Remember last summer, during the peak of the COVID epidemics, where ambulances were queuing outside hospitals, and everyone thought that it can’t get any worse? Well, we should never underestimate the PiS government. Because now, the ambulances are parked in the yard and are not helping patients at all. There is not enough crews around […]
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20 reasons why there is shortage of drivers in the UK
Thousands of people who shop in the UK probably noticed shortages of products in British supermarkets. The supply problems are blamed on the shortage of HGV drivers and the government is taking steps to tackle it: the driving hours have been extended and there is a talk about bringing the army drivers to help with […]
Meanwhile in Cuckooland 58
Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far It seems that when it comes to Polish-Israeli relations, the Polish government have decided to come with Final Solution – that is, they are willing to destroy any good relations we had with Israel and […]
Meanwhile in Cuckooland 42
Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far If you were thinking that Poland is a country of absurdities only because of recent political developments, you were wrong. The absurdities are rooted much, much deeper, and a recent case, that stormed the media […]
Is Eastern Europe a „place to live” yet?
Translated by Craig Proctor Although at the beginning of his government Polish prime minister Donald Tusk claimed thanks to his polices, soon Poles would be returning home from Ireland and UK en mass. So far this has not happened. Donald Tusk himself lowered the tone and no longer mentions the subject. Yet a growing number […]
Welcome to the real World
This article is in response to Amy Mackinnon’s article on graduate employment, ‘Never had it s good?‘ Amy Mackinnon’s recent piece on graduate unemployment provoked discussion amongst me and my Polish friends. Some said “what’s the point of publishing this, it’s nothing new”. But although it might be old story for all us Poles, it […]