Click here to see previous chapter of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far Level of Polish politics has already fallen so low, that if it was a presidential Tupolew trying to land at Smoleńsk, mechanical voice “PULL UP, TERRAIN AHEAD” would be heard from every speaker in the […]
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Meanwhile in Cuckooland 5
Click here for previous chapter from the series Click here to see all from the series so far Monday 3rd October was the day of #blackprotest for Polish women. They went on strike protesting against proposed radical changes to already one of the most restrictive anti-abortion law. But right wing journalists got to the bottom […]
Meanwhile in Cuckooland 3
Click here for previous chapter from the series Click here to see all from the series so far PiS’ relentness march towards the peaks of absurd ensure, that fans of Monty Python will be kept amused. It would be really funny if not for the fact that it is going on for real. Remember that […]
Meanwhile in Cuckooland 2
Click here for previous chapter from the series Click here to see all from the series so far Recent weeks in Poland made atmosphere of absurd even thicker. Of course the opposition parties can also deliver some fun (my favourite one was announcements from the party .Nowoczesna in which they declare that they will “de-legalise […]
Meanwhile in Cuckooland
Click here to see all from the series so far Brexit, Euro Footbal cup, series of attacks in Western Europe and coup in Turkey overshadowed events in Poland. Only a desperate attempt of state TV ruled by PiS to censor President Obama speech in which he expressed concerns about the state of Polish democracy made […]
Is fuelling hate in Poland PiS’s way to toughen its power?
The situation that had place in Warsaw is really a sad illustration of the current anti-migrants tensions in Poland. On the huge district heating pipe a mural (or rather “rural” – from Polish rura – pipe) was painted. It depicted kids of all nations and races holding hands. Soon the painting became a target of […]
Why I stopped writing about Polish politics for a while
One of my readers e-mailed me with question why I am not writing about Polish politics for Britske listy any more. He said that there is so much going on in Poland and that the coverage in Czech media is pretty chaotic. The fact is that I gave up covering this events not only on […]
Poland – a divided country
The construction of the alternative universe of PiS, that I described few years back in my first article for Britske Listy (English version here), was an overwhelming success. This system of interlocking conspiracy theories and alternative version of history appeals to many Poles, who believe in it. And “believe” is the right word here, as similarities […]
Waszczykowski’s method
Internets, in Poland and abroad, are having a good laugh at the expense of the Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski, who, in his recent interview with German tabloid Bild, stated, that new Polish government is willing to cure Poland from disease of veganism and cyclism. The Minister defends himself by claims, that he had to […]
PiS is crossing the Rubicon
It cannot be stressed enough how extremely significant PiS’ actions are: we are witnessing the most important events in Polish politics since 1989 that might mean a complete rejection of the democratic mechanisms introduced by governments of Tadeusz Mazowiecki and his successors. One has to remember, that the new statute of the parliament is already […]