10 h. ago ‘We were missing in the conversation’: how Zack Polanski hit on plan to beat Reform at their own game

This time last year Polanski was barely known outside the party. Now he’s hoping for success at May’s local elections - by taking a page from Nigel Farage’s playbookZack Polanski finally decided to stand as the Greens’ leader, he says, after witnessing the party being eclipsed by Reform in last May’s local elections across England, and realising that British politics had changed for good.While the Greens made yet more steady gains, Reform won nearly 700 councillors from a standing start. As deputy leader, it was Polanski’s job to speak to losing candidates to both offer consolation and ask what lessons could be learned. Continue reading...

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50 h. ago Gary Lineker opens up about BBC and claims it can 'never be impartial'

In a new interview with Green Party leader Zack Polanski, the footballing legend claimed the Beeb couldn’t always stay neutral on everything, saying 'it's impossible'

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59 h. ago Zack Polanski: I would be open to working with Labour if Andy Burnham was leader

Green party leader rules out co-operation with Keir Starmer

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3 d. ago Gary Lineker says BBC needs to look at how people are brought in at the top

Lineker is appearing on Green Party leader Zack Polanski’s podcast on New Year’s Eve where he said he would ‘never’ go into politics himself.

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9 d. ago Green leader demands Brits pay hundreds of millions of pounds to make Calais migrants more COMFORTABLE while they wait to take small boats to the UK

Zack Polanski will use his Christmas Day message to say £476m currently spent on 'cruelty' trying to stop them should to go towards a new system based on 'compassion, kindness and humanity'.

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2 w. ago Unpopular Labour is running out of opportunities to change its fate

Nigel Farage and Zack Polanski have both had good years thanks to disastrous strategy from the two main parties

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2 w. ago Former Labour elected mayor Jamie Driscoll joins Green Party

Describing Britain as a ‘mess’, the progressive politician says his new party wanted to run the country for the benefit of everyone.

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2 w. ago Five more London Labour councillors defect to Greens amid slumping support for Starmer in capital

Zack Polanski welcomed the Brent councillors to his party on Monday, claiming mass defection showed the ‘Green surge has widened in London’

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2 w. ago Brits think Father Christmas is a lefty who would vote GREEN

Santa was seen as most likely to back Zack Polanski's party if he backs anyone at the next election, in a poll by YouGov.

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2 w. ago Fresh blow for Keir Starmer as Greens' Zack Polanski is most popular party leader while PM languishes as most unpopular

The Opinium survey found Mr Polanski has a net approval rating of -1, which made him the most popular leader from Britain's five best-supported parties.

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2 w. ago From pear juice to patches – I test three products designed to help you survive festive hangovers

PARTY season is in full swing, but it can take a toll on your health.    It’s a good idea to stick to the guidelines on limits – and plan alcohol-free days. Also, eat before you hit the booze, to slow the absorption of alcohol in to your bloodstream.   Here, in the name of research, I’ve tried out some health products that may...

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2 w. ago Small boats migrants should be allowed to live and work in the UK, says Zack Polanski

The Green Party leader has accused Sir Keir Starmer and Labour of matching ‘the racist rhetoric of the far right, from Nigel Farage to Tommy Robinson’

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3 w. ago ‘Censorship pure and simple’: critics hit out at Trump plan to vet visitors’ social media

Some warn proposal will decimate US tourism industry as free speech advocates say it will lead to people self-censoringFree speech advocates have accused Donald Trump of “shredding civil liberties” and “censorship pure and simple” after the White House said it planned to require visa applicants from dozens of countries to provide social media, phone and email histories for vetting before being allowed into the US.In a move that some commentators compared to China and others warned would decimate tourism to the US, including the 2026 Fifa World Cup, the Department for Homeland Security said it was planning to apply the rules to visitors from 42 countries, including the UK, Ireland, Australia, France, Germany and Japan, if they want to enter the US on the commonly used Esta visa waiver. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Peter Kay reveals more details on Phoenix Nights movie reboot as he reunites with co

PETER Kay has revealed more details on the Phoenix Nights movie reboot as he reunited with a co-star and revealed his AI de-ageing plan. The Bolton-born comedian, 52, launched the smash hit series which made him a star back in 2001 and now he's talking about bringing it to the big screen. Over two decades...

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3 w. ago Reform campaign for Farage’s Clacton seat was a ‘juggernaut’, say candidates

Defeated Tory and Labour rivals describe force of Reform ‘machine’ as police assess claims of overspendingThe Tory and Labour candidates who Nigel Farage beat to win his Westminster seat of Clacton have described a Reform campaign that felt like a “juggernaut”, as police began assessing claims of overspending by the Reform UK leader.The candidates spoke after a former aide alleged that Reform UK falsely reported election expenses in Clacton, where Farage won in last year’s general election. On Monday, Essex police said they were assessing a report of “alleged misreported expenditure by a political party” after a referral from the Metropolitan police. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Protesters hit Crowborough over plan to house 600 migrants in army camp

Up to 600 male asylum seekers are set to be housed at the camp on the outskirts of Crowborough, East Sussex, as Britain continues to be gripped by a small boat crisis.

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4 w. ago On Zack Polanski’s Magic Money Tree, economic gravity simply doesn’t exist

The Green Party leader thinks Modern Monetary Theory is a cure for Britain’s woes — others see it as snake oil at best, writes Jonathan Prynn

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4 w. ago Keir Starmer reveals he's enlisted the help of German and French leaders on how to beat Nigel Farage's Reform UK

The Prime Minister revealed the trio of 'centrist' politicians recently discussed how to take on 'populists' such as Mr Farage.

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4 w. ago Why workers earning £52,000 will be the hardest hit by tax raids

Analysis shows that those on middle incomes are set to be worst hit by Rachel Reeves' plan to charge National Insurance on pension contributions over £2,000 per year.

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4 w. ago BBC Question Time audience claps as panelist skewers Nigel Farage in immigration row

Question Time on the BBC aired a special episode last night — touching only on immigration — and it led to feisty showdowns between the likes of Zia Yusuf and Zack Polanski

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