Zack Polanski
@ZackPolanski
Green Party Leader.
London Assembly Member.
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Terrifying to see wildfires raging through Scotland.
The climate crisis isn't a distant threat - it's right here and right now.
How many warning signs and alarm bells until Andy Burnham takes action to end oil and gas drilling?
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How can we hope he has a serious plan for ending "the terrible suffering of people in Gaza" when he can't even bring himself to name Israel as the genocidal aggressor causing the suffering?
We need concrete action:a full arms embargo & an end to trade with illegal settlements.
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Andy Burnham holds up his running of Greater Manchester as his vision for the country.
Let’s hope not. It’s great if you’re a property developer looking for handouts for rip off flats.
People before profit. Vote for a Green Mayor on 30th July.
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The Manchester Model has been so focused on building flats for private rent - many owned by overseas investors - that @_isaacrose called it “the neoliberal metropolis”...
Now its mayor says he believes in ending neoliberalism. All very strange for those of us who live here.
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Trans people deserve to be treated with dignity. It's incredibly rare to actually have a politician loudly standing up for the trans community, but the right wing machine is far too happy to punch down to distract from the material issues facing us all
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Let's go Sheffield!
@_BoldPolitics with @biminibabes 🥰
Director of a Gaza Hospital, Dr Hussain Abu Safiya is in horrific danger to his life.
The Foreign Secretary must demand Israel provides urgent treatment and releases him.
He's been detained by Israel without charge since 2024 and reported to have new life threatening injuries.
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This is actually so disgusting. This man shouldn't have a job let alone one in government. Why do I still let British politics still shock me.
Good point about the Labour government – it hasn’t stood up to moves by the Tory-dominated judiciary and by Tory-appointed quangos.
Burnham can’t go along with these institutions unreformed and hope to succeed.
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Zack is absolutely correct here of course.
But an interesting thing is the comments on the thread. Just an endless stream of far right vitriol. The bots are focused on Zack, and that means he’s a genuine threat.
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The obscene gap between the unaccountable rich and the despairing poor has been widening for the past 50 years. If anyone wants to know why civilisation is failing, look no further. It’s unsustainable.
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Greens won't let Labour off the hook.
Burnham isn't the answer 🥀
There's a reason they try and destroy the Green Party.
And are very happy to praise Andy Burnham.
The Green Party are challenging the Establishment and their power.
Labour (Reform & the Tories) *are* all there to protect wealth and power.
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“He’s personable, he’s pragmatic”
Lord Gove, editor of the Spectator, assesses Andy Burnham and says he’s a “more formidable political operator” than when he last ran for Labour leadership
#bbclaurak#
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@TheGreenParty is the only Party that is calling for a #WealthTax# on the super-rich!
We will keep calling for this!
BREAKING
84 year old Reverend Sue Parfitt arrested under the UK Terrorism Act for giving speech outside New Scotland Yard on the anniversary of the proscription of Palestine Action.
Stood on a soap box, Sue explained her motivation.
Join the Escalation:
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Real change means public ownership, rebalancing the relationship between worker & boss, and rapidly reducing inequality.
It means serious transformation.
It cannot mean endless deals for big developers or foreign shareholders skimming profit from British taxpayers.
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‘That’s literally the Manchester model!’
@Lewis_Goodall can't help but feel there's an element of hypocrisy in Andy Burnham’s plan to end neoliberalism.
I watched this interview with @ZackPolanski this morning. It was magnificent 👏👏👏
“We have vast inequality in our society and Andy Burnham has to grasp this agenda. Every single decision has to be about how can we redistribute money and power from the very top into our communities?”
Green Party Leader Zack Polanski on BBC Breakfast.
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Tax the super rich.
Zack Polanski on BBC Breakfast advising Andy Burnham to go with a wealth tax, a land value tax, and to bring CGT in line with income tax
Any idea why this post is triggering the far-right bigots?
James Murray stressing that Andy Burnham will stick to Rachel Reeves's fiscal rules.
