Polanski says Starmer’s politics ‘despicable’, and says he cannot think about Greens working with him in hung parliament
Q: [From Jim Pickard from the Financial Times] Would you rule out working with Keir Starmer in a hung parliament?
Polanski mentioned it will be “wild” to rule out working with anybody on his first day. However he went on:
In Keir Starmer we’ve seen somebody who acquired elected on the coattails of Jeremy Corbyn, who made plenty of guarantees to guard communities, to deliver a couple of leftwing change on this nation, to face up for among the poorest communities.
And what we’ve had in Keir Starmer is despicable when it comes to the politics. It’s somebody who has offered these communities out. He’s not simply offered his celebration out, and the individuals who voted for him. The folks I’m extra involved about are the folks which might be struggling on this nation day by day, who’re fearful about the way forward for this nation, who see Nigel Farage give – and let’s name it what it’s – a racist press convention, and never simply not condemn it, however implicitly nod to it.
So I can’t think about any situation the place I’d need to work with Keir Starmer.
And I believe in a situation the place we have been in a hung parliament and we acquired that many seats, I believe it will be odd that, if that many individuals had stopped voting Labour and switched to Inexperienced, to then work with Keir Starmer.
So I believe you possibly can clearly hear from my reply how I really feel about that. However perhaps he’s going to have a mind transfusion within the subsequent couple of months.
Zack Polanski at his press convention. {Photograph}: BBC NewsShare
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Ellie Chowns and Adrian Ramsay, the 2 co-leader candidates who have been overwhelmed by Zack Polanski within the Greeen celebration management contest, have put out this assertion concerning the consequence.
We’d wish to congratulate Zack Polanski on his election as chief of the Inexperienced celebration, and to thank him for operating such a powerful and passionate marketing campaign.
We additionally need to thank each member who voted and all those that took half on this management election – on either side. From conversations on doorsteps to the power shared on-line and inside communities, the dedication of Inexperienced members has shone by means of.
Our celebration is within the strongest place in its historical past. We’re successful report numbers of seats, reaching folks in each neighborhood and from throughout the political spectrum, and displaying that Inexperienced politics is rooted within the points that really matter. We’re happy with the record-breaking successes the celebration has achieved beneath Adrian and Carla’s management, and we stay up for seeing that momentum proceed.
As MPs, we stay absolutely dedicated to taking part in our half: holding this authorities to account and championing the insurance policies wanted for a fairer, greener and extra habitable future. Collectively, we’ll proceed to construct on the extraordinary progress the Inexperienced celebration has made, and take it additional than ever earlier than.
Zack Polanski embracing Ellie Chowns after the management election consequence was introduced, with Carla Denyer (left) and Adrian Ramsay (proper) wanting on. {Photograph}: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty ImagesShare
An earlier publish wrongly named one of many new Inexperienced co-deputy leaders. She is Rachel Millward, not Richard. (See 11.34am.) I’m sorry for the error.
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Polanski’s election as chief exhibits ‘hard-left activists’ have taken over Inexperienced celebration, say Tories
The Conservatives declare Zack Polanski’s victory within the Inexperienced celebration’s management election means the celebration has been taken over by the onerous left.
Commenting on the consequence, Kevin Hollinrake, the Tory chair, mentioned:
The final leaf has fallen from the Greens’ withering tree. A celebration as soon as rooted in look after the countryside has been captured by hard-left activists extra obsessive about campus tradition wars than farmers in Herefordshire.
From Solihull to Derbyshire councillors are strolling away as a result of solely the Conservatives are severe about backing household farms, stopping good farmland being smothered by photo voltaic panels and defending the countryside with native communities.
Whereas the Greens bask in excessive left-wing fantasies and failed socialist economics, solely the Conservatives are dedicated to actual stewardship of nature, power safety by means of nuclear energy and safeguarding the fields and villages that make Britain dwelling.
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Labour condemns Polanski for not being dedicated to UK remaining in Nato
Labour has responded to the election of Zack Polanski as the brand new Inexperienced celebration chief by attacking his stance on Nato. In a press release Ellie Reeves, the Labour chair, mentioned:
Congratulations to Zack Polanski on his election as Inexperienced celebration chief.
We live by means of severe occasions and the general public rightly count on accountable and measured responses from all political leaders. Zack Polanski should degree with the British folks as as to whether he stands by his latest failure to assist continued Nato membership, and what it means for his celebration’s stance on Putin’s appalling unlawful warfare in Ukraine.
The Labour authorities’s dedication to Nato membership is unshakeable and all the time might be.
In an interview with Byline Instances in Might, Polanski mentioned that, though the Greens have been formally dedicated to the UK remaining in Nato, he thought the election of Donald Trump as US president meant a rethink was wanted. He mentioned:
I believe our Nato coverage is old-fashioned … Clearly Nato has acquired much more advanced since Donald Trump has grow to be President, and I don’t assume anybody ought to think about him a dependable ally … I believe the age of Nato is now absolutely over …
We voted on the final convention to keep up a relationship with Nato and reform it from inside however I believe now we have reached some extent the place Donald Trump has made being in an alliance with America very, very troublesome whereas he’s speaking about annexing Greenland …
We clearly must be ensuring that our coverage is assembly the second, and I believe the world is altering shortly, and the concept we will reform NATO by working with Donald Trump in the intervening time in a so-called particular relationship is an concept that’s on its final legs.
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Polanski says it is ‘no-brainer that we must be nationalising public industries’
Q: And would you nationalise different industries, together with banks?
On nationalisation, Polanski mentioned Labour have been petrified of nationalising water firms. That was an issue.
Metal was an “apparent” candidate for nationalisation, he mentioned. He accused Labour of being unwilling to work with metal staff on a simply transition to internet zero.
He ended saying it was “a no brainer than we must be nationalising public industries”.
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Polanski says Starmer’s politics ‘despicable’, and says he cannot think about Greens working with him in hung parliament
Q: [From Jim Pickard from the Financial Times] Would you rule out working with Keir Starmer in a hung parliament?
Polanski mentioned it will be “wild” to rule out working with anybody on his first day. However he went on:
In Keir Starmer we’ve seen somebody who acquired elected on the coattails of Jeremy Corbyn, who made plenty of guarantees to guard communities, to deliver a couple of leftwing change on this nation, to face up for among the poorest communities.
And what we’ve had in Keir Starmer is despicable when it comes to the politics. It’s somebody who has offered these communities out. He’s not simply offered his celebration out, and the individuals who voted for him. The folks I’m extra involved about are the folks which might be struggling on this nation day by day, who’re fearful about the way forward for this nation, who see Nigel Farage give – and let’s name it what it’s – a racist press convention, and never simply not condemn it, however implicitly nod to it.
So I can’t think about any situation the place I’d need to work with Keir Starmer.
And I believe in a situation the place we have been in a hung parliament and we acquired that many seats, I believe it will be odd that, if that many individuals had stopped voting Labour and switched to Inexperienced, to then work with Keir Starmer.
So I believe you possibly can clearly hear from my reply how I really feel about that. However perhaps he’s going to have a mind transfusion within the subsequent couple of months.
Zack Polanski at his press convention. {Photograph}: BBC NewsShare
Q: How are you going to tackle Nigel Farage when your coverage on immigration is so totally different?
Polanski mentioned Farage needs to cease the boats, and he does too. “We may cease the boats immediately with protected and authorized routes,” he mentioned.
He mentioned the nation wants immigration.
And it must recognise that individuals coming to the UK pay extra in tax than they take in a foreign country, he mentioned.
Polanski additionally mentioned the Greens mustn’t promote out patriotism to Nigel Farage. Patriots don’t promote out their nation, he mentioned.
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Q: [Banseka Kayembe from Naked Politics] How will you unite the Inexperienced on trans rights, a difficulty on which the Greens appear divided?
Polanski mentioned he didn’t settle for the Greens are divided. The Greens are united on human rights, and trans rights are human rights, he mentioned.
He cited approvingly a US quote, saying: should you agree with me on 9 out of 12 issues, let’s work collectively, and should you agree with me on 12 out of 12 issues, it’s worthwhile to see a psychiatrist.
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Polanski praises Jeremy Corbyn, saying he is doing ‘robust, principled work’ together with his Gaza inquiry
Q: [From the Guardian’s Peter Walker] Are you involved that being explicitly leftwing would possibly deter supporters in rural constituencies?
Polanski says he doesn’t settle for there’s a distinction of that sort between rural and concrete voters.
For example, he cites insurance policies on housing – which might attraction within the countryside and in cities, he says.
And he says farmers are additionally victims of an influence imbalance after they promote their produce to supermarkets.
He additionally says being keen to speak to Jeremy Corbyn doesn’t imply that he’s a Corbynite.
Events can work collectively with out being allies, he says.
And he praises the work that Corbyn is doing together with his Gaza inquiry. He says he spoke to Corbyn yesterday.
What I see is a politician who’s doing robust, principled work that aligns with the issues I care about and the celebration cares about. And I believe that’s a distinct and new sort of politics, and I believe that’s a politics that’s actually going to excite this nation.
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Q: [From Jasmine Cameron-Chileshe from ITV News] What’s going to you be doing to seize the general public’s consideration like Nigel Farage?
Polanski says Farage has extra TikTok followers than all different MPs mixed.
He says he’s not shy about utilizing social media himself.
However it’s not nearly him, he says. He says different Greens have essential issues to say.
He says storytelling can be essential. It isn’t sufficient simply to provide voters info. They want a robust, emotional story too, he says.
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