Earlier today it published the following on Zack Polanski, leader of the Green Party of England and Wales. Polanski recently lost the Holborn and St Pancras by-election to Labour candidate Sagal Abdi-Wali.
The media is telling us today that 1 in 3 Brits think Zack Polanski should stand down as Green leader. This is an interesting way off saying 2 in 3 Brits do not think he should stand down!
He just got TEN TIMES more votes in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election than his party got under Caroline Lucas, so why are they pretending things are getting worse for the Greens?
Do you really think they’re concerned for the welfare of the party? Or do you think they’re more concerned that the Greens are finally influencing the country’s political direction? Answer honestly.
Prior to Polanski, the government only felt pressure from the right and that kept the conversation exactly where media moguls and billionaires want it to be.
Suddenly, Polanski shifted the conversation in the other direction, and instead of talking about how bad Muslims and immigrants are all the time, and how we couldn’t afford to do anything other than slash welfare, we were talking about the cost of living, issues that affect real people, and our government’s complicity in genocide.
Keir Starmer is a war criminal who had no answers to the problems people were facing. He offered only managed decline and contempt for workers. The moment we started having conversations that exposed that, his government collapsed.
If it wasn’t for Polanski, we’d still be stuck with a prime minister who completely ignores the needs of ordinary people. We now have a prime minister in Andy Burnham who at least pretends to listen and who will make some concessions.
This is only happening because of Polanski’s leadership. If the Labour government returns to letting us down like it did under Starmer, the Greens are there to fill that void. Labour knows they can no longer afford to ignore our concerns.
The Greens are ensuring the people who aren’t supposed to have representation under neoliberalism are heard.
The last thing the establishment wants is for those voices to grow louder and turn into real power. They see Zack Polanski as a threat to the status quo in a way they don’t with any other political leader.
All of the politicians who’ve spent years letting us down are joining ranks with the media who’ve poisoned our political discourse to bring down one man. That should tell you everything you need to know about who is on your side.
Related Off-site Links:
Labour Beats Greens to Win Holborn and St Pancras as Polanski Faces Call to Resign – BBC News (October 9, 2026).
Zack Polanski Signals Green Party Overhaul After Row Over Zionism Vote – Aletha Adu (The Guardian, October 11, 2026).
Yes, It’s Been a Tough Week for the Greens: But Don’t Lose Sight of How We’re Transforming British Politics – Zack Polanski (The Guardian, October 11, 2026).
After Holborn and St Pancras: Can the Green Party Still Influence U.K. Politics? – Jonathan Fenton-Harvey (The New Arab, October 13, 2026).
Zack Polanski Hits Back at Andy Burnham After PM Rules Out Deal With Greens – Kate Nicholson (HuffPost, October 14, 2026)>
“You're a Prime Minister Who Arms a Genocide and Locks Pensioners Up for Opposing It”: Zack Polanski Hits Back at Andy Burnham Over “Antisemitism” Row – Marco Suttie (The National, October 14, 2026)>
See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
ZACK POLANSKI AND THE GREEN PARTY OF ENGLAND AND WALES
• How the Green Party Gained Power in the U.K.
• “Green Wave 2026 is Global”
• The Rational National’s Take on U.K. Green Party’s “Brilliant” New Ad
• Zack Polanski’s Christmas Message
• Zack Polanski’s Message of Hope
• “The Answer, Actually, Is Hope”
GREEN PARTY OF THE U.S.A.
• Meet Some of the “People-Powered” Green Party Candidates for 2026
• Butch Ware on Why Third Parties Are Crucial
• Campaigning With the Green Party of Minnesota
• With the Green Party at Twin Cities Pride
• MPR’s Major (But Unsurprising) Failure
• Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t
• Jill Stein on the Importance of the Green Party
• Dayvon Love: “You Actually Don’t Care Where Jill Stein Is”
• An Opportunity for Organizing Against Duopoly
• “It Is Our Responsibility to Make a Third Party Viable”
• Something to Think About – December 8, 2024
• The Green Party’s Jill Stein and Butch Ware Give Their First Post-Election Interview
• “We Give Reasons for People to Come Out and Vote”
• We’re Witnessing a Liberal Meltdown Over Jill Stein
• The “Green Smoothie” Option
• Green Party Vice Presidential Candidate Butch Ware in Minneapolis
• Butch Ware: “I’m Not Here as a Spoiler”
• Jill Stein: “Americans Deserve Choices”
• Elise Labott on How Third Parties Can Revitalize Democracy
• Something to Think About – August 15, 2024
• Howie Hawkins: “The Democrats Are Not the Answer to the Trump/Fascism Problem”
• Demolishing the False Narrative About Jill Stein and the 2016 Election
• Cornel West: “The Next Step Is a Green Step, a Progressive Step”
• Bernie Sanders and Jill Stein: Is a “Historic Collaboration” in the Making? (2016)
• Voting Green: Hope Over Fear
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