had a female leader for 70 years, which of course is 70 years more than most places.

What changes have you noticed there about what you see around you, day to day?

UK, Ireland / Polish cities and their UK twins [34]

Easy to compare.

Sopot is a small place, rather run down. Brighton isn't. Have you been to both recently?

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UK, Ireland / Brexit complications for UK nationals [49]

And worse on most metrics.

In your various visits to the U.K. since.brexit in 2020, what have you personally noticed that's different?

UK, Ireland / Brexit complications for UK nationals [49]

Yes. Look at Germany; in freefall.

It's the benefit of having g a Labour government rather than the Tories you evidently like.

UK, Ireland / Brexit complications for UK nationals [49]


We didn't before, however post-Brexit, the government are implementing that, .

UK, Ireland / Polish cities and their UK twins [34]

I don't think WB will reply to to you.

He went bust and left Poland.

UK, Ireland / Brexit complications for UK nationals [49]


Quite.


It hasn't. The economy is doing better than our closest rivals in Europe, and despite 14 years of Tory misrule, wev've finally got a decent government for the next 10 or 15 years.


The only circumstances that would lead Britain to rejoin are huge structural and conceptual changes in the EU and them asking with a far better deal than before.

UK, Ireland / Polish cities and their UK twins [34]

Manchester is much nicer.

Krakow is a tourist hell, and a small city. The picture has been tinkered with to make it look nicer.

Manchester is a great metropolis at the heart of a conurbation. A closer twin would be Warsaw, in terms of size.

Weird that you've posted those pics today.

Three very old threads about the U.K. perhaps you're trolling for a response after you got your ass whipped last time.

UK, Ireland / Brexit complications for UK nationals [49]

I was right all along.

It was a bad idea.

Nevertheless, 99% of people don't notice any difference, and it's enabling us to nationalise various utilities and infrastructure that the Tories had sold to French, German and American 'investors' who just treated that infrastructure as a cash cow not bothering to follow the conditions of the sale.

I don't see us rejoining any time soon; there would have to be major changes in the EU, and a move away from being a Euro superstate with military pretensions and a foreign policy.

News / Polish coal will be back [141]


What 'inbreeding'? It's not Shìtoskey, Michigan...
What a silly thing to say.


What does that mean to you, troll?

News / Polish coal will be back [141]


Can't.

Perhaps you'd shoot unarmed civilians in dinghies. We don't, though, and no civilised people would.

And knowing you, you'd probably romantically defile their packed lunches afterwards.

Polonia / Elon Musk tells Germans to "move on"! [247]


You wouldn't, moron.

And you aren't Warren Buffett anyway. You live in a wooden house, jammed in against a lot of other identical wooden houses. What are you? A speculator?

You'd get modest interest on your savings, though...

Polonia / Elon Musk tells Germans to "move on"! [247]


We have that too. That was also extremely high in that period.

This was a tax of 90% on income from investments, annuities (like a private pension, rents from property etc.

It worked.

Polonia / Elon Musk tells Germans to "move on"! [247]

I'll drink to that!

Polonia / Elon Musk tells Germans to "move on"! [247]


And the first world isn't?

The difference is that the poorest couple of billion people don't get the chance to do it very well.


And people are raising hell against migration in that system.. That's the thing; capitalism has given us this and can't now stop it.


In the U.K., after 1945 under both Labour and Tory governments, we has 90% tax on unearned income. Hard for elderly, nicely-born spinsters on a small annuity however for the overwhelming majority, we saw a huge raise in living standards over the decade and, huge improvements in health and massive industrial development.

Better that than some laissez-faire free for all where the few make off with the booty at the expense of the rest of us.


Not take. Take back.

Polonia / Elon Musk tells Germans to "move on"! [247]


I agree; I'd add though that a significant chunk of any town's, county's and country's population needs a bit or a lot of help doing that and even in the best societies and even families plenty fall through the net.

People in the poorest and least empowered places in the world need more help than most.


It's not about anccomlishi anything, except alleviating poverty. Something we have failed to do.


It's what I've said and the Labour Movement have said for a very long time. Unfortunately there's little to invest since the obscenely rich hoard it and the bourgeoisie hang on to it and are good at getting what they want

One reason to give the rich a bloody good haircut. Elon Musk could lose 99% of his assets and still be obscenely rich. It wouldn't hurt him but it would change the lives of millions and help make the world a better place for all of us.


You are sounding as though there's some sort of choice other than small cosmetic changes, like bowls and tea cups catching the drips from a 150 year old and very leaky roof.

That roof is modern capitalism, those drips are coming from the parts of the world that lost out to its greed.