Starmer says Polanski ‘is not fit to lead a political party’ after Golders Green police criticism

Green leader apologises for sharing post that said officers were repeatedly and violently kicking a mentally ill man in the head' and says he had did so in haste'

Keir Starmer has condemned Zack Polanski as disgraceful" and unfit to head a political party after the Greens' leader shared a social media post critical of the way police tackled the suspect in the Golders Green stabbings.

The prime minister said any criticism of the police involved in the arrest was unfair on officers having to make split-second decisions in a moment of potentially grave danger.