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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

Green deputy launches leadership bid with UK ‘eco-populism’ vision

Zack Polanski.
Zack Polanski says he wants the Green party to become a radical mass movement that can rival Reform UK. Photograph: Alicia Canter/The Guardian

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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