2 h. ago The Guardian view on Zack Polanski’s rise: he wants to replace Labour, not work with it | Editorial

A mass politics of anti-austerity, identity and climate is emerging from the left’s margins. Keir Starmer cannot afford to ignore itZack Polanski’s landslide election as leader of the Green party marks a turning point for Britain’s fractured left. Young, rhetorically fluent and unafraid to cloak climate arguments in those about class, Mr Polanski is nothing if not ambitious. He sees his party not as a parliamentary pressure group but as a replacement for Labour itself.His ascent might have seemed fanciful last July when Labour had just won a thumping majority. Yet Labour languishes in the polls. Sir Keir Starmer’s personal ratings have collapsed. On the extreme right Reform UK now boasts 237,000 members, 870 councillors, and 10 councils under its control. The Greens have more MPs than ever before. And the uneasy leadership team of Jeremy Corbyn and Zara Sultana is preparing to launch a new party to Labour’s left. This is no longer political noise at the margins. This is about t...

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3 h. ago New Green Party leader Zack Polanski 'open to future talks with Jeremy Corbyn'

The party’s radical deputy leader won in a landslide against co-leader Adrian Ramsay and co-runner Ellie Chowns

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4 h. ago New Green Party leader wants to ‘reclaim’ populism after landslide win

Zack Polanski warned Labour: ‘We are here to replace you.’

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4 h. ago Voices: I’m a former Green Party leader – here’s what Zack should do next

Zack Polanski will need all of his obvious skill and genuine charm if we’re to broaden our grassroots appeal, says Caroline Lucas – and it’s early days to be talking about cooperating with Jeremy Corbyn’s party before it even has a name

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6 h. ago Voices: I’m a former Green Party leader – here’s what Zack should (and shouldn’t ) do next

Zack Polanski will need all of his obvious skill and genuine charm if we are to win more seats under his leadership, says Caroline Lucas – but it would be folly to talk about co-operating with Jeremy Corbyn’s party before it even has a name

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7 h. ago Green party’s new leader Zack Polanski rules out any Starmer pact and attacks ‘charlatan’ Farage

Candidate defeats Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns to lead Greens in England and Wales with vision for ‘eco-populism’ movementZack Polanski has won the election to lead the Green party in England and Wales, with an overwhelming mandate for the party to adopt his vision to become a mass membership “eco-populism” movement directly taking on Reform UK.Polanski, who was the party’s deputy leader and is a Green member of the London assembly, defeated Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns by 20,411 to 3,705 votes in a ballot of party members. Ramsay and Chowns, who were standing as a co-leadership team, are two of the Greens’ four MPs. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago New Green Party leader Zack Polanski's performed hypnotherapy to 'enlarge' women's breasts

Zack Polanski has been announced as the new leader of the Green Party as he has addressed controversial during a hypnotherapy session he confessed to 11 years ago

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8 h. ago Who is Zack Polanski? The radical politician elected as the new Green Party leader

Zack Polanski has pledged ‘to build a country where no one is left behind’ as the new leader of the Greens

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9 h. ago Green Party to shift leftwards after landslide win by new leader Zack Polanski

Mr Polanski could offer a fresh headache to Sir Keir Starmer’s Government from the political left.

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9 h. ago Voices: As the new Green Party leader, I want us to be populists

More voters than ever support our ‘eco’ ideals, says the party’s newly-announced leader Zack Polanski – and I know how to take our message beyond the grassroots to the masses

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9 h. ago 'Eco populist' Zack Polanski announced as new Green Party leader in landslide victory

The party’s deputy leader pipped former party co-leader Adrian Ramsay and co-runner Ellie Chowns to the post

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9 h. ago Cooper suggests asylum seekers could be moved into warehouses instead of hotels – UK politics live

Home secretary says government aims to ‘shrink the whole asylum system’ and is looking at ‘military and industrial sites’Lamb says the Greens are “the antidote to Reform”.That gets a big round of applause.We’re a home for all those people across the country holding their heads in their hands as the Labour government lets them down again and again and again, whether it is switching from the aid budget or from people with disabilities and not bringing in taxes we need.And that is why, in reaction, a new Green wave is sweeping the country as people turn to us.It’s already become a bit of a cliche, but we are really moving into a multi-party system, with the Greens poised to help create the next government.And, like all the best cliches, it has the distinct advantage of also being for true. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Cooper rejects claims Reeves has been sidelined on economic policy by No 10 mini

‘Quite the reverse’, says home secretary, amid reports Starmer’s reorganisation is aimed at freezing chancellor out ahead of autumn budgetIn an interview with Sky News this morning Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, declined to guarantee that migrants will definitely be sent back across the channel this month as part of a returns agreement with France.Asked for the exact date of the first returns, Cooper replied: “It will be later this month.”We expect the first returns to take place this month. But I’ve always said from the very beginning on this, it’s a pilot scheme and it needs to build up over time.If you submit an asylum claim that lacks merit, it will be swiftly and robustly refused.Any request for asylum support will be assessed against destitution criteria. If you do not meet the criteria, you will not receive support.If nothing has changed in their country, people should not be claiming asylum at the end of a student course. We need to clamp down on that and that’s why we’r...

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2 w. ago MP removed from New Zealand parliament in heated debate over Palestinian recognition

Green party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick accused government MPs of lacking a ‘spine’ during debate on whether to recognise a Palestinian stateNew Zealand parliamentarian Chlöe Swarbrick was ordered to leave parliament on Tuesday during a heated debate over the government’s response to the conflict in Gaza.An urgent debate was called after the centre-right government said on Monday it was weighing up its position on whether to recognise a Palestinian state. Close ally Australia on Monday joined Canada, the UK and France in announcing it would recognise a Palestinian state at a UN conference in September. Continue reading...

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