Harry Stokes
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Green Party leader Zack Polanski blasts BBC's pro-Reform bias after a Newsnight ambush and press conference snub.
Polanski slams BBC Reform-friendly hypocrisy after Newsnight ambush
Green Party leader Zack Polanski blasts BBC pro-Reform bias after a Newsnight ambush and press conference snub
thecanary.co
Polanski wants a COBRA meeting to address the climate while the Labour government pushes for more oil and gas drilling in the North Sea By @willem-moore.bsky.social
Polanski: Burnham 'negligent' over refusal to call COBRA meeting
Polanski wants a COBRA meeting to address the climate while the Labour government pushes for more oil and gas drilling in the North Sea
thecanary.co
@zackpolanski.bsky.social’s support for this journalist’s media sovereignty initiative should ON ITS OWN be good enough reason to vote Green. This is the kind of systemic change we need if we are ever going to bring about real change for the better in the UK. bylinetimes.com/2026/08/10/z...
Zack Polanski Promotes Radical Plan to Break Up Britain's ‘Billionaire Media’
Green leader throws weight behind Media Sovereignty Act campaign to stop press barons "literally buying democracy"
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I hate Andy Burnham's jowly little doughy face tbh, every time I see it he's just annoying to look at, and I don't think people have considered the impact of this on polling
I rather think this is projection. The politics of adolescence are those of the Economist's neoliberals who sit with their fingers in their ears shouting lalala while the world burns.
Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d agoThe Economist personal hit pieces are surely just embarrassing for them. What is it about wealth taxes, rent controls and water nationalisation that they're so keen to stop progress? It's time to tackle the climate crisis & end Rip Off Britain.
Lots of new policy announcements from the new PM, but zero opportunity to ask questions until September. Here’s a few that I have…
If you are *really* worried about the resurgence of fascism, the mainstream media & politicians are not your friends (that includes the "centre left") For decades now they have paved the way for this resurgence and countering it means acknowledging thus this as a very obvious starting point 1/
They must mean stability for some of the wealthiest corporations on the planet... It's difficult to see how continuing the processes that have caused increasing instability in our planet's climate benefits anyone else. Least of all the ordinary citizens whose votes Labour seem to take for granted.
Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d agoGovernment says they're focused on "providing stability" through oil and gas. An absolute dereliction of first duty to keep us safe. It won't boost the economy for the people but further obscene profits for fossil fuel companies & their shareholders. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
An excellent video piece which deserves far wider media coverage (some hope!). Zack Polanski's speech was scary (not scaremongering), and his proposals to help alleviate the dangers should be looked at by PM Burnham, as a matter of urgency.
Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d agoA reality check to the Government on the climate crisis. Heatwaves this year estimated to have killed thousands of people. The BBC didn't stream this emergency conference at all despite the urgency & their constant coverage of Reform - thank you to Sky. www.youtube.com/live/QnygX67...
Our Prime Minister has had a lot to say today about subscriptions. Meanwhile, huge parts of the country are in drought. We're about to enter our fifth heatwave of the year, killing more people. Are we going to get anything from the Government? Literally anything?
Our communities and countryside are feeling the impact of extreme heat. We need serious action to protect people, wildlife and our natural environment from wildfires.
Oh man, even Mel has been drafted into the fight to push this toothpaste back into the tube now www.thetimes.com/article/c399...
Restore’s ideology is the antithesis of Britishness
Far-right party’s bigoted call for a Christian ethnostate wilfully mischaracterises citizenship
thetimes.com
NEW: @zackpolanski.bsky.social visited Edinburgh this weekend - speaking to supporters and campaigning for the Scottish Greens' two candidates in the Sept 3 by-election. He says the party is poised to run the council next May. @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2644983...
Zack Polanski says Greens are poised to run Edinburgh ahead of crucial by-elections
While in Edinburgh, Mr Polanski rallied supporters in Portobello ahead of two crucial council by-elections next month.
heraldscotland.com
🤔 How did this happen? borderviolence.eu/blog/the-uk-...
The UK media: An anti-immigration megaphone
By Emilija Krivosic, Communication team member at BVMN. Published on 4 November 2025. Credits for header image: kimba On Saturday 13th September, Britain witnessed one of its largest far-right rallies...
borderviolence.eu
YouGov@yougov.co.uk · 2d agoOur follow-up to a 2016 study finds UK attitudes to immigration are now more negative than 10 years ago, with the view that it has been "mostly bad for the country" now the most common Mostly bad: 43% (+10 from Aug 2016) Both good and bad: 29% (-9) Mostly good: 21% (-1) yougov.com/en-gb/articl...
Water companies are pumping shit into our rivers & seas and charging us extra for the privilege. They’re in charge of our vital water security as temperatures hit record levels. Enough words from the Labour Government. Time for action. Nationalise. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thames Water gave finance chief a £1m signing-on fee
The seven-figure payment was given to Steve Buck as part of package to persuade him to join the troubled utility company.
bbc.co.uk
Last week Zack Polanski and the Green Party held a press conference with Chris Packham, the BBC did not play full clips of it This morning, Nigel Farage and Reform UK held a press conference, since, the BBC have continued to play full clips from it
Burnham is using weasel words to justify continuing to stay in bed with fossil fuels. How much stability is worsening climate change, heatwaves and floods going to bring us? Zack Polanski is the only one brave enough to demand an alternative green energy commitment and no more fossil fuel expansion.
Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d agoGovernment says they're focused on "providing stability" through oil and gas. An absolute dereliction of first duty to keep us safe. It won't boost the economy for the people but further obscene profits for fossil fuel companies & their shareholders. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Labour Government thinks they can distract you tinkering around the edges. But refuse a wealth tax, rent controls, water nationalisation, an end to genocide & an end to oil & gas. They need to know the Green Party is growing & won't be distracted. Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Loved visiting Edinburgh this weekend - as the Green Party prepares to run the council from next May! Meanwhile there are two council by-elections on September 3rd. Vote Green! 💚 theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2026/08/gree...
the economist thinks that portraying the only mainstream politician saying that we are in big trouble as a silly child is a smart move a year before we have food riots in this country
Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d agoThe Economist personal hit pieces are surely just embarrassing for them. What is it about wealth taxes, rent controls and water nationalisation that they're so keen to stop progress? It's time to tackle the climate crisis & end Rip Off Britain.
French economist Thomas Piketty to Zack Polanski, "If we don't manage to articulate together a model of development, energy production, dematerialization of the economy, reduction in working time, which makes all of this compatible with planetary habitability, we are all going to suffer a lot."
The Labour Government have refused Green Party calls for a COBR meeting saying "supply chains are resilient." This is gross negligence. We need to act now. news.sky.com/story/could-...
MPs fear one key issue could end new PM's honeymoon period
The "Burnham bounce" has largely been driven by Green voters coming back to the fold. Labour MPs warn that spells trouble if more oil and gas is approved following a summer of extreme weather.
news.sky.com
French economist Thomas Piketty to Zack Polanski, "This neoliberal turn of the 80s has not been a huge success for the middle class and for average living standards" "30 years later, 40 years later. When I look at Brexit or when I look at the Trumpist United States, I don't see very happy people"
This is it. Their big idea was: we will end the culture wars by conceding to the crank right across the board, on everything. As they were repeatedly warned, the crank right always banks every concession then demands more and crazier things, now emboldened because they know we are weak and stupid.
@lastpositivist.bsky.social · 3d agoJust so predictable. Labour got themselves into this because those who aren't True Believers thought they could appease those who are then the issue would go away. Not so. The GCs are obsessives attempting a top down reorientation of our culture to spite a minority they despise. They must be fought.
The Economist personal hit pieces are surely just embarrassing for them. What is it about wealth taxes, rent controls and water nationalisation that they're so keen to stop progress? It's time to tackle the climate crisis & end Rip Off Britain.
A reality check to the Government on the climate crisis. Heatwaves this year estimated to have killed thousands of people. The BBC didn't stream this emergency conference at all despite the urgency & their constant coverage of Reform - thank you to Sky. www.youtube.com/live/QnygX67...
Green leader Polanski delivers 'urgent message to Burnham'
YouTube video by Sky News
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Andy Burham still hasn't commented on the untenable anti-trans legislation, or the rampant transphobia in his own party, but do you know what he has commented on? How much he likes to drink a lovely northern pint with a proper big fookin' head on it.
It's like diamond-rare to see a politician out in the wild have a take this correct
Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4d agoWildfires. Floods. Droughts. This is not the new normal - it's the beginning of what will get worse. We need to invest now to protect people from future years of even more extreme weather. www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
"I want you to panic." But not from @thunberggreta.bsky.social —this time from a firefighter whose face betrays his despair—he understands all too well how deeply political denial still hinders action. He was @zackpolanski.bsky.social s press conference. We need more of this involved people at mics.
