7 h. ago The politics of despair have engulfed Britain. But Zack Polanski is offering a way out | Owen Jones

The leader of the Greens wants to focus on battles that unite – such as taxing wealth – without yielding an inch on minority rightsHas the grisly race to the bottom in British politics finally been halted by a Green surge? Since Zack Polanski secured the Green party leadership with an emphatic 85% vote share on an unashamedly leftwing platform, the political consensus has faced its biggest challenge since the defeat of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour.When Polanksi launched his bid in May, the Greens counted 60,000 members. They’ve now hurtled past 130,000, eclipsing the number of Conservative members. One poll already puts them on 15%, more than double last year’s 6.2% and neck-and-neck with Labour. To call that a political phenomenon is not hyperbole.Owen Jones is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Developing Rosebank oil field ‘pure climate vandalism’, Scottish Green insists

Co-leader Gillian Mackay used her speech to the Scottish Green Party conference to hit out at plans to develop the oil field.

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4 d. ago Zack Polanski demands Government block plans for Rosebank oil field at London protest

The Green Party leader spoke outside the Department of Energy where days of protest are planned

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5 d. ago Zack Polanski makes thinly veiled dig at Reform UK's Zia Yusuf on Jeremy Vine Show

Zack Polanski, the Green Party Leader, had called Zia Yusuf, of Reform UK, "a fascist" on Question Time on the BBC last week, and he was asked about this on The Jeremy Vine Show

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5 d. ago Greens leader Zack Polanski says he is talking to Labour MPs about defecting

The self-described ‘eco-populist’ took the reins of the party last month.

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9 d. ago Michael Owen offers Zinedine Zidane Man United verdict amid Ruben Amorim replacement links

Zinedine Zidane has been repeatedly linked with the Manchester United manager's position, but former teammate Michael Owen reckons he wouldn't be the right fit.

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9 d. ago Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader

Green party in England and Wales has had near-50% rise in membership since Zack Polanski took over last monthThe Greens in England and Wales have more than 100,000 members for the first time, the party has announced, a near-50% rise since Zack Polanski took over as leader last month.It puts them on a potential course to overtake the Conservatives and comes little more than a week after the Greens announced they had moved past the Liberal Democrats in membership numbers, getting to 83,500. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Nigel Farage's top aide in furious BBC Question Time clash over Russian bribe MEP

Reform UK's Zia Yusuf clashed with Green Party leader Zack Polanski on BBC Question Time over the conviction of ex-Reform Welsh leader Nathan Gill, who took Russian bribes

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2 w. ago Greens ‘on track’ to supplant Labour as favourite party in London, says Zack Polanski

Exclusive: poll asked voters to rank parties on how favourably they felt about them, with strong support in capital and among younger votersThe Greens are viewed more favourably than any other party in London and among younger voters, polling produced for the party has shown, with its leader, Zack Polanski, saying this showed they were “on track” to supplant Labour.The YouGov poll, carried out to coincide with the Greens’ ongoing annual conference in Bournemouth, asked voters in England to rank the five main parties in order of how favourably they felt about them, rather than the usual metric of which they planned to vote for. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago A jet setting family, private school and work as a 'corporate trainer': Why the Left's new poster boy Zack Polanski isn't the working class hero he'd have you believe

The charismatic 42-year-old vegan is being feted as a sort 'Farage of the Left', who argues that the economy has been 'rigged' for the super-rich.

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2 w. ago Green leader warns of authoritarian ‘alarm bells’ in conference speech

Zack Polanski, the newly elected leader of the Green Party, criticised Labour and Reform in conference speech on Friday.

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2 w. ago Zack Polanski warns Keir Starmer’s Britain is descending into authoritarianism

The politician is pitching the Green Party as a left-wing alternative for disgruntled Labour voters

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2 w. ago Green Party leader calls for all drugs to be legalised and blasts Farage 'dark forces'

Zack Polanski told the BBC that a 'public health approach' is needed to drugs, including cocaine and heroin, and in his party conference speech he had a strong message to Nigel Farage

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer a ‘handmaiden’ to the rise of Reform UK, Green Party’s Polanski warns

Zack Polanski is pitching the Green Party as a left-wing alternative for disgruntled Labour voters

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2 w. ago Green leader calls for BoE to end interest payments to commercial banks

Zack Polanski echoes Reform UK’s push for central bank policy change

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2 w. ago Labour are ‘handmaidens’ to Reform, Green Party leader to tell conference

Zack Polanski will also insist that migrants and refugees ‘are part of what makes Britain great’.

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3 w. ago Green leader Zack Polanski named among Time’s 100 most influential rising stars

The magazine notes he is the first openly gay man to lead a major political party in England and Wales.

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3 w. ago Keir Starmer should have done more to tackle rise of Reform, Green Party leader claims

Zack Polanski is using Labour’s conference to make the case for the Green Party

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3 w. ago Keir Starmer ‘complicit in racist narrative’ taking hold in Britain, Polanski claims

Zack Polanski is using Labour’s conference to make the case for the Green Party

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last month Gatwick expansion greenlight shows Labour climate ‘contradictions’, says Zack Polanski

Labour and Keir Starmer ‘pretending to care about reducing emissions’, the Green Party leader warned

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