Zack Polanski: Tax wealth and cut inequality to make London a better city Exclusive: Green Party leader hits out at Labour ‘attacks’ on him as parties gear up for the May local elections Evening Standard · Jan 21
UK should consider expelling US forces from British bases, says Zack Polanski Exclusive: Green party leader advocates leaving Nato and says Britain should wean itself off its reliance on the US The Guardian - UK · Jan 20
Green Party calls for free bus travel for under-22s The scheme would bring England into line with Scotland, where young people have been entitled to free bus travel since 2022 The Independent UK · Jan 17
Greens could join pact with Labour to stop Farage – but only if Starmer is replaced as leader, Polanski says Exclusive: Zack Polanski tells The Independent that doing a deal with a Starmer-led Labour Party would ‘lead to a worse version of Nigel Farage’ The Independent UK · Jan 9
It’s unwise for Labour to attack the Green party and its wealth tax proposal Letters: Readers respond to the Fabian Society’s leader, Joe Dromey, describing the Green party as a threat to be countered alongside Reform The Guardian - UK · Jan 7
Awkward moment on University Challenge as politician wrongly places Minsk in Russia Former Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer has been mocked for a geography faux par on University Challenge. Evening Standard · Jan 2
Gary Lineker says BBC needs to look at how people are brought in at the top Lineker is appearing on Green Party leader Zack Polanski’s podcast on New Year’s Eve where he said he would ‘never’ go into politics himself. Evening Standard · Dec 30, 2025
‘Zack is a phenomenal leader’: Siân Berry on the Green party’s next steps as membership doubles Since Zack Polanski took over as leader, the party has doubled its membership and its four MPs want to take on Reform’s anger and build community spirit The Guardian - UK · Dec 30, 2025
Green Party Scandal: Councillor Asghar Arrested on Suspicion of Modern Slavery and Threats Green Party councillor Sohail Asghar arrested for modern slavery and threats in Lancashire, leading to suspension International Business Times UK · Dec 24, 2025
Former Labour elected mayor Jamie Driscoll joins Green Party Describing Britain as a ‘mess’, the progressive politician says his new party wanted to run the country for the benefit of everyone. The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2025
Five more London Labour councillors defect to Greens amid slumping support for Starmer in capital Zack Polanski welcomed the Brent councillors to his party on Monday, claiming mass defection showed the ‘Green surge has widened in London’ Evening Standard · Dec 15, 2025
Starmer hit by five Labour defections to Greens in London It comes amid concerns that the Greens could take control of Labour councils in next year’s elections The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2025
Small boats migrants should be allowed to live and work in the UK, says Zack Polanski The Green Party leader has accused Sir Keir Starmer and Labour of matching ‘the racist rhetoric of the far right, from Nigel Farage to Tommy Robinson’ The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2025
OPINION - Polanski’s snobbery exposes the Greens’ hollow populism - Labour’s Uma Kumaran The Greens talk progress but Zack Polanski only delivers put-downs, says Labour MP for Stratford and Bow Uma Kumaran Evening Standard · Dec 10, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2025 Make a political hero of Zack Polanski if you want. Just don’t forget to engage your brain The Green party leader is riding high in the polls. But across the political spectrum, uncritical adulation leads nowhere fast, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2025 Your Party could team up with Greens to keep Nigel Farage out of Downing Street, Zarah Sultana suggestts While she acknowledged that the Greens and Your Party are ‘fundamentally different parties’, Ms Sultana said ‘there has to be conversations around electoral alliances’
Evening Standard · Dec 5, 2025 On Zack Polanski’s Magic Money Tree, economic gravity simply doesn’t exist The Green Party leader thinks Modern Monetary Theory is a cure for Britain’s woes — others see it as snake oil at best, writes Jonathan Prynn
The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2025 The Green party’s policies on Israel are appealing to young British Jews Letter: Prof David Feldman, Dr Ben Gidley and Dr Brendan McGeever from the Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism say it is wrong to characterise Jewish support for the Greens as ‘paradoxical’
The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2025 Ex-Labour MP defects to Greens as he accuses Starmer’s party of ‘leaving millions behind’ In a statement, Lloyd Russell-Moyle took aim at the direction of the Labour Party saying it has ‘left behind millions of people who want hope’
The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2025 British Jews turn to Greens and Reform UK as support for main parties drops Study finds new party divide as backing for Labour and Conservatives plunges from 84% in 2020 to 58% in 2025
International Business Times UK · Nov 19, 2025 'Shameless' Elon Musk Pay Compared to All Elementary School Teachers' Wages: The Staggering Income Gap Revealed Tesla shareholders have approved an unprecedented £760bn pay package for Elon Musk, dwarfing the combined earnings of 1.4 million US teachers and reigniting fierce debate over America's widening wealth gap.
Evening Standard · Nov 19, 2025 Chancellor faces calls for wealth tax a week before second Budget The Chancellor is widely expected to raise taxes on November 26 but is reported to have ruled out a manifesto-busting income tax hike.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2025 Russell Tovey on pride, sexual power and politics: ‘The Green party slogan – make hope normal again – is what we need’ One of the most prolific and popular actors of his generation, he reflects on therapy, homophobia, why he suspects now is the worst time in history for trans people, and his secret life as a geek
The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2025 How should we tackle Reform and the rise of the far right? Our gen Z panel has some ideas Our panelists have seen first hand what happens when you give young people platitudes instead of hope, but they feel a change coming
The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2025 Labour’s takedown of the Green party sums up the double standard that dogs our politics Why is it that the politics of hope offered up by the left is dismissed as naive, while the policies of the centre and right are portrayed as all that is possible? asks Guardian columnist Frances Ryan