And it's obvious that your opinion is that you should be free to express yours but others shouldn't express theirs unless it agrees with yours.
It's a gross misrepresentation of my position on the issue but that is what I would expect of free speech jerks. ---
You decided to go after particular members you dislike for no other reason
False, I like maf, I don't dislike you, only Novi fits into that category. It was a mere observation about a certain group of posters on PF namely Americans who are obsessing about some subject to the extent that they hardly post anything else and tend to post in all threads even if it is off-topic. Some would consider it spam. ---
Then you'll never be annoyed again
I'm annoyed only by narcissistic snowflakes like you who believe that someone else opinion about them, their posts, opinions, or the way they post is somehow infringing their First Amendment rights and is an attempt at silencing them. When in fact it is exactly the opposite. Do you need a safe space? I didn't know that about you. In this context, even Novie seems to have more sense.
OK. fine, you are pathetic and don't know how to dance snowflake, post some more memes as if they would mean anything else than stress your inability to make a compelling argument. Don't worry, I like you, you are special. Good on you.
Ok. you are officially on my blacklist moron. You are stupid enough to ask for it. Now you are F/ lol! What relevant post have you ever posted? You have no clue about anything Polish-related, some Viki knowledge, and copy and paste memes. What a great contributor you are. This forum is about Poland not about some foreign losers that have little idea about Poland. I'm one of those very few Poles posting here, who bothers to post here in English for your benefit, for all those who are interested in learning about real Polish issues. N Nobody knows who the hell you are except that you are an imposter and pretend to be some poster from the past called Polonius who was nothing like your dumb ass. ---
.like flies and rats...
Listen you obese fat losers watch your stupid mug. Do you think that your real name can't be found? Big mistake. You are a stupid troll who was tossed out of every half-decent American forum and in others when trash like you yapp nobody pays any heed to you. So to have some kind of attention you landed here and are spamming this site with your stupid ideas and obscure American problems ( for most Poles those issues are obscure)that nobody in Poland cares about. Even less that you care about Europe or Poland. So what are you doing on Polish forums? You make no sense you could as well say you provide entertainment to the dead. ----- By the way, Polish people will get fed up with this forum and all expats in Poland would rather use a different site. I think this forum will become yet another trashy and obscure American forum with little revenue and no future. Since such morons like those two are prevalent...well...
There's some good discussion going on in a few FB groups. Try Brits in Poland, was an excellent election night event there and since has been discussion about what the new Labour government will mean for Poland.
I didn't read your rant but copied and pasted it into a personality assessment program and was not surprised by the results.
The writer of this text displays several personality traits that could suggest underlying issues:
Aggressiveness: The tone is confrontational and hostile, indicating a tendency toward aggression in communication.
Defensiveness: The writer feels the need to assert their identity and knowledge, suggesting a defensive stance when it comes to their contributions and identity.
Exclusivity: There's a clear in-group versus out-group mentality, emphasizing loyalty to self-identity and dismissing others.
Low Tolerance for Criticism: The reaction to perceived slights is intense, suggesting difficulty in handling disagreement or critique.
Superiority Complex: The writer presents themselves as a knowledgeable authority on issues, which may indicate a need to feel superior to others.
Need to Control Others: The use of phrases like "you are officially on my blacklist" shows a strong desire to regulate interactions and assert dominance over the community dynamics.
Overall, the writing reflects traits associated with possible borderline or narcissistic tendencies, but this is speculative and would require further context and professional assessment to draw any concrete conclusions.
[I copied and pasted your post into a personality assessment program and was not surprised by the results. this is speculative and would require further context and professional assessment to draw concrete conclusions. However, it can be assumed that writer of that text is a moron.
Congrats to Jon, Lenka, Milo, Feniks and others on kicking out your 7th Prime Minister in 10 years!
In the view of the rest of the world - idiotic, childish, and indicative of deepening dysfunction.
You had... probably one of the most decent PMs in the past couple of decades, who earnestly tried to fix your country's problems - and you still chucked him out onto the rubbish heap.
Having read a little bit about Andy Burnham, my prediction is that in one year you will be crying to bring back Starmer.
Can anyone explain why precisely Starmer was under such pressure to resign? I haven't seen anything like a coherent explanation.
From outside the country it does seem that policy is no longer set by the government (I don't know who sets it just that it doesn't seem to come from the PM or Parliament) so there's a series of fall guys/girls as they get into office and face powerlessness.
It wasn't the British people who kicked out Starmer but rather his own parliamentary party. A prime minister's authority depends heavily on maintaining the confidence of his own MPs; when he fails to do that, he's gone. Many Labour MPs felt that Starmer's government was too cautious and not really following Labour's traditional values.
At least that's what I heard on the radio on my way home from work.
Can anyone explain why precisely Starmer was under such pressure to resign? I haven't seen..
It's really very simple. The people got tired of over a decade of right wing conservative governments so they voted in a centrist left one. But this one has been so cautious about not p*ssing off the conservatives in the electorate (which are always overestimate in Britain) that they failed to satisfy the people who voted them in. Burnham looks to many like he will be more likely than Starmer to be more of a 'Labour' prime minister.
Poland faces almost the exact same problem with Tusk - he's done nothing to satisfy the people who voted him in (he's also had the issue of being blocked by at every turn by opposition presidents). If he's not careful, he'll be gone next election cycle too.
No one understands why Starmer had to go.
I know this - leaders changing - is all very strange stuff for a Russian, given that you're completely resigned to Dictator Putin's thousand-year Reich.
Congrats to Jon, Lenka, Milo, Feniks and others on kicking out your 7th Prime Minister..
He's not been 'kicked out'.
More that a longstanding internal rival has returned to parliament with the declared intention of triggering an internal party ballot. Sir Keir has resigned rather than be in that ballot since if there was an internal challenge, Andy (the King of the North or so he sees himself) would get the vote of most of the parliamentary party and also around half of the votes of the party members, affiliated societies and the unions.
There will probably be someone standing against him. It's not the tory party which has a different set up and no rank and file members (they're in local 'conservative associations' rather than the tory party) and no affiliated Trade Unions.
Can anyone explain why precisely Starmer was under such pressure to resign?
The pressure was from backbenchers within the party who represent mostly seats in parts of the country where industrial development is more important to people there than in the London/SouthEast bubble and where there's a threat from far-right populists. There's a big north south divide and it's significant that Keir and Andy have their support bases in different regions.
7th Prime Minister in 10 years
It's our new tradition. Remember we're not r*SSia who crave murderous dictators and generally get them or countries with a 'fuhrerprinzip'. If we want to change a PM, we do, and of course the Head of State fulfils His or Her role for life.
Having read a little bit about Andy Burnham,
Having read more than a little bit and met him a few times as well as being involved with the party for almost 40 years, he's a careerist however he does have support and a great deal of integrity. He was candidate for leader once before but lost to Corbyn due to changes in the voting system. He couldn't stand as party leader the last time due to being regional Mayor for Greater Manchester.
I voted for him. before, voted for Sir Keir only reluctantly (though he has done well) and will probably vote for Andy again should there be an internal election unless Dan Jarvis or John Healey stand in which case it will be a time to reflect.
If you hope that this will be in any way to r*SSia's advantage you are wrong. His core support are the hawks within the party and Andy has always been very clear about his views. Plus, his constituency has a particularly large post-1945 central and eastern European diaspora community on whom he depends for votes.
Of course; we're changing our PM. It confuses foreigners that we can do it like this and long may that continue.
enerally a great yearning for someone charismatic,
As Russell T Davies wrote:
"Beware those men, the jokers and the tricksters and the clowns. They will laugh us into hell."
Most of the 3 minute monologue is in the link below. It is very powerful and all about the dangers of sitting around and whining rather than doing something.
Very very worth watching: facebook.com/watch/?v=2379132699025328
....I just watched it....and I'm not disagreeing, but I'm not agreeing either!
Lotsa people just don't have the means to buy the more expensive T-Shirt, they NEED the cheap stuff....and the robots in the supermarkets? With the catastrophic demographics without alot more of that our societies will stop working in the near future...so...
And what is the power of "you"? Besides the elections every few years, you have no real power, not even gathered in some union, as it should be in our democracies.... So...what when for decades always the same parties are going to be elected? When politics becomes an alternative career option including corruption and everything....when instead of middle class workers lawyers and other academics make up most of the deciders? Sometimes in power for decades....how can you expect them to be "fresh"? Change their own wrong decisions?
What should "you" do? A normal middle class worker, living with a high rent, rising food prices, worrying if you will still have a job next week? Should you take care to buy the more expensive T-Shirt? Buy the more expensive bio-Food...go to the Union-Demo every other week? Even as our Democracies shouldn't be ruled by the street, they have to be more stable than that.
This speech sounds good and easy, but its not really helpfull IMHO.....
Remember, if you aren't in the union, don't complain when the jobs go
Its also:
"Don't complain that the jobs are gone, blame the Union!"
At least in Germany (don't know about Britain) but for most smaller, middle and even bigger companies the masses of forced social services for their workers are just to expensive and they closed/are closing...Germany is about to become de-industrialized....not only because of the high energy prices thanks to the green politics in the recent years aka closing down all of our power plants but also because of the real "good" work of the german Unions, congrats!
That de-industrialization and economic crisis is a recent phenomenon....a few years back the prices were cheaper, yes....
Roughly half of the money a german worker earns he has to give away for social services....probably the highest percentage world wide....that is insane! And no longer working....the german Unions really worked to well for to long, its killing our economy!!!
For a typical employee in Germany, social security contributions take up about ~40% to 42.5% of gross earnings.
These percentages are split equally between the worker and the employer:
Public Pension (Rentenversicherung): 18.6% total (9.3% paid by the employee, 9.3% paid by the employer) Statutory Health Insurance (Krankenversicherung): 14.6% base rate, plus an average supplementary contribution of 2.9%. This ~17.5% total is split roughly 50/50. Long-Term Care (Pflegeversicherung): 3.4% total. Split 50/50, but childless individuals over age 23 pay an additional 0.6% surcharge on their own. Unemployment Insurance (Arbeitslosenversicherung): 2.6% total (1.3% employee, 1.3% employer).
Note: There is also statutory accident insurance (Unfallversicherung), which is paid 100% by the employer.
Why do "half of earnings" seem to disappear?
If you are asking why your paycheck looks significantly reduced, it is usually because of these mandatory social contributions combined with Germany's progressive income tax. While exact percentages depend on whether you are married, have children, and your exact income level, the biggest factors eating into gross salaries are:
Salary Caps: Workers only pay social security contributions up to a specific limit, known as the Beitragsbemessungsgrenze. The ceiling for pensions is €101,400, and for health insurance, it is €69,750. Private vs. Public System: If you earn over the threshold of €77,400 annually, you can choose to opt out of the public health system and use private insurance.
What was once real cool to have, an achievement for the worker even, is now choking us and driving industries out....jobs are getting lost daily! (Not that the Unions come around to see that danger at all, they still like to have their demos)
Would it be a problem for you personally if we choose one of those?
Andy (if he wins) will be our first Roman Catholic PM and the only foreigners who are legally allowed to stand for parliament are Irish citizens and also Commonwealth citizens with settled status. Amiga500 can stand if he wants.
The only Labour MP I can think of who was foreign before becoming a citizen was Gisela Stewart, an arch-brexiteer originally from Germany and now in the upper house as Baroness Stewart. If any others are from abroad, they've certainly been citizens from childhood.
These percentages
This is all normal. The difference between a developed society and the third world.
Complain about social insurance if you want. Live without social insurance while unemployed, sick or disabled if you can.
Never has been a Chancellor that unpopular in Germany (and globally too) before...EVER!
....Domestic Numbers: Major German polls, including Forsa and BILD newspaper surveys, echo this sentiment. In domestic popularity rankings among politicians, Merz has dropped to the 20th place-hitting last place in public favorability.....
....Global Ranking: A survey by Morning Consult placed Merz last among the heads of government in 24 major democratic nations, with only 19% of respondents satisfied with his work.,,,
Even less popular than Trump and Erdogan!!!
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