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Do people from the ruling camp read M24? I assume they don’t. Let me assure you, however, that M24 journalists have no contact with the government camp. We simply know how to interpret signals coming from their side. Just yesterday, we wrote about Rafał Trzaskowski’s maneuver—a sudden shift to the right, toward the center of the political stage. This referred to the declaration by the Vice Chairman of the Civic Platform (it’s worth emphasizing at every turn that Rafał Trzaskowski is one of PO’s leaders) that so-called health education would not be a mandatory school subject.
Also yesterday, none other than Donald Tusk joined the chorus of liberty advocates. Asked whether health education should be optional or mandatory in schools, he replied:
“I’m more of a supporter of voluntary measures than compulsion,” said Prime Minister Tusk during a press conference in Helsinki.
Everyone was picking their jaws off the floor, while Minister Barbara Nowacka is still searching for hers.
Let’s count the sabers. In one corner of the ring stand the PO leaders: Donald Tusk, Rafał „Handsome Lolo” Trzaskowski, and Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, a.k.a. „Tiger Appetizer.” In the opposite corner stands none other than Minister Comrade Barbara Nowacka, who is ever ready to teach our children about all 56 genders recognized in the EU. She might even be curious to see how it all works in practice.
A quick analysis suggests that in absolute numbers and by weight, the comrades from the Coalition of 5.19 PLN/1L of petrol hold a significant advantage over Comrade Nowacka. How will it end? Well, Comrade Bara-Bara Nowacka will have to step aside—for now. And she’ll have to leave the kids alone. At least until the presidential election. After that? We’ll see.
I’m not so sure whether health education will ever become mandatory in the future. It all depends on what happens after Donald Trump’s inauguration. If the pendulum swings to the right on social issues, we might be in for a surprise. Donald Tusk could one day be a champion of leftist sensitivities, and the next, he could “suspend asylum rights,” strengthen the wall on the Polish-Belarusian border, or declare that immigrants storming the border are Putin’s agents. Please note that in these matters, Tusk already “speaks PiS.”
Tomorrow, he might shock us with a statement that he recognizes only two genders! And the day after, he might grab a fire extinguisher and run to Parliament… Okay, maybe my imagination ran wild here. But if Trzaskowski saw himself at the Independence March, then it’s just as likely that in a few months, Tusk might publicly sing Bogurodzica, hold the canopy during a Corpus Christi procession, or even join the Warriors of Mary.
For now, though, Barbara Nowacka needs to be tucked away in the closet.
