As One Nation surges in the polls, why are the Greens being left behind?

Within the party, some remain unconvinced the Greens are on the right track: ‘We have a good message but we don’t have good messengers.’ Composite: Guardian design/Getty Images/AAP

The UK Greens leader, Zack Polanski, had a simple message for his Australian counterparts: connect with people’s anger.

“Sometimes we rush to hope, we rush to solutions, so we don’t quite connect in the same way,” Polanski told the Victorian Greens campaign conference in May.