Zack Polanski
@zackpolanski
Green Party Leader (England & Wales) London Assembly Member. 🏳️🌈
Great morning shooting with GQ Magazine. Long interview covering inequality, the climate crisis and masculinity. And how the Green Party are making hope normal again. Out in September!
Even those in the Labour Party when claim to care about the climate crisis are set to bring about our destruction for profit. They must be replaced with people who care about our planet. Join.greenparty.org.uk
I’m proud to be shortlisted for a 2026 Political Purpose Award! The Political Purpose Awards are run by Nature 2030. Wonderful to be nominated in the Animal Welfare category. Congratulations to my fellow nominees!
Really honoured to be giving a keynote speech at the Wild Summit in September. 500 organisations from across the UK. Campaigners, policymakers, scientists, community organisers, businesses and creatives came together to rally around the urgent mission to stop nature's decline.
Whether you're in New York or anywhere across England and Wales - we need to tackle inequality in our society. Billionaire backed media around the world will always say it can't be possible to tax the rich. It's time to show them it can - and it will. Join.greenparty.org.uk
Burnham talks as if the genocide in Gaza is in the past, but it's happening NOW. Britain is arming Israel NOW. This UN report is from two weeks ago. Burnham must commit to fully ending UK complicity NOW.
Nigel Farage is correct about one thing. It’s the people vs the establishment. Reform are literally the establishment. And it’s the Green Party on the side of the people. Wealth tax. Rent controls. Now. Join.greenparty.org.uk
Brilliant to speak at the launch of some groundbreaking new research on rent controls being published by the New Economics Foundation and the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose. Rent controls are an idea whose time has well and truly come. 📸 @aldoshoots
Here's what the landlord lobby don't want you to know: If rents went down by 20%, renters would save £2400 a year. The government would save £2 billion a year. And landlords would still make 4.5 times as much profit as the average business.
I've seen on the streets how powerful even the idea of rent controls are that give people so much hope! Pleasure this morning to help launch a report by the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose and the New Economics Foundation into making them a reality.
Can Burnham say that war crimes, let alone genocide, has occurred in Gaza? Being clear on this is the most basic first step. Without this, Labour hasn't even started its journey to rectifying for years of complicity and participation in this genocide.
A fundamental part of being an excellent Mayor is solidarity and community. Palestine is facing a brutal onslaught and I'm proud that Geraldine Coggins - Green candidate for Mayor - is showing clear international solidarity.
I'm in Greater Manchester for the launch of our Green Party plan. It's time to take Greater Manchester back from big money. Reform are distracted fighting a bin. And Labour have let people down. Geraldine Coggins & the Green Party have hope and a plan. 👇🏼
Manchester Evening News review of the first Mayor debate is in - and Geraldine Coggins, Green Party candidate has the highest score! 💚🎉 Labour has let down Greater Manchester. It's time for a Green Mayor.
When did Labour become the party who wants to tax those who clean buildings more than those who own them? This can’t be right. The Green Party would equalise Capital Gains Tax and Income Tax.
Now seems to be a good time to remind Farage I’m still up for debating him. Anytime.
Campaigning in Greater Manchester today and just running through some life lessons...
Such a wonderful evening in Sheffield. Thank you everyone for helping to make hope normal again. We can win this. 💚🥰
Director of a Gaza Hospital, Dr Hussain Abu Safiya is in horrific danger to his life. The Foreign Secretary must demand Israel provides urgent treatment and releases him. He's been detained by Israel without charge since 2024 and reported to have new life threatening injuries.
Great to talk about the early evidence on Andy Burnham on BBC breakfast just now. Won't nationalise water companies. Sticking to Rachel Reeves disastrous fiscal rules. Refuses to recognise genocide. King of the North? Different latitude. Same politics. Join.greenparty.org.uk
When trans people are under attack, "don't be political" is not an option. And we'll never be silent when a Labour Government are making life impossibly hard for trans people. We see you. And we stand with you. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
This is exactly why we have Pride. Because a few years ago this would have just been a hateful fringe figure - but this is where our politics is heading with a Government that kertows. We will resist. And bring hope (*and* electing progressive politicians.) We will win. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Happy Pride! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 And a huge honour to march alongside firefighters, crew and support teams for the London Fire Brigade - thank you for all that you do! 🙏🏽