THE Green Party’s leader has been branded “dangerous” after a row over alleged antisemitic comments and a raft of controversial policies.
This is the latest in a string of , including decriminalising drugs and
Zack Polanski speaks during a party campaign rally in Cardiff Credit: Getty
The party leader has been branded ‘dangerous’ and compared to Jeremy Corbyn
It comes as the Greens are hoping to make gains, particularly in London, during the .
The Green Party’s Zoe Garbett was elected mayor of Hackney, ousting Labour.
Zack Polanski’s popularity plummeted in the wake of sharing a critical post about the cops who took down the Golders Green stabber allegedly targeting Jewish people.
The Green leader sparked outrage after reposting a social media clip accusing of using excessive force during the arrest, which was later dubbed a terrorist incident.
Polanski’s popularity plummeted in the wake of sharing a critical post about the cops who took down the Golders Green stabber allegedly targeting Jewish people
Polanski, who is Jewish, later apologised for sharing the post.
Two stab victims, Shloime Rand and Moshe Shine, aged 76 and 34, were treated at the scene for stab wounds before being rushed to hospital.
Essa Suleiman, 45 – a Somalia-born migrant with a “history of violence” – was arrested following the rampage.
The Green Party chief admitted his words were in “haste” after a furious backlash from MPs, Jewish leaders and even figures inside his own party.
But he then reignited the row by insisting police “should not be above scrutiny” and saying he remained concerned about whether the force used had been proportionate.
His comments triggered a furious backlash from ministers, police supporters and Jewish groups.
The party leader has been branded “dangerous” and after he dug his heels in over the row.
The storm sparked fresh comparisons with the chaos of the years, when Labour was engulfed by rows over antisemitism and policing.
MP Neil Coyle told The Sun: “He’s without the allotment — but perhaps even more out of touch with reality.
“Make no mistake, all the cranks and antisemites kicked out by Labour have flooded into the . The ghost of Corbyn is alive and kicking in their ranks.”
Two Green Party candidates were also after allegedly posting antisemitic comments online.
One candidate allegedly claimed synagogue attacks were “revenge, not antisemitism”.
Saiqa Ali who is a Lambeth Green Party candidate for Streatham
Sabine Mairey, the Green party candidate for Clapham Town Credit: Green Party
Saiqa Ali, who is standing in Streatham, Lambeth, and Sabine Mairey, the candidate for Clapham Town, were arrested under Section 19 of the Public Order Act.
It is understood Mairey posted a photo of a man holding a sign that read: “ramming a synagogue isn’t antisemitism, it’s revenge”.
Ali posted a picture of an armed man in a Hamas headband with the slogan “Resistance is Freedom”.
On Tuesday, The Times reported Polanski lied about being a spokesperson for the Red Cross in 2022 while campaigning to be the deputy leader of his party.
The ex-hypnotist also called for all drugs to be legalised in an approach “led by public experts, not politicians” in his first speech as party leader.
Last month, The Sun reported that the Greens plan on as the nation’s established church if it won a .
Its plan would mean kicking the bishops out of the House of Lords and abolishing the representative in the Commons — currently MP for Battersea, Marsha de Cordova.
In a policy document, the Greens state that the , whose spiritual leader is Archbishop of Canterbury , “shall become self-governing”.
It adds: “The Government shall cease to have any powers and responsibilities peculiar to that church.”
The move would end nearly 500 years of history since the CoE was established as the nation’s church by the 1534 Act of Supremacy during King Henry VIII’s reign.
This came after the party was slammed over their plans to license dog owners and ban zoos.
wants to lump keepers of hounds with a form of tax so it can “regulate the care and conditions” of their .
Their official policy states they oppose “wholesale breeding, manipulation and destruction of those animals who are chosen as companions to the human race”.
The party also wants to “abolish zoos and private collections of animals”, the policy adds.
The Prime Minister has previously slammed the party, telling PMQs: “The Green Party’s policy isn’t just irresponsible, it’s reprehensible, legalising cocaine, heroin, ketamine and the date rape drug, GHB, a drug which we know is used to spike drinks for women.
“I have to say, as the father of a 17-and-a-half-year-old son, that the idea that the argument is being made by the Greens that when he turns 18, in just a few months, it would be lawful to provide him with heroin and crack cocaine is absolutely disgusting.”
Other plans include Net Zero by 2040, dismantling , and more tax rises for earners above £50,000.
It comes after a Green Party councillor came under fire for revealing she will be delivering Valentine’s cards to asylum seekers — and taking her grandchildren with her.
Last year, of “migrants and refugees are welcome here” at his party conference.
And the ex-hypnotist insisted he could “rocket through the polls” by backing mass migration, ramping up rules and a .
To cheers from his followers urged: “We’ll say it loud, we’ll say it clear: migrants and refugees are welcome here.”
He also called chief a “Trump-loving, tax-avoiding, science-denying, NHS-dismantling corporate stooge”.
And he accused the PM of being “an active participant in the murdering of the Palestinians”.
told a gathering in : “We are under no illusion as to the threat we face.
“A party leading in the polls with plans to deport our friends, our neighbours, our family members.
“And a Labour government, who are the handmaidens of this dangerous, deceitful politics.”
The leader also previously said for Brits living in poverty.
He claimed people who steal because they do not have much money should be shown compassion.
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