Special Report: Has Zack Polanski peaked?
The News Agents

Special Report: Has Zack Polanski peaked?

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 2, 20261 hr 2 min
  • Politics

The Green party has growing pains. Its conference in Brighton this year is bustling - even despite members being urged to spend their time campaigning in Holborn and St Pancras this weekend. There's a big media presence. And there's a lot to celebrate; not least the local election results and that pivotal Gorton and Denton by-election win earlier this year. But that's only one side of the picture. Zack Polanski's approval rating has plummeted. Stories about his tax affairs and CV have dogged the Greens for many months. Andy Burnham has turned the Labour ship around. And...

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This is a global production. Six months ago, after Gorton and Denton, after the local council elections, who would have bet against the Green Party? They were on a roll.

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But as the Greens gather here in Brighton for their party conference, they are whispering darkly about their leader, Zach Polanski. Does this man, this insurgent of British politics, already peaked? Welcome to the News Agents.

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The News Agents. It's John, it's Lewis and we have stepped inside, away from the glorious beach, inside the conference centre, Imbriar, and it is very busy despite the fact that the Green Party actually basically told a lot of its activists to go not come here and go to Hobern

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