Zack Polanski

Green Party Leader.
London Assembly Member.
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[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

British.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

The Daily Mail said England should leave Jude Bellingham at home.

A take that aged like milk left out in the Miami sun.

[Carla Francome @carlafrancome]

On Hampstead Heath today at 4 PM, practically no one was on the scorched yellow grass in direct sunlight, but there were dozens of people under these majestic trees.

A reminder that it’s between 7 and 15 degrees cooler under trees. It’s obvious we need more everywhere …

[Tom Chivers @TMChivers]

In Dec 25 Lisa Nandy's BBC Green Paper called the licence fee "tried and tested" and ruled out any alternative funding model.

Today she told Radio 4 she agrees with the new DG that the licence fee is a "busted flush ... no longer fit for purpose". What changed in 7 months?

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

Hey Jude!!!!! 🎶🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[Opinium @OpiniumResearch]

🚨 Latest Opinium @ObserverUK poll 🚨

Reform remains ahead, but its vote share has fallen to its lowest level since early January 2025.

➡️ Reform 24% (-2)
🌹 Labour 19% (-1)
🌳 Conservatives 18% (-1)
🌍 Greens 16% (+2)
🔶 Liberal Democrats 12% (+1)

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Zack Polanski, "Hatred is becoming normalised.. People feel politics is done to them, not with them.. Councils play a part in reactivating communities"

[Darren Parkinson 🌍💚💙 @DarrenBar88]

Reform down.

Greens up!

https://t.co/THzxjrZBxy

[Ben Kentish @BenKentish]

Devon and Cornwall Police: “We would ask people not to speculate about what might have happened, particularly on social media.”

Nigel Farage: “From what I can see of it, from what I can make out, this was premeditated murder.”

[Beth Stratford @beth_stratford]

Not sure if I can convey how satisfying it feels to see @ZackPolanski using my analysis to raise awareness of what a rapid and meaningful impact a rent freeze could have in England. Read the full report here: https://t.co/CHKhcJp7g1 Thank you Zack 🙏

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

I've seen on the streets how powerful even the idea of rent controls are that give people so much hope!

Pleasure this morning to help launch a report by the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose and the New Economics Foundation into making them a reality.

[carron pierre @blonde1_pierre]

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[Manchester Green Party 🐝 @McrGreenParty]

Labour Together still runs the Labour Party.

It's ceased to be a party of labour.

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

It truly beggars belief Burnham’s policy is being ‘drawn up’ by the former head of Labour Together, a faction so toxic and right wing, it effectively destroyed Starmer’s government.

[Steven Swinford @Steven_Swinford]

Times weekend read:

* Andy Burnham may be at his most powerful - no Cabinet positions announced, 'North Korean' levels of support among Labour MPs - but there are already tensions and jockeying for position among his most loyal allies

* Such is the speed of coronation that Burnham has yet to decide on his living arrangements. His wife, Marie-France Van Heel, is considering staying in Manchester so she can continue her role as a marketing executive, with the couple reuniting over long weekends. One ally jokingly said Burnham could end up living a 'bachelor' lifestyle above No 11

* Burnham's allies still don't know their fates. Even Ed Miliband, who is likely to be Chancellor, is in the dark. Burnham's plan is simple - set out his agenda first then retrofit Cabinet ministers at the end of the process

* A row has broken out over who is in charge of drawing up plans for major policies. Miattah Fahnbulleh, who hails from the soft-left of the party, has been pulling together ideas. But so too has Josh Simnos, the former MP for Makerfield who quit to make way for Burnham

* Their ideas were synthesised into a single document, leading to tensions. “The soft left don’t trust Josh and the feeling is mutual,” said one Labour source. “The two are operating independently of one another.”

* Fahnbulleh told The Times that she and Simons had worked well together. “I have now done my bit in terms of ideas generation and that has now been handed over to Andy and the senior No 10 team to consider as part of their programme of government.”

* A friend of Simons said: “Josh has great respect for Miatta and he’s enjoyed working closely together — it doesn’t have to be factional warfare.”

* Then there are tensions between Burnham’s old Manchester “gang” and his new Westminster team, with accusations of snobbery

* Starmer loyalists were angered by Lou Haigh's admission that Burnham has been preparing for office for as long as a year. There is still a lot of bad blood

https://t.co/waeAvbHOQb

[Paul Holden @pauleholden]

So it seems the two-year director of Labour Together and a Junior minister in Starmer's government, Josh Simons, really is at the heart of Burnham's new Number 10 operation and playing a leading role on policy.

I'm sure the public are simply delighted at this sort of continuity between the Starmer and Burnham operations.

[politicoUK @politicouk25]

Zack Polanski on Farage and the Clacton by-election

"The wider point is about big money and political interference"

As always, Zack Polanski is right!

Corruption and the interference of billionaires in our politics needs to be stopped for good.

[Bradford Green Party @bradfordgreens]

➡️ End all arms sales to Israel.

➡️ Ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements.

➡️ Sanction those responsible for the genocide.

❗️Burnham must act immediately when he becomes PM.

[James Foster @JamesEFoster]

.@TheGreenParty are the party people believe are more on side of the people.

Join us: https://t.co/j5oP4XbFaM

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

She fears a rise in anti-Jewish rhetoric as she herself ramps up anti-Muslim rhetoric (!)

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

Burnham talks as if the genocide in Gaza is in the past, but it's happening NOW. Britain is arming Israel NOW.

This UN report is from two weeks ago.

Burnham must commit to fully ending UK complicity NOW.

[Barry Malone @malonebarry]

They’re in the process of trying to erase this history.

Don’t let them.