“[UK] Labour beg Polanski to stand down in Gorton & Denton”
by Willem Moore in The Canary
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@UKLabour
@thegreenparty
“In an act of desperation, Labour deputy leader Lucy Power has asked the Green Party to stand down in Gorton & Denton”
https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2026/02/07/labour-beg-polanski/
#Press #Labour #Greens #GortonAndDenton #ByElection #Powell #Reform #Polanski
‘Am I at peak popularity? I hope not’: on the road with Zack #Polanski, from protest to podcast to Heaven nightclub - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/07/am-i-at-peak-popularity-i-hope-not-on-the-road-with-zack-polanski-from-protest-to-podcast-to-heaven-nightclub nice profile: "it feels like wherever you go, there are friends you’ve not met yet." #greens
‘Am I at peak popularity? I hope not’: on the road with Zack #Polanski, from protest to podcast to Heaven nightclub - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/07/am-i-at-peak-popularity-i-hope-not-on-the-road-with-zack-polanski-from-protest-to-podcast-to-heaven-nightclub nice profile: "it feels like wherever you go, there are friends you’ve not met yet." #greens
"It’s certainly true that #Polanski polarises opinion. It’s also the case that he might just be the most exciting politician of his generation. He became a member of the London Assembly in 2021, but his cut-through since becoming leader of the #GreenParty last September has been remarkable. Membership has more than tripled to 184,000, putting the once fringe party ahead of the Conservatives."
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/zack-polanski-keir-starmer-vile-comments-b1269694.html
"It’s certainly true that #Polanski polarises opinion. It’s also the case that he might just be the most exciting politician of his generation. He became a member of the London Assembly in 2021, but his cut-through since becoming leader of the #GreenParty last September has been remarkable. Membership has more than tripled to 184,000, putting the once fringe party ahead of the Conservatives."
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/zack-polanski-keir-starmer-vile-comments-b1269694.html
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No PM ever gets thanked at home for what they do on foreign policy…but #Starmer is perceived to have sucked up to #Trump in a way that has gone way beyond what is necessary…medicine and tech/AI. People notice #Davey and #Polanski making the right calls on Trump, while Starmer dithers, stumbles and fudges.
People voted #Labour to get rid of Tories…and discovered they elected #Tory Lite.
There may be an assumption that Labour is an established party and therefore has the structure and apparatus to govern in a way that #Greens couldn’t…but again, Labour haven’t delivered anything.
All Labour have succeeded in doing since 2024 is turning their core, young to middle aged, metropolitan vote against them because they don’t care about rents or climate.
@JugglingWithEggs @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
No PM ever gets thanked at home for what they do on foreign policy…but #Starmer is perceived to have sucked up to #Trump in a way that has gone way beyond what is necessary…medicine and tech/AI. People notice #Davey and #Polanski making the right calls on Trump, while Starmer dithers, stumbles and fudges.
“Always keen for a rebrand, Nigel #farage could try Conform as his next incarnation, since 14 members of the former #Conservative government have now tied their flag to the #Reform UK mast.
#Conform is also apt since it is very much an establishment party conforming to a harsh free market ideology, with its belief in a low-wage, low-tax, low-regulation economy and pushing austerity, privatisation and cuts to the public sector and welfare.”
Zack #Polanski, #greenparty
“Always keen for a rebrand, Nigel #farage could try Conform as his next incarnation, since 14 members of the former #Conservative government have now tied their flag to the #Reform UK mast.
#Conform is also apt since it is very much an establishment party conforming to a harsh free market ideology, with its belief in a low-wage, low-tax, low-regulation economy and pushing austerity, privatisation and cuts to the public sector and welfare.”
Zack #Polanski, #greenparty
Bang!
There he goes polis - voice of the people
. #Polanski
"The issues of the National Health service. The issues of council homes. The issues of society feeling broken and the issues of migrants or someone clinging to a small boat are the issues of 14 years of Conservative austerity continued by a Labour government who say this is an Island of Strangers but your g'ment is cowards who won't tell the truth about migration. And that migration is a positive thing for this country.
Bang!
There he goes polis - voice of the people
. #Polanski
"The issues of the National Health service. The issues of council homes. The issues of society feeling broken and the issues of migrants or someone clinging to a small boat are the issues of 14 years of Conservative austerity continued by a Labour government who say this is an Island of Strangers but your g'ment is cowards who won't tell the truth about migration. And that migration is a positive thing for this country.
I need to know if voters over the age of 65 get Zack #Polanski…because both my dad and father in law have decided they don’t trust him, but can’t say exactly why. My mum and mother in law meanwhile say nothing.
I think they literally hear his framing of being a populist…and run a mile.
I’ve tried saying that I’m sick of the Overton Window being skewed to the Far Right and anyone who can shift it back a bit deserves our support…but no, they think he’s ‘vaguely dangerous’
It’s now understood that the #GreenParty have more members than the #Tories.
This is a big deal.
But to capitalise on their new found popularity in a FPTP system, #Polanski needs votes to pile up geographically.
I need to know if voters over the age of 65 get Zack #Polanski…because both my dad and father in law have decided they don’t trust him, but can’t say exactly why. My mum and mother in law meanwhile say nothing.
I think they literally hear his framing of being a populist…and run a mile.
I’ve tried saying that I’m sick of the Overton Window being skewed to the Far Right and anyone who can shift it back a bit deserves our support…but no, they think he’s ‘vaguely dangerous’
‘The #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 #Tories and comes little more than a week after the Greens announced they had moved past the #LibDems in membership number’
‘The #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 #Tories and comes little more than a week after the Greens announced they had moved past the #LibDems in membership number’
A positive vision of Britain that doesn't involve waving flags mindlessly like MAGA Americans!
This is pretty much the same conclusion Greta Thunberg came too, and why the Media suddenly soured on her
She's right and so is Zack, the Media is not our friend.
#GPEW #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #ZackPolanski #Polanski #ClimateChange #Inequality #GretaThunberg
A positive vision of Britain that doesn't involve waving flags mindlessly like MAGA Americans!
