Zack Polanski
British politician (born 1982)
Photo: Bristol Green Party, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)
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Labour sets seven-day ultimatum for Greens over 'Zionism is racism' motion
Labour has told its councils to end power-sharing deals with the Greens unless local Green councillors disown the party's 'Zionism is racism' motion. The Equality and Human Rights Commission has also asked the party for more information about the motion and the complaints it has received.
- Oct 8
Labour's Sagal Abdi-Wali wins Holborn and St Pancras by-election over Green leader Zack Polanski
Sagal Abdi-Wali took 45% of the vote in Thursday's special election, against just under 33% for Green leader Zack Polanski, who now faces calls to stand down over his party's stance on Zionism.
- Oct 4
Green Party of England and Wales equates Zionism with racism, prompting Israeli entry ban on leader Zack Polanski
Members at the Green Party conference in Brighton voted 1,022 to 813 to endorse a single-state policy in historic Palestine, sparking pushback from European allies and four of the party's five MPs.
- Oct 2
Kemi Badenoch claims Labour prepares for early election ahead of Conservative conference
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch argued Prime Minister Andy Burnham could call a national vote as early as May 2027, as opposition parties assemble campaign apparatus ahead of party conference in Birmingham.
- Oct 2
Green Party delegates vote 1,022 to 813 to define Zionism as racism at Brighton conference
Green Party members voted 1,022 to 813 at their annual conference in Brighton to adopt formal policy defining Zionism as racism and calling for a single Palestinian state.
- Jul 29
Green leader Polanski refuses to apologise to Farage over guillotine T-shirt post as police investigate
Green Party leader Zack Polanski says sharing a guillotine T-shirt image on Instagram was an inadvertent mistake, but refuses to apologise to Nigel Farage, whose Reform UK party reported him to police for incitement to murder.
