Yesterday's State of Play

STATE OF PLAY: Local Governments Ahead! Łódź Deploys 165 Toilets for 8,000 Residents Lacking Indoor Plumbing! Morawiecki's Polls Look Good

Łukasz Mężyk

-- LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FORWARD! THE CITY OF ŁÓDŹ IS PROVIDING 165 TOI TOILETS FOR RESIDENTS WHO DO NOT HAVE TOILETS IN THEIR HOMES. FOR THE RECORD HOLDERS, A PLASTIC CUBICLE HAS BEEN REPLACING THE TOILET FOR TEN YEARS - DZIENNIK ŁÓDZKI. 

-- THE MAGISTRATE IS RENTING AS MANY AS 165 SANITARY CABINS FOR RESIDENTS OF MUNICIPAL HOUSING - DZIENNIK ŁÓDZKI: The tenement house at Rzgowska 32 is not connected to the sewage system. Residents of municipal flats, mostly elderly people, carry heavy buckets full of water to the sink in the utility room every day. There are significantly more Łódź residents without access to sewage and toilets... The magistrate is renting as many as 165 sanitary cabins for residents of municipal flats!
https://dzienniklodzki.pl/zyjemy-w-xxi-wieku-a-ludzie-nadal-nie-maja-dostepu-do-toalet-w-lodzi-stoi-az-165-toitoi-z-ktorych-codziennie-korzysta-kilkaset-osob/ar/c1p2-29156917

-- I AM ASHAMED OF MY CITY. WHY ARE THERE STILL RESIDENTS OF ŁÓDŹ WHO DO NOT HAVE A TOILET IN THEIR APARTMENT? THE CITY PROVIDES THEM WITH TOI TOILETS - MAREK KRZCIUK IN DZIENNIK ŁÓDZKI: “Despite this, we are a leader in this unenviable statistic. Over 8,000 people in Łódź still do not have a toilet at home. Among them are those who share a toilet with their neighbours in the corridor, or relieve themselves in the yard in outbuildings. And there are those who don't even have that, so toi toi toilets appear there.”
https://dzienniklodzki.pl/wstyd-mi-za-moje-miasto-dlaczego-ciagle-sa-lodzianie-ktorzy-nie-maja-toalety-w-mieszkaniu-miasto-wystawia-im-toi-toie/ar/c1p2-29160499

-- ECONOMISTS SAY, WITH SOME EXAGGERATION, THAT WE HAVE IRISH TAXES AND ITALIAN EXPENDITURE. MEANWHILE, POLITICIANS CONTINUE TO DEMAND TAX CUTS, MORE SPENDING, AND AT THE SAME TIME CRITICIZE THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE GROWING DEFICIT IN PUBLIC FINANCES - WITOLD GADOMSKI IN GW: “Between 2015 and 2025, state expenditure (calculated according to EU methodology) increased from 41.5% of GDP to 50.9% of GDP, while revenues increased from 38.9% of GDP to 43.6% of GDP. In terms of the share of state expenditure in GDP, Poland ranks 6th in the European Union, and in terms of revenue, it ranks 13th, ex aequo with Cyprus and Latvia. Budget expenditure in relation to GDP in Poland is higher than in countries that have long pursued pro-social policies, such as Sweden (49.9%), Germany (50.5%), or Denmark (48.0%). It is also higher than the EU average (49.5%). Economists say, with some exaggeration, that we have Irish taxes and Italian expenditure. Meanwhile, politicians continue to demand tax cuts, more spending, and at the same time criticize the government for the growing deficit in public finances.”

-- INSTEAD OF MAKING UNREALISTIC AND VAGUE PROMISES TO RAISE THE TAX-FREE ALLOWANCE, LOWER THE TOP TAX RATE, AND PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO MORE GROUPS IN A FEW YEARS, THE PRIME MINISTER SHOULD COMMISSION A COMPREHENSIVE TAX REFORM - GADOMSKI CONTINUES: “Instead of making unrealistic and vague promises to raise the tax-free allowance, lower the top tax rate, and provide financial support to more groups in a few years, the Prime Minister should commission a comprehensive tax reform, covering PIT, CIT, VAT, and other levies. It should be designed so that its balance is positive for the budget – meaning revenues increase. Any rate increase should be sweetened with solutions beneficial to taxpayers. A simple example – the number of VAT rates should be reduced (currently there are as many as four rates), the number of goods subject to preferential rates should be drastically reduced, and at the same time, the basic rate should be lowered from 23% to 20%. Platforma proposed this in 2005, in an excessively radical version (the famous 15-15-15) and likely poorly calculated, but the direction of the proposal was not bad.”
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,32920212,nie-denerwujmy-elektoratu-reformami-ta-strategia-przestala.html

-- IF THE RUSSIANS HAVE A MOLE IN POLAND, NO ONE IS LIKELY LOOKING FOR HIM - WITOLD JURASZ IN ONE: “Sweeping under the rug scandals with potential intelligence backgrounds is not so much irresponsible as it is anti-state. In Poland, according to Onet's information, in at least three situations raising serious counter-intelligence concerns, no in-depth audit was conducted.”

-- OFFICERS CLAIM THAT NUMEROUS INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS THAT W. WAS INVOLVED IN ENDED IN SURPRISING FAILURES, BUT NO ONE CHECKED IT - JURASZ CONTINUES IN ONE: “Former Intelligence Agency officers point to such a necessity, stating in conversations with Onet that numerous intelligence operations that W. was involved in ended in surprising failures. Paweł W. also reportedly opposed operations that, according to Onet's interlocutors, had real chances of success. The former deputy head of intelligence also advocated for reducing, not increasing, the activity of Polish intelligence in the Russian direction. According to my information, after Paweł W. was convicted of pedophilia, no audit was conducted.”
https://www.onet.pl/informacje/onetwiadomosci/witold-jurasz-przestrzega-jesli-rosjanie-maja-kreta-w-polsce-to-raczej-nikt-go-nie/248mnnk,79cfc278

-- MÜLLER: THERE IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE IN MY PARTY WHO ARE DOING EVERYTHING TO MAKE PIS A SUPPLE ENTITY - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/pl/live/2026-07-20/

-- SIGNIFICANTLY MORE RESPONDENTS INDICATED MATEUSZ MORAWIECKI - 40.7% OF THOSE SURVEYED SEE HIM AS PIS'S CANDIDATE FOR PRIME MINISTER. PRZEMYSŁAW CZARNEK WAS CHOSEN BY 18% of respondents - United Surveys by IBRiS for Wirtualna Polska: At the same time, the largest percentage of respondents – 41.3% – answered: “I don't know/difficult to say,” which shows that a significant portion of Poles do not have a clear opinion on this matter.

-- 37% OF PIS VOTERS INDICATED MATEUSZ MORAWIECKI, AND 36% PRZEMYSŁAW CZARNEK. The answer “I don't know/difficult to say” was chosen by 27% of respondents - further United Surveys by IBRiS for Wirtualna Polska.

-- AMONG NON-VOTERS AND UNDECIDED VOTERS, THE FORMER PRIME MINISTER HAD A LEAD. IN THIS GROUP, 47% OF RESPONDENTS INDICATED MATEUSZ MORAWIECKI, 11% PRZEMYSŁAW CZARNEK, while 42% could not indicate a better candidate.
https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/czarnek-czy-morawiecki-polacy-wskazali-lepszego-kandydata-pis-na-premiera-7308892139514304a

-- 49% OF PIS VOTERS ARE AGAINST MORAWIECKI'S DEPARTURE, AND 20% SUPPORTED HIS NEW PATH - POLLSTER FOR SE: “The research firm also checked what Law and Justice voters themselves think about this matter. However, they are mostly against internal divisions and the former prime minister's departure from PiS and his founding of a party. As many as 49% are against such ideas, and only 20% supported Morawiecki's new path, while 31% do not know/have no opinion on the matter.”
https://polityka.se.pl/wiadomosci/czy-morawiecki-powinien-odejsc-z-pis-i-zalozyc-wlasna-partie-znaczaca-zmiana-w-sondazu-aa-ThNf-bmmi-vwc1.html

-- 95TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF ZOFIA KURATOWSKA. SHE DIED IN 1999 AT THE AGE OF ONLY 68. 

-- ZOFIA KURATOWSKA: A POLITICIAN AND DOCTOR AS WE NO LONGER SEE - ELŻBIETA CICHOCKA WROTE IN WYSOKIE OBCASY: “Groups of discriminated people turned to her – Roma, disabled people, people with AIDS. She was a pioneer in efforts for electoral parity, rights for LGBT communities, and initiated work on a law removing architectural barriers for the disabled. With Małgorzata Fuszara and Eleonora Zielińska, she worked on the law establishing equal status for women and men.”
https://www.wysokieobcasy.pl/wysokie-obcasy/7,53662,18036420,zofia-kuratowska-polityczka-i-lekarka-jakich-juz-nie-ma.html
 


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