[SCOT goes POP!] Polanski looks the part

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Polanski looks the part

"Former actor Zack Polanski elected leader of the Green Party" is a bloody peculiar BBC headline, it has to be said, but at least they refrained from dropping in any of his theatre credits.  This is a moment of huge significance, in my opinion, because whereas the new co-leaders of the Scottish Green Party are unlikely to set the heather alight in terms of charisma, Polanski is the real deal, and has modern communication skills on a par with Zohran Mamdani.  He did a video during last year's general election, which I thought was one of the most effective campaigning videos I'd seen for years.  If the English & Welsh Greens under his leadership can now agree on an electoral pact with the new Corbyn / Sultana party (which is a very big if, because the new party already seems to be struggling to agree with itself) there may just be an alchemy that could lead to Labour's position as the main force of the "Left" being challenged as never before.  I wouldn't rule out a new two-party system emerging consisting of Reform UK and the Greens/Corbyn/Sultana.  In a sense that would mimic what happened in Northern Ireland two decades ago when the more radical/hardline parties replaced the old "moderate" duopoly of the UUP and the SDLP.

Green Party of England & Wales leadership result:

Zack Polanski: 20,411 votes

Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns: 3,705 votes

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