Ex-Greens co-leader urges council groups to reject Zionism policy Exclusive: Adrian Ramsay calls conference motion a distraction and says councillors should maintain coalitions where possible The Guardian - UK · Oct 20
'Complete and utter rubbish': Caroline Lucas rejects anti-Zack Polanski plot claim CAROLINE Lucas has rejected claims she is plotting to oust Zack Polanski as Green Party of England and Wales leader. The National (Scotland) · Oct 13
Green party votes to adopt policy that equates Zionism with racism Motion calling for single Palestinian state, which is opposed by most Green MPs and expected to be challenged, passes by 1,022 votes to 813 The Guardian - UK · Oct 4
Greens ‘absolutely united’, Polanski claims amid warnings about Gaza debate The Greens are likely to debate on Sunday at their annual party conference whether Zionism is racist. Evening Standard · Oct 2
Trophy hunters bring bodies of lions and bears to the UK – despite repeated pledges to ban imports Exclusive: Permits were also given for hunting trophies of critically endangered black rhinos and cheetahs, Africa's most endangered big cat The Independent UK · Jun 1
Tension and dissent: inside the Green party’s antisemitism struggle With a fast-expanding membership and historic electoral gains in sight, the Israel–Palestine debate is testing party unity The Guardian - UK · May 2
England lags behind rest of world by allowing greyhound racing, MPs told Exclusive: Thousands of dogs killed as claims of illegal drug doping and cruelty increase pressure on government for ban The Independent UK · Apr 15
Friday briefing: The answers to our quiz are in – how much of 2025 did you remember? In today’s newsletter: From the right number of French prime ministers to the pasttimes of Archie Bland’s dog – here are answers to our inaugural Christmas Day quiz. The Guardian - UK · Dec 26, 2025
Thursday briefing: A short quiz on a very long year – how many questions can you answer about 2025? Welcome to the newsletter’s first end-of-year quiz. Test yourself on culture, technology and assorted political chaos – and check back on 26 December to see how you fared The Guardian - UK · Dec 25, 2025
‘We have to book bigger rooms’: Green membership surge causes novel problems Party rides high with new leader Zack Polanski winning media plaudits and supporter numbers doubling to 140,000 The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2025
Wednesday briefing: How Zack Polanski’s populist takeover could change the Green party forever In today’s newsletter: The leftwing candidate crushed rivals Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns. Will his leadership take the party to new heights – or risk alienating hard-won moderates? The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2025
New Green leader Polanski distances party from electoral pact with Corbyn Leftist would need to see ‘very strong arguments’ before agreeing a deal with party launched by ex-Labour leader The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2025
Man of the people Zack Polanski hauls play-safe Greens into the spotlight The new party leader is not afraid to say what he thinks, and that is pretty much anything to get attention The Guardian - UK · Sep 2, 2025
New Green Party leader wants to ‘reclaim’ populism after landslide win Zack Polanski warned Labour: ‘We are here to replace you.’ Evening Standard · Sep 2, 2025
The Conversation · Sep 2, 2025 Zack Polanski becomes Green party leader – what happens next? Zack Polanski is the new leader of the Green party in England and Wales after winning a leadership election promising a programme of “eco-populism”. Polanski beat incumbent leader Adrian Ramsay and his partner on the ticket, Ellie Chowns.
Evening Standard · Sep 2, 2025 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.
Evening Standard · Sep 2, 2025 New Green Party leader Zack Polanski 'open to future talks with Jeremy Corbyn' The party’s radical deputy leader won in a landslide against co-leader Adrian Ramsay and co-runner Ellie Chowns
The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2025 Is this the left’s answer to Farage? Meet the ex-Lib Dem, ex-hypnotherapist set to lead the Green Party Zack Polanski was once caught in a newspaper sting performing hypnotherapy sessions to enlarge women’s breasts. Now he wants to be the Nigel Farage of left-wing politics
The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2025 Zack Polanski elected Green Party leader in landslide vote It comes as the party seeks to pitch itself as a serious progressive alternative to Labour, having increased its Commons representation to four MPs last year
The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2025 Zack Polanski: Eco-populist winner of Green leadership with unconventional past The man at the helm of the Green Party once worked as an actor and a hypnotherapist.
The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2025 Zack Polanski elected as new leader of Green Party A joint ticket of two of the Greens’ MPs, Ellie Chowns and Adrian Ramsay, lost out to Mr Polanski, who is a member of the London Assembly.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 2, 2025 Greens take step into unknown with election of Zack Polanski as leader Polanski ruffled feathers during at-times grumpy contest and now has to bring the party with him
The Guardian - UK · Sep 2, 2025 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’ movement
Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2025 Greens to unveil new leadership after fiercely fought race Voting has closed in the race between front-running London Assembly member Zack Polanski and MPs Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2025 Green party leadership race exposes tensions as electoral ambitions grow Frontrunner Zack Polanski has dismissed claims of a ‘hostile takeover’ but contest has been unusually fractious