BIZARRE: 23 | Mind Blowing Facts

Gorton and Denton by-election is choice between hope and hate, Greens say

Leader Zack Polanski said it was a race between the Greens and Reform UK.

Evening Standard · Feb 7

Green leader Polanski calls for Starmer to quit over Mandelson scandal

Zack Polanski said the Peter Mandelson scandal had damaged trust in politics.

Evening Standard · Feb 7

‘Am I at peak popularity? I hope not’: on the road with Zack Polanski, from protest to podcast to Heaven nightclub

With polls and membership at an all-time high, the Green party are having a moment – and it’s largely down to their charismatic (if slightly cheesy) new leader. Can he really pull off a socialist revolution?

The Guardian - UK · Feb 7

Zack Polanski suggests it would be wrong for him to stand in by-election

The Green leader, born in Salford, has lived in London for decades, and said his party ‘really believes in nurturing local talent’.

Evening Standard · Feb 1

Polanski condemns Starmer’s ‘high on drugs, soft on Putin’ jibe as ‘beneath the office of the prime minister’

The Green Party leader criticised the prime minister for deploying ‘cheap jokes’ on ‘serious issues’

The Independent UK · Feb 1

Labour urges Reform by-election candidate to reject Tommy Robinson’s backing

Labour Party chair Anna Turley wrote to Matt Goodwin urging him to make clear whether he will welcome the activist’s backing.

Evening Standard · Jan 30

Fact check: US contributions to Nato and Green Party bar chart claim

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard · Jan 30

Labour MPs ‘reluctant to campaign in by-election’ as Reform and Greens threaten to snatch seat

‘We would have won with Andy Burnham, but I know activists from my constituency don’t exactly feel inspired to go and campaign there now,’ says one Labour MP

The Independent UK · Jan 30

Greens unveil Gorton and Denton candidate with ‘stop Reform’ message

Councillor Hannah Spencer, a 34-year-old plumber, was announced as the Green candidate.

Evening Standard · Jan 30

Labour launches attack on Greens as pollster tips Polanski’s party to win crucial Gorton and Denton by-election

Exclusive: Green Party leader Zack Polanski tells The Independent the Gorton and Denton by-election is ‘Greens vs Reform’

The Independent UK · Jan 27