Polanski says he doesn’t need to win ‘50/50’ byelection to stay Green leader
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Head of party in England and Wales says outcome of vote in Keir Starmer’s old seat will not affect his positionZack Polanski has insisted his authority as leader of the Green party of England and Wales does not depend on winning next week’s Holborn and St Pancras byelection, amid...
Head of party in England and Wales says outcome of vote in Keir Starmer’s old seat will not affect his position
Zack Polanski has insisted his authority as leader of the Green party of England and Wales does not depend on winning next week’s Holborn and St Pancras byelection, amid suggestions that the party’s popularity has peaked.
Polanski, who is trying to take Keir Starmer’s former seat from Labour, described the contest as “probably 50/50 right now” and “really on a knife edge”.
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