A nicely turned piece in the Guardian by Kamil Tchorek on how a more mellow Jaroslaw Kaczynski missed becoming Poland's new President by only some 200,000 votes.

Update: the final gap in Komorowski's favour was a full million votes out of some 17 million cast. Look at the map via the link to see how Poland divides fairly neatly down the middle in its voting instincts. 

And note the final percentages:

Komorowski 53%

Kaczynski 47%

Precisely what I predicted after the first round. Good to see that old diplomatic analytical magic still works. A bit.