Green deputy launches leadership bid with UK ‘eco-populism’ vision
by Peter Walker Senior political correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#6X2D9)
Exclusive: Surprise challenger Zack Polanski says party can learn from success of Nigel Farage and Reform UK
A leading Green has launched a surprise campaign to oust Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay as party leaders, saying the party needs to be less timid and transform itself into a radical, mass-membership eco-populism" movement.
Zack Polanski, who has been deputy leader since 2022 and serves as a London assembly member, will challenge Denyer and Ramsay this summer despite them taking the party to its best-ever general election result last year, winning four seats.
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