"Polanski told the Guardian he was alarmed at the polling success for Reform UK, a party he described as on the far right, or at least far right-adjacent in terms of the causes and issues they're willing to align with. He condemned Labour and Keir Starmer for failing to properly challenge Reform's rhetoric over proposed mass deportations, saying that mainstream parties were failing to step up to the challenge of pushing back against Farage's ideas."
"I think it's an understatement I think they're fuelling it, he said. Nigel Farage had that despicable press conference about immigration last week and Keir Starmer should have been front and centre condemning it as a prime minister of this country, but actually he was implicitly condoning it. Polanski's personal contribution in Clacton involved stopping locals to ask for their views on policies such as zero-hours contracts and fire-and-rehire,"
The Greens' new leader Zack Polanski spent a day in Clacton-on-Sea engaging residents about policies supported by their MP and listening to voter views. Conversations included self-professed Nigel Farage backers expressing support for some Green proposals such as a wealth tax and more official asylum routes. The Greens will package the exchanges into a social media video to broaden outreach. The party warned that Reform UK is polling strongly and described the party as far right-adjacent. The Greens criticized Labour and Keir Starmer for not robustly opposing Reform's rhetoric on proposed mass deportations. Polanski raised workplace issues including zero-hours contracts and fire-and-rehire while confronting voters with Reform's alleged support for those ideas.
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