Labour local election losses to 'make life much tougher' for Mayor of London Sadiq Khan Recent polls suggest both the Green Party and Reform UK are set to make gains across the capital Evening Standard · Apr 25
Zack Polanski calls for ‘nuance’ when discussing antisemitism in rebuke of PM Green party leader attacks Keir Starmer’s ‘silly games’ after prime minister accused him of playing down recent incidents The Guardian - UK · Apr 24
Movement for Scottish independence ‘unstoppable’, says Polanski The Green Party leader likened the UK Government’s treatment of Scotland to locking the doors at a house party. Evening Standard · Apr 24
Polanski calls for ‘unhinged’ Trump to be stripped of Scottish golf courses The Green leader said the US president is ‘enabling a genocide in Gaza’. The Independent UK · Apr 24
Zack Polanski would back independence as Scotland ‘screwed over’ by Westminster The leader of the Green Party of England and Wales was campaigning in Scotland ahead of next month’s Holyrood election. Evening Standard · Apr 23
Why Sweden’s ban on fossil fuel production matters, despite not producing any itself – new research In 2022, Sweden took a rare step: the country banned all fossil fuel production. The Conversation · Apr 23
Labour risk being ‘stonked’ in London elections over Mandelson scandal, Sadiq Khan warns Labour mayor says he is ‘really frustrated’ about latest scandal’s impact on London voters The Independent UK · Apr 23
Starmer-Mandelson latest: Dismissal of Robbins over vetting scandal ‘wholly unacceptable’, says ex-Labour minister Denis MacShane said he had never seen such a ‘fallout’ between No 10 and the civil service The Independent UK · Apr 23
Green candidate apologises for sharing 'harmful' social media posts about Jewish people Saiqa Ali, who is a Lambeth Green Party candidate for Streatham St Leonard’s ward, apologised ‘for any offence or distress caused’ Evening Standard · Apr 22
Labour's former general secretary lays into Keir Starmer as she joins Green Party Jennie Formby, who managed Labour from 2018 to 2020, said she would be campaigning for Zack Polanski’s party ahead of the local elections on May 7 Evening Standard · Apr 22
How a ‘Green-wave’ could sweep Polanski’s party to victory in London IN FULL The Independent UK · Apr 22
Jennie Formby, Labour’s former general secretary, says she has joined Greens Exclusive: Formby, an ally of Jeremy Corbyn who quit role in 2020, says Labour is now ‘in hock to corporate sponsors’ The Guardian - UK · Apr 22
‘We’re pushing at an open door’: Why this London borough is the Greens’ top target LOCAL ELECTIONS: Athena Stavrou joins campaigners in Zack Polanski’s home borough of Hackney, where the Greens are confident they can make a dent in Labour’s domination of the capital The Independent UK · Apr 22
Tube strike hits London as Zack Polanski's Greens accused of siding with 'RMT wreckers over workers' London Underground strike started at midday on Tuesday - with another 24-hour walkout happening on Thursday Evening Standard · Apr 21
The Guardian - UK · Apr 20 ‘Dancing is resistance’: Zack Polanski and the Greens bring the party to the ravers In run-up to May local elections, the Green party is reaching people who may not normally attend a political speech
The Guardian - UK · Apr 20 Greens ‘have welcomed’ people expelled by Labour for antisemitism, Steve Reed claims Housing secretary also targets Reform as May elections loom, saying Farage more interested in Trump than own constituency
The Independent UK · Apr 19 ‘I’m voting Reform – it can’t get any worse’: Starmer’s nightmare in England’s ‘bellwether’ election seat For four decades, the voters of Swindon have consistently chosen MPs from the party that ends up governing the country. Ahead of the local elections in May, Alex Ross pays a visit to this bellwether town and discovers the one thing unifying residents: resentment towards the Labour Party and its…
The Independent UK · Apr 18 Even ex-Reform voters are considering backing the Green Party, its newest MP says Hannah Spencer tells Millie Cooke that Reform voters, disappointed by the party’s progress after it vowed to challenge the establishment, are turning to the Greens amid growing disenchantment with politics
Evening Standard · Apr 17 'I was facing 10 years in jail,' says Green candidate in London caught smuggling 10,000 ecstasy tablets into LA EXCLUSIVE: Carlotta Allum speaks to the Standard about how she has used her drugs crime and prison past to help hundreds of other people turn their lives around
The Guardian - UK · Apr 17 Birmingham is awash with local election candidates – but will result be a ‘coalition of chaos’? Some fear a fragmented field of hopefuls from Labour, the Conservatives, Greens, Reform and independents could leave city ungovernable
Evening Standard · Apr 16 Fact check: No evidence Zack Polanski made border statement The Green Party said that to the best of their knowledge ‘this is nonsense’.
Evening Standard · Apr 16 Outrage after London Green candidate shares 'false flag' Golders Green ambulance attack claim Aziz Rahman Hakimi, a candidate for Haverstock ward in Camden, has been accused of ‘abhorrent and anti-Semitic’ conduct over his social media activity, including reposting allegations that ‘Zionists’ were behind the 9/11 attacks
The Independent UK · Apr 15 Scottish Greens co-leader Ross Greer: I’m not interested in being first minister Mr Greer said he would be ‘unbelievably proud’ to serve as deputy to his party co-leader Gillian Mackay.
Evening Standard · Apr 15 Scottish Greens co-leader Ross Greer: I’m not interested in being First Minister Mr Greer said he would be ‘unbelievably proud’ to serve as deputy to his party co-leader Gillian Mackay.
Evening Standard · Apr 14 Labour slips to fourth in poll as pressure mounts on Starmer ahead of local elections Labour trail Reform, the Conservatives and the Green party ahead of the local elections on May 7, new poll shows