Today's State of Play

STATE OF PLAY: Jażdżewski: PO is becoming an increasingly redundant addition to its leader's social media, has completely lost its compass; Major: The democratic camp needs a fresh player who would be an alternative to the worn-out Tusk

-- AS PART OF LITERARY THURSDAYS IN LONDON, THE SENATE ORGANIZED AN AUTHOR'S MEETING WITH DR ALEKSANDRA SARNA
https://x.com/K_Stanowski/status/1973882104548299050

-- KIERWIŃSKI: THE NAME OF PO WILL CHANGE, THIS IS A PROSPECT FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS - 300LIVEhttps://300polityka.pl/pl/live

-- IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO DECLARE THE END – THE POLAND 2050 REPRESENTATION IN THE SEJM WILL DECIDE THE CURRENT MAJORITY - KATARZYNA SKRZYDŁOWSKA-KALUKIN IN KULTURA LIBERALNA: “For now, however, the party, despite low support, has quite a large club. It includes 30 MPs, which is enough for the ruling coalition to stay in power. And this means that for now, there is no end to Poland 2050. It will remain in the government and in the parliamentary coalition. The question is, what's next?”.

-- PARADOXICALLY, DONALD TUSK SHOULD NOW CARE ABOUT THE PARTY HOLDING UP WELL AFTER SZYMON HOŁOWNIA'S DEPARTURE - FURTHERMORE, SKRZYDŁOWSKA-KALUKIN IN KULTURA LIBERALNA: “Paradoxically, therefore, Donald Tusk should now care about the party holding up well after Szymon Hołownia's departure. Again, as before the 2023 elections, his political strength depends on a grouping that does not appeal to his supporters. The political end of Poland 2050 is therefore postponed. However, a real one may come soon. Since the party leader is to be someone else than now, how can this be reconciled with the full party name: Poland 2050 Szymon Hołownia? Without the founder's name, the name cannot remain, as it has already been reserved by another organization”.
https://kulturaliberalna.pl/2025/10/02/skrzydlowska-kalukin-szymon-holownia-odchodzi-koniec-polski-2050-jeszcze-nie-teraz/

-- HOŁOWNIA HAS PROVEN IN PRACTICE TO BE A TELEVISION PREACHER WHO, AS PART OF A MIDLIFE CRISIS, DECIDED TO RETRAIN AS A SAVIOR OF THE NATION. WHEN THE NATION REJECTED HIM, HOŁOWNIA DECIDED TO SAVE THE WORLD - LESZEK JAŻDŻEWSKI IN INTERIA: “Szymon Hołownia raised hopes in many that 'different politics is possible'. He brought many valuable people into public life. What of it, when in practice he turned out to be a television preacher who, as part of a midlife crisis, decided to retrain as a savior of the nation. When the nation rejected him, Hołownia decided to save the world and the UN as High Commissioner for Refugees, despite lacking elementary qualifications”.

-- CIVIC PLATFORM, WHICH IS SLOWLY BECOMING AN INCREASINGLY REDUNDANT ADDITION TO ITS PRESIDENT'S SOCIAL MEDIA, HAS COMPLETELY LOST ITS IDEOLOGICAL COMPASS - FURTHERMORE, JAŻDŻEWSKI: “Civic Platform, which is slowly becoming an increasingly redundant addition to its president's social media, has completely lost its ideological compass and social awareness. Even in media favorable to it, voices are increasingly appearing that PO is trying (unsuccessfully) to win over staunch opponents, forgetting about its supporters. That it's unclear what this party stands for, exemplified by its self-sabotage regarding the night-time prohibition in Warsaw”.

-- IT IS DIFFICULT TO SAY WHAT POLAND 2050 IS STILL NEEDED FOR BY ANYONE. ALTHOUGH NO, SORRY, THERE IS ONE. DONALD TUSK - STILL JAŻDŻEWSKI: “From the perspective of 2025, it is difficult to say what Poland 2050 is still needed for by anyone. Although no, sorry, there is one. Donald Tusk. Who, without this party, or at least the majority of its parliamentary club, will not be able to form a government. But I'm not sure if this argument will be sufficient for the orphaned members of Poland 2050”.
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/felietony/news-uwaga-partia-w-przecenie-wyjatkowa-okazja,nId,22426277

-- THE WORST THING ABOUT HOŁOWNIA'S DEPARTURE IS THE NEED FOR A NEW PLAYER GALLOPING MAJOR IN POLITICAL CRITIQUE: “Hołownia's successful presence in 2023 and Hołownia's crushing defeat in 2025 mean one thing: the so-called democratic camp needs a new, fresh player. Someone who would be an alternative to the worn-out Tusk and win back the voters of the Third Way. Someone who hasn't governed and who, like Petru in 2015, could take free-market voters away from Konfederacja. Therefore, despite my leftist views, I don't believe that some populist-leftist tribune could help the current government in the fight against the PiS-Konfederacja duo. Especially since Zandberg and Kaczyński are already active in this field.”

-- UNFORTUNATELY, SOMEONE LIKE THAT COULD BE RAFAŁ BRZOSKA TODAY - FURTHERMORE, MAJOR IN CRITIQUE: “The coalition needs someone recognizable, from outside politics, who is not a leftist, and who is sufficiently credible in their centrism. Unfortunately, someone like that could be Rafał Brzoska today. With his common sense from Kanał Zero and, at the same time, the status of an apolitical icon of business success, he could corner the 'children from the business sandbox,' as Konfederacja would seem to him in comparison.”
https://krytykapolityczna.pl/kraj/polityczny-koniec-szymona-holowni-nie-bedzie-przewodniczacym-polski-2050/

-- IN CIVIC COALITION, AS ONCE IN CIVIC PLATFORM, THE BELIEF THAT THEY KNOW BETTER, THEY DON'T NEED TO LISTEN TO ANYONE, PERSISTS. AND THEY DON'T LISTEN. IN PiS THEY LISTEN TO EXPERTS - PROF. ANDRZEJ RYCHARD IN AN INTERVIEW WITH AGNIESZKA KUBLIK IN GW: “Because in Civic Coalition, as once in Civic Platform, the belief that they know better, they don't need to listen to anyone, persists. And they don't listen. In PiS, they listen to experts who read analyses, and therefore they really know better. PiS is a pragmatic party that knows it doesn't know everything and seeks professional opinions. And this was evident in the last presidential campaign.”
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,32297437,prof-rychard-zyjemy-w-stanie-pewnego-uspienia-jak-gdyby-to.html

-- PO IS SO GOOD FOR YOUNG PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE IT - ŁUKASZ ŁACHECKI IN KRYTYKA POLITYCZNA: “Without getting their hands dirty with skillfully articulated and so hated by some 'leftism,' all their Campuses, Uprisings, and Academies of Smiles will only be able to helplessly watch as their self-satisfied patrons, who have nothing to reproach themselves for, are outplayed by hastily summoned 'doctor hooligans' and 'master' street thugs.”
https://krytykapolityczna.pl/kraj/trzaskowski-sikorski-mlodzi-polityka-platforma/

-- THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE ANNOUNCES THAT, UNLIKE DURING THE TIMES OF ANDRZEJ DUDA, IT WILL EARLIER EXPRESS DOUBTS AND NEGOTIATE POSSIBLE CHANGES TO LAWS - GRZEGORZ OSIECKI AND TOMASZ ŻÓŁCIAK IN MONEY: “- A firm stance does not necessarily mean a veto, but it also provides an opportunity for negotiation. After all, some solutions from the presidential draft can be added to the government's draft – says a source associated with the Palace. And he announces that the style of the current Chancellery will be different than during President Duda's time. There will be no keeping cards close to the chest and waiting to reveal a position on a draft until the law reaches the presidential desk. Now, as we hear, the Palace is willing to negotiate at earlier stages.”
https://www.money.pl/gospodarka/weto-czy-deal-ws-cpk-oto-jakie-sa-perspektywy-rzadu-i-prezydenta-7206589856725760a.html

-- BIRTHDAYS: Tomasz Żukowski, Witold Bańka.