News / The Left wing (not-so Slow) death in Poland [120]


Now now Gregy, your parents were also involved with the Party, so you shouldn't be slinging any mud.


What, like working for Muslims in Saudi Arabia? :D

More to the point, those of us living in Poland know that PiS have far more similarities to corrupt left wing governments than any genuine right wing government.

News / The Left wing (not-so Slow) death in Poland [120]


Why? It shows the values that they were brought up with. It's not a surprise that many PiS voters are the children of ex-PZPR members - it shows that their "patriotism" is actually more about "getting as much as we can from the country".

News / Poland's PiS party members and crime [346]


On the good side, the law is clear - a pardoned criminal is guilty of his acts, because you can't pardon an innocent man. Kamiński is legally a crook, which means that there's a convicted criminal in the cabinet of PiS. And they claim to be about law and justice? Hahahaha.

News / Poland's PiS party members and crime [346]


Unbelievable. It just shows how Duda is the President for PiS, not the President of Poland.


His father was in the PZPR, enough said.

News / The Left wing (not-so Slow) death in Poland [120]

It just shows that the PiS claim that "communists never went away" is perfectly true - people like Gregy are very much in the vein of their parents.

News / The Left wing (not-so Slow) death in Poland [120]


Not saying anything, just quoting this to show what kind of people really support PiS.

UK, Ireland / Applying for Karta Polaka in the UK - worrying about the Polish language [5]

You're not eligible for it. It's only for those that don't have the right to live/work in Poland and who are citizens of ex-USSR states.

The card essentially exists to provide easier access to Poland to those that cannot benefit from EU citizenship - for instance, Polish-Ukrainians living in Western Ukraine or Polish-Latvian non-citizens

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]


That's assuming they even exist, which is highly unlikely given that the only gun nuts I can think of can't speak English.

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]


Johnny, I know that you're a pathological liar, but no-one is thinking about guns here apart from a small section of society. But what do I know - I only live, work and contribute here, unlike you.


Again : you can access guns easily here if you want. There's a shooting range not far from my house, for instance.

The fact that you don't even know how common guns are here suggests that your knowledge of Poland is woefully lacking.

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

One has to wonder how the desire to kill innocent animals can be considered a sign of good mental health.

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

Permanent resident in Poland, therefore joining PZ£ is allowed. Or I could get one for sport purposes....or even self defence.

Not my scene, but still. Just shows that Johnny's full of nonsense, as he clearly doesn't know anyone in Poland that supports gun ownership by the masses.

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]


You're lying again. Or they simply don't exist.

Your penpals can't be very intelligent if they can't obtain a legal firearm in Poland. I could get one if I wanted...

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]


Not really. There are a lot of hunters that own guns, but their ownership isn't exactly a big secret.


Wonderfully sexist statement there, given that many women are capable of shooting. My wife is a far better shot than me, for instance.

News / Duda invited to march in Poland's Independence Day parade [182]

Anyway, back to the topic.

Duda didn't take up the invitation, he went to his own rally instead. End of topic.

News / The Left wing (not-so Slow) death in Poland [120]


Catalonia and Scotland are countries. Looks like you really aren't very aware of European affairs and how this place works.


There haven't been many country-level elections this year in Europe. Croatia had some, but they're divided into two opposing blocs like in Taiwan, so you can't really comment about those elections.


More racism, Levi?

Not much about Polish politics in the last few posts?

News / Duda invited to march in Poland's Independence Day parade [182]


Which makes me a EU citizen and thus provides me with the ability to do as I please in Poland, unlike you, Macaco.


Not sure why you're moaning about racism when Macaco refers to your country's (lack of) skill at football.

News / Duda invited to march in Poland's Independence Day parade [182]


It's not possible to be an immigrant under Polish law if you're British. Unlike you, Macaco.


Catholic and yet you live in a Muslim theocracy?

Edited your post, I see.

News / Duda invited to march in Poland's Independence Day parade [182]

You live in Saudi Arabia and you come from Brazil, what can you possibly know what is legitimate and what isn't?

News / Duda invited to march in Poland's Independence Day parade [182]


The problem is that if you take part in that particular march, then you're supporting their ideology. They invite far-right guests from Europe, and it's not a patriotic march in the slightest.

But why would you take part in that march anyway when there's other marches organised in/around the same day on the same theme? Duda was at one rally that would seem to be far more in tune with your way of thinking, and there are even a couple in Wrocław that cater for real patriots.


I really don't understand why you're still backing this march when PiS have clearly distanced themselves from it.


It was made very clear that they were willing to "give a chance" to PiS, but that they also know that PiS is the party of Washington and Israel.

This is what makes PiS such an interesting political party - despite their claims otherwise, they're very much in the pocket of Washington. Wasn't AWS also allegedly put together and funded by Washington?

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


Poor Polonius. Those "frustarted females" have achieved far more in their life than you.


Thing is Polonius, I actually agree. Russia's in a mess, but Putin's savvy enough to know that as long as he holds onto the wreck, he can torment and insult the government. All it takes is one accidental "leak" to the right wing Polish media that they destroyed something from the wreck, and they'll provoke an upset and angry response from the Government.

On a related note, I'm almost certain that Putin will find a pretext to stop commemorations in Katyń by the Poles. Russia has always been rather childish with these things (see also : West Berlin) - and the best thing the government can do is ignore it.

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

And Russia will laugh at Poland and retaliate with childish measures designed to provoke Poland.

For instance, you'll see some General on Russian TV announcing that the border in Kaliningrad is now guarded by an extra 2000 men. Poland will impose a border zone in return, which will do nothing but inconvenience Polish people.

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

I understand it just fine, thanks.

I'm just waiting for Macierewicz to try and threaten Russia.

News / Duda invited to march in Poland's Independence Day parade [182]


I think you should find a different march. They're not celebrating freedom, they're marching to remove it.

I'm pretty sure your grandfather and father would be utterly appalled if they knew that you wanted to march with individuals that openly promote ideologies that they fought against.

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

PO, doomed? You really ought to stop reading the right wing media. If they were doomed, they wouldn't have won in many cities despite the stunning results of Nowoczesna. Take Wrocław for example : PO won 31%, PiS won 28%. But Nowoczesna took 12% or so - if they didn't run, then PO would have won by miles.

What PiS should worry about is that there are several women within Nowoczesna that will attack Szydło repeatedly. They all have very sound credentials, and they're exactly the kind of people that will lay trap after trap.

News / Duda invited to march in Poland's Independence Day parade [182]

I really don't think the rantings of a solitary lunatic on the internet constitute "the voice of Poland".


If you march with them, you associate with them. It's that simple.

News / The Left wing (not-so Slow) death in Poland [120]


Which is fair enough, but it doesn't mean much when the 3rd biggest party only won 8% of the vote and that a huge amount of votes were disqualified as the parties didn't meet the threshold. Off the top of my head, around 20% of votes weren't counted. That's a huge number.


They needed a coalition. I forget the numbers, but they're very much in the minority if Gowin pulls out.


See, this is what I say - you're not very clued up at all.

To give an example - the SNP in Scotland won just over 50% of the popular vote in the 2015 General Election. The JxSi won 39.6% of the vote in the 2015 Catalonian elections. The PaF won 38.6% in Portugal. The UK Conservatives won 36.8% (which is only slightly less than PiS).

To suggest that a party that won the votes of a mere 19% of the eligible voting population has "incredible popular support" is quite frankly nonsense.

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


Harry, let's remember to quote this when Kaczyński engineers a "crisis" and overthrows Szydło.


Article 1 of the IV RP.

It's quite remarkable that Polonius is openly saying that Kaczyński has an extraconstitutional position despite nominally not holding any post of power whatsoever.

News / Duda invited to march in Poland's Independence Day parade [182]


As if most of them would ever fight for Poland. They were the same people that formed the nucleus of the ZOMO troops, and before that, the same people that willingly collaborated with anti-democratic elements.

Let's not kid ourselves here - there are patriots, and then there are "patriots".

News / The Left wing (not-so Slow) death in Poland [120]


You really are living in dreamland if you think that there's such a division in Poland. That's just the kind of nonsense spouted by someone that isn't actually familiar with PiS.

PiS tend to be about a lot of hot air, but their policies tend to tell the truth. Let's not forget that PiS are very much made up of the Communist nomeklatura, as well.


Wasn't really a storming victory. They fell far short of the numbers needed to change the constitution, for instance.


Lost? Not quite. Remember, Poland has a multi-level political system, and the Left are still very strong at the provincial and local level.

News / The Left wing (not-so Slow) death in Poland [120]


You're clearly not very familiar with Polish politics, are you?

For a start, there are no real classical "left" or "right" wing parties in Poland. PO are centrist economically, but their members (and their policies) are anything from left to right socially. PiS are (very) left wing economically, but sit anywhere between centrist to far right socially. Nowoczesna are left wing socially, centre-right economically. Kukiz is...who knows. PSL are centre-left economically, but centre-right socially. The list goes on...


Miller is finished. But the Left is already regrouping.

What you won't be aware of is that the Left has considerable support when it comes to "soft power".


No popular support? You're clearly struggling to comprehend that the left wing economically is very, very strong in Poland.


You should be worried, given that PiS are highly likely to change immigration law to keep out non-EU foreigners from non-first world countries, like you.