Greens under Zack Polanski polling at ‘highest level ever’ – YouGov

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1. It is refreshing to have some honesty from a politician/political representative instead of corporate-PR shit coming from the established parties.

2. I see this man more than I see my family yet apparently there’s a concerted suppression effort from the billionaire media establishment going on.

3. Yeah. He is somewhat charismatic and will engage with tricky questions directly.

   That said, not much is being made of the Green’s open border policy, nuclear disarmament, and ridiculous energy policies (which should be their bread and butter).

   I’d also question whether many here have an issue with the disproportionate coverage he’s getting? Or is it OK for him but not Farage?

   He is not fit to govern. But sadly this is where we’re at.

4. They were polling at under 10% about 2 months ago, since then they have climbed 5pts in the poll. They are climbing in the polls the way reform did immediately after the general election, let’s see where they will stabilize. Could be soon, but could be much higher than 15%

5. I suspect Zack will do very well generally going forward. I see similarities between him and Farage (hear me out) in that his personality is what speaks to people. And to his followers or would be followers he “tells it how it is” rather than avoiding questions or pussyfooting over answer.

   And like Farage, if he wanted he could make loads of appearances on QuestionTime because he clearly would be good for their viewing figures.

6. I really dislike a lot of his policies, but I can definitely see why he’s polling so high. He knows how to connect to people, something that many recent politicians have lacked.

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8. If this many people can vote for a man who wants open borders god help us

9. Good for them. If we’re going to go for popularism, I’d much rather it be a form which doesn’t try to blame immigrants for all our problems and instead targets the real culprits.

10. If ur a gambling man a hung parliament has never seen such better odds since the last hung parliament

11. Make all drugs legal, completely open borders. Hmm not sure he has a chance

12. Political discussion seems to now be Mass Deportations vs. Tax the Super Rich.

13. I just hope voting goesr better for him than when us of a certain age were fooled into voting for the lib Dems in the early 2000s

14. Imagine voting for a party that wants to throw the borders open to mass immigration even further, and has such a delusional view on nuclear power

15. He’s an extremely stupid man with dangerous policies

    It will fade once his 15 minutes of fame from being pushed by the media are over

    – Breaking up the UK

    – Complete open borders

    – The right to vote and benefits given to all immigrants illegal or not

    – Ending nuclear power

    – Ending petrol powered cars in 2027

    – Leaving NATO

    – Getting rid of nuclear weapons

    Yeah sounds great

16. Once their policies are looked at seriously, the public at large will start to realise they’re not a serious party. At best they’ll be the defacto left wing protest vote.

17. Good! I’m not fully convinced yet but even so it’s about time we had someone on the left with some teeth.

    God knows we need it. At this point Labour are a husk of a left-wing party; hanging off the same tattered neoliberal coat-tails as every other centre-left party currently facing an imminent threat from the far-right.

    And why?

    Because the moderate left has spent so long – nearly half a century – under this bullshit trickle-down, unregulated, free-market, avaricious economic system that they’ve seemingly rolled over accepted it as an immutable and absolute truth.

    Well, it’s not and it’s high time it was addressed. Because you’re never going to improve the lives of the average person by tinkering within a system explicitly designed to do the exact opposite.

    It’s funny, because even I instinctively recoil at my own statement; as if mass wealth redistribution at all costs is an inevitable and necessary evil.

    Even when it directly affects: affordable groceries; affordable utilities; public infrastructure such as new hospitals, transportation links etc; public services such as social care and education; personal wealth and social mobility; home ownership; affordable childcare… the list is endless.

    And that’s not to mention the marginalised groups they’ll throw under bus to keep this gravy train running: asylum seekers; Muslims; people of colour; disabled people; the trans community and my personal favourite as someone with ADHD – the neurodivergent. Again of course, the list is endless as anyone or anything is fair game in a free market. Even ecological and humanitarian disasters are ripe for the picking.

    Apologies for the rant (that’ll be the ADHD lol). I’m just fed up with being gaslit by politicians and armchair pundits who are willing to go to bat for a system that disadvantages not just every individual (including most of its proponents) but every living thing on the planet and even the planet itself.

    Whether Zack Polanski can fix all that is highly questionable, but it’s at least refreshing to finally hear someone speak out against it.

18. Any chance the media and journalists start doing their jobs? This guy and farage are 2 sides of the same coin but the media keep fanning the flames, they’re desperate for turmoil as its good for business

19. To vote for this party you either have to be evil or ignorant

20. Who would have thought offering hope to people would be a winner

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