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One in three Brits backs Polanski's resignation
A YouGov poll finds 33 per cent of Britons think the Green Party leader should step down after his party's Zionism motion and his by-election defeat.
In brief
A YouGov poll finds 33 per cent of Britons think the Green Party leader should step down after his party's Zionism motion and his by-election defeat. One in three Britons want Zack Polanski to resign as Green Party leader following his by-election loss and his party's motion declaring Zionism a form of racism…
Poll shows pressure on Polanski
A YouGov survey conducted on Friday found one in three Britons think Zack Polanski should resign as Green Party leader. Just one in five think he should remain in post.
Party motion on Zionism sparks backlash
The Green Party passed a motion declaring Zionism to be a form of racism at its annual conference last weekend.The chief rabbi, Sir Ephraim Mirvis, called it a threat to British Jews and to Britain.
Polanski missed the debate
Polanski was campaigning in a by-election when the motion was debated. He told the BBC he would have voted against it on two grounds, saying there were aspects he did not think were okay.
“I think there are aspects of it that I don't think are okay.”
Defeat in Holborn and St Pancras
Polanski lost the by-election to replace Sir Keir Starmer as MP for Holborn and St Pancras.Labour's Sagal Abdi-Wali secured 45 per cent of the vote to the Greens' 33 per cent, a majority of 3,364.
Senior Greens call for his resignation
Vivien Lichtenstein, leader of the Jewish Greens, called for Polanski to resign and said he made a big mistake by missing the debate. Former leader Caroline Lucas accused him of a failure of leadership.
“big mistake”
The takeaway
One in three Britons want Zack Polanski to resign as Green Party leader following his by-election loss and his party's motion declaring Zionism a form of racism.
