79 m. 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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2 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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2 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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3 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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4 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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4 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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4 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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5 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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6 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...

Economics

8 h. ago Lanarkshire MSP says party can bring 'hope and optimism' under her new leadership

Gillian Mackay was elected at the first stage of the Scottish Greens vote with 34 per cent

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26 h. ago Badenoch insists she received Stanford offer after report cast doubt on claim

The Conservative Party leader previously said she was offered a place and partial scholarship to study medicine at the prestigious US university.

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27 h. ago Anas Sarwar would ‘like to believe’ Holyrood toilets are safe after MSP charged over secret camera

The Scottish Labour leader made his comments at a party press conference in Glasgow.

Events

39 h. ago Angela Rayner is warned her plan to hand trade unions more power 'violates human rights'

As part of her reforms to employment rights, the party's deputy leader (pictured) is scrapping a Tory-era requirement for union members to opt in if they want to contribute towards political funds.

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47 h. ago Middle class types wanting to soothe their liberal guilt and 'save the planet' are to blame for so much... and we all suffer for it: STEPHEN DAISLEY

Ross Greer and Gillian Mackay, the new co-leaders of the Scottish Green Party, fill me with existential dread.

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52 h. ago Richard Tice hits back at C of E criticism of Reform immigration policy

Deputy leader says archbishop should stay out of matter after Stephen Cottrell calls policy isolationist and kneejerkReform UK has engaged in a war of words with the Church of England over the party’s plans to deport all asylum seekers who arrive in small boats, after the church’s most senior bishop called the proposal “isolationist, short-term [and] kneejerk”.Richard Tice, the party’s deputy leader, hit back against the archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, on Sunday, accusing him of interfering in domestic politics. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Mexican senate debate erupts into ugly brawl after debate over drug cartels boiled over

Mexico's senate erupted into violence with punches, pushing and shouting after an opposition party leader grabbed the chamber's president as the session was wrapping up.

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5 d. ago PETER HITCHENS: Farage's mass deportation plans are not extreme

On Tuesday, the Reform UK leader announced 'Operation Restoring Justice' - his party's plan to deport all illegal immigrants and leave the ECHR.

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6 d. ago Democratic leaders withdraw measure clarifying the party position on the Israel

The Democratic National Committee leadership has withdrawn a measure that would have clarified the party’s position on the Israel-Hamas war

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7 d. ago 'This is an invasion': Nigel Farage warns migrant crisis is a 'threat to public order' as he unveils plan for mass deportations and accuses France and Britain of 'colluding in support of criminals'

The Reform UK leader, in a major speech in Oxfordshire, unveiled his party's 'Operation Restoring Justice' proposals to deal with illegal migration.

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8 d. ago 'New era of local power': Russell Findlay to set out Conservative vision for Scotland

Russell Findlay, the Scottish Conservative leader, is due to make a speech to set out his party’s priorities for the next Holyrood term.

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