Content overview: “Zack Polanski Faces Leadership Crisis After Holborn and St Pancras Byelection Defeat and Z”. Green Party co-leader Zack Polanski is under mounting pressure after a byelection defeat in Holborn and St Pancras and a damaging internal row over Zionism that has exposed deep divisions. The loss on Thursday follows a high point in February, when the Greens won Gorton and Denton with a 7,000-vote swing, prompting Polanski to declare Labour's electoral stranglehold over. But the latest result, combined with polls showing Polanski less popular than Nigel Farage, has shifted the debate to his own leadership.
The Zionism controversy erupted after the party's ruling body passed a motion asserting that Zionism is a 'racist, settler-colonial ideology,' leading to a backlash from Jewish members and accusations of antisemitism. The row has overshadowed the party's policy agenda and raised questions about its ability to broaden its appeal beyond progressive strongholds. The full version stays on the original page, which this listing opens directly.