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

New Green leader Polanski distances party from electoral pact with Corbyn

Zack Polanski at United Voice of the World in London after being announced as the new leader of the Green Party. ‘More voices on the left is actually just a really good thing,’ said Polanski.
Zack Polanski at United Voice of the World in London after being announced as the new leader of the Green Party. ‘More voices on the left is actually just a really good thing,’ said Polanski. Photograph: James Manning/PA

The new Green leader, Zack Polanski, has said he would need to see “very strong arguments” before agreeing any electoral pact with Jeremy Corbyn, arguing that there is enough space on the left of British politics for both to thrive.

Polanski earned a resounding mandate to take the Greens in England and Wales in a more explicitly leftwing direction on Tuesday, winning 85% of member votes, a crushing defeat for the joint ticket of Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns, two of the party’s four MPs.

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