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Sorry, Bono, but ‘hyper-nationalists’ aren’t running Poland

The country’s politics are far more complex – and less right-wing – than outsiders make out

21 May 2016

9:00 AM

21 May 2016

9:00 AM

Bono has a new opponent: Liroy, a tattooed Polish rapper whose hits include ‘Jak Tu Sie Nie Wkurwic’ (‘How can I not get pissed off?’). He was outraged when the U2 singer recently claimed that Poland is succumbing to ‘hyper-nationalism’. In an open letter Liroy wrote: ‘Your knowledge on this subject must be based on a rather questionable source and is far from the truth.

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Luke Coppen is editor of the Catholic Herald.

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