An invitation claimed the Green Party leadership result would be among the most consequential political events of the autumn, though that claim met skepticism. Kemi Badenoch's Aberdeen keynote attracted no broadcasters and received sarcastic exaggerations about academic achievements. Harriet Lamb, the Green Party chief executive, appeared overwhelmed by intense media attention at a central London event, describing the moment as pivotal and saying the Greens were poised to help create the next government. Zack Polanski won the leadership with 85% of the vote, delivering a landslide that signaled a move away from the party's previous gradualist, Lib Dem-adjacent approach.
That might be pushing it, but they were certainly more consequential than Kemi Badenoch's drill, baby, drill keynote speech in Aberdeen. Not a single broadcaster could be bothered with that one. It might as well not have happened. Shame. Because as well as receiving a scholarship to Stanford University to study medicine at 16, it's a little-known fact that Kemi was also invited to be a visiting professor in climate science at Harvard at the age of 11.
Tuesday morning was all about the Greens, and Harriet Lamb, the party's chief executive, seemed rather overwhelmed by the attention. Standing room only at the Coin Street neighbourhood centre in central London. A phalanx of news cameras and journalists. It's been a while since there's been this much interest in the Greens. Lamb bobbed up and down behind the lectern, gulping nervously. This was a pivotal moment for the whole country, she said. The Greens were poised to help create the next government.
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