Can Zack Polanski Control The Green Party?
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Can Zack Polanski Control The Green Party?

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 10, 202628 min
  • Politics

Today, we look at critical voices from within Green leader Zack Polanski’s own party, plus calls for a rule change on how the party decides policy. Last week a motion that declared Zionism a form of racism was voted on and became policy. Debate over the motion and it’s fallout dominated a week in which he may have preferred to have been focussing on campaigning in Holborn and St Pancras, where he came second to Labour in a by-election. It means Andy Burnham’s first electoral victory as PM was in London...

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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. millions save billions on hidden fees. Be smart. Get WISE. Visit WISE.com. Tease and sees apply. era of consequential by-elections which is kind of where we're going to start I think isn't it?

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Yes and we had one on Thursday did we not and Zach Polanski, leader of the Greens, took a risk, took a gamble going for it. Unfortunately it didn't pay off for him as he would see it although the Greens are saying this was a really big success despite the fact that he came second because it was such a big swing towards them and away from Labour. And because this is a consequential London

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by-election. We're going to be unashamedly London-centric. Yes, we're going to talk to the former media editor of The Guardian, turned London News specialist Jim Watterson. He'll be joining us for that bit. All on Saturday's Newscast.

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