Zack Polanski Is Coming for Starmer AND Farage | Ash Sarkar Meets Zack Polanski

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Support for the Green party in Britain has been steadily rising for the past few decades. However, few predicted that when Zack Polanski took office as Green party leader in September, membership would surge from 70,000 to 150,000 members in a matter of months. According to the latest polling, the party’s share of the vote has soared too: growing from 10 to 17 per cent.

In front of a live audience at EartH Hackney, Zack tells the story of his first few months in office, and how the party’s plans from two months ago are already outdated. What are the core values, red lines and top priorities for the Greens in this new era? How broad a church will the Green party be? Is it a socialist party, or a party with socialists in it? And what exactly is their strategy to take on the floundering Labour party, as well as the looming threat of Reform?

00:00 Introduction
00:54 Breakdancing
01:38 Surging Polls, Growing Membership, Expanding Ambitions
06:52 How Broad a Church Is the Green Party?
11:12 A Socialist Party
13:27 Foreign Policy Versus Domestic Priorities
15:02 The Loss of Public Space Online & Offline
18:57 AI and the Future of Work
21:48 Zack’s Vision of the Good Life
24:37 Connecting Climate to the Cost of Living
27:23 Favourite Sci Fi
29:09 The Greens & the Trade Unions
32:49 Repairing Lost Trust in Politics
35:47 On Immigration
38:36 Why Should Anyone Vote Green?

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