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Polanski says he was wrong to claim he was a Red Cross spokesman
The Green Party leader tells the BBC he hosted fundraisers for the charity but had not used the right word when describing his role.
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Poll: Will the scandals put voters off Zack Polanski and the Greens?
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BBC Politics6 May 2026
Polanski says he was wrong to claim he was a Red Cross spokesman
The Green Party leader tells the BBC he hosted fundraisers for the charity but had not used the right word when describing his role.
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The Guardian Politics6 May 2026
Zack Polanski says he was wrong to call himself a Red Cross spokesperson
Green party leader also accuses rightwing media of politically motivated attacks as popularity grows UK politics live – latest updates Zack Polanski has said he was wrong to describe himself as a British Red Cross spokesperson, and that intensified media scrutiny of the Green party reflected fears of its rising popularity and support for wealth taxes. Polanski described himself as a British Red Cross spokesperson while campaigning for the party leadership, the Times revealed. The claim was als
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Express Politics6 May 2026
Zack Polanski makes false claim about Golders Green suspect on BBC show
The Green Party leader wasn't challenged on the inaccurate comment during an appearance on BBC Radio 4 on Wednesday.
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The Green Party leader faced questions on his criticism of police, his false claim to be a Red Cross spokesman and his plan to legalise drugs.
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The Guardian Politics6 May 2026
Polanski accuses Times of ‘scraping the barrel’ over his claim to be charity spokesperson – UK politics live
Green leader said he hosted fundraisers for the Red Cross but accepts he should not have described himself as a spokesperson for it Good morning. Zack Polanski was largely unknown until he became the Green party leader in September last year and since then, as his party has soared in the polls, there has been intense scrutiny of his pre-politics career. The best-known embarrassing revelation about his past is the fact that he once told a woman he could enlarge her breasts if she listened to his
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The Guardian Politics6 May 2026
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Labour’s nationwide collapse risks making Nigel Farage the face of the UK’s fragile union | Rafael Behr
Scottish and Welsh nationalism will be further radicalised if Reform UK sets the tone of debate over inclusion in the British state Keir Starmer has neither a heartland nor a stronghold. That is the picture likely to emerge once all the votes in this week’s local and devolved elections have been counted. Council seats in Labour’s traditional northern-English working-class base will fall to Reform UK. Parts of inner London, where the electoral map has been red for decades, will go Green. Rafael B
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Green civil war erupts as Zack Polanski's ratings go into freefall ahead of May 7
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