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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Heather Stewart Economics editor

Zack Polanski offering voters fantasy solutions, says head of Fabian Society

Joe Dromey sitting on a desk in front of Fabian Society leaflets
Joe Dromey: ‘The idea that squeezing a tiny elite of billionaires will pay for everything that we want … is fantasy and we do need to expose that.’ Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian

The Green party leader, Zack Polanski, is offering voters “unicorns” and Labour must confront his “fantasy” solutions such as the idea that a wealth tax would fix the public finances, according to the Fabian Society’s general secretary, Joe Dromey.

Much of the government’s fire is trained on Nigel Farage. But in an end-of-year interview, the head of Labour’s internal thinktank urges his party to take on the “twin populisms” of Reform and Polanski.

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