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3nago 1414857 Polanski says Greens can't be effective environmentalists without talking about inequality Polanski turns to the climate. He says he is often asked if the Green party is an environmental movement or a social justice movement. 44 As if you canโ€™t speak up for our working class or LGBT+ communities at the same time as challenging fossil fuel companies. Lets clear this up. You canโ€™t be an effective environmentalist without talking about the deep inequality in our society. The climate crisis is also the cost of living crisis and will hit the poorest communities hardest. Food inflation is made worse by climate breakdown. We live in one of the most nature depleted countries in the world - and we have just had the hottest summer on record. Labour made a pledge for ยฃ28bn on Green investment before the election. They ditched it before they even got a sniff of power.
3nago 1414857 Polanski says Greens can't be effective environmentalists without talking about inequality Polanski turns to the climate. He says he is often asked if the Green party is an environmental movement or a social justice movement. 44 As if you canโ€™t speak up for our working class or LGBT+ communities at the same time as challenging fossil fuel companies. Lets clear this up. You canโ€™t be an effective environmentalist without talking about the deep inequality in our society. The climate crisis is also the cost of living crisis and will hit the poorest communities hardest. Food inflation is made worse by climate breakdown. We live in one of the most nature depleted countries in the world - and we have just had the hottest summer on record. Labour made a pledge for ยฃ28bn on Green investment before the election. They ditched it before they even got a sniff of power.
3nago 1414857 Polanski says Greens can't be effective environmentalists without talking about inequality Polanski turns to the climate. He says he is often asked if the Green party is an environmental movement or a social justice movement. 44 As if you canโ€™t speak up for our working class or LGBT+ communities at the same time as challenging fossil fuel companies. Lets clear this up. You canโ€™t be an effective environmentalist without talking about the deep inequality in our society. The climate crisis is also the cost of living crisis and will hit the poorest communities hardest. Food inflation is made worse by climate breakdown. We live in one of the most nature depleted countries in the world - and we have just had the hottest summer on record. Labour made a pledge for ยฃ28bn on Green investment before the election. They ditched it before they even got a sniff of power.
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44 But they obviously face competition in that space on the left - voters are much more likely to say โ€œYour partyโ€™ or the Liberal Democrats are a bigger threat to Labour on the left than the Green Party 44 But the Green Party have one clear advantage over Your Party - while voters split on whether they see them as a serious party (38-39) that is far higher than for Your Party 16-50 and Your Partyโ€™s splits have created a bigger opening for the Greens. AA The big test for the greens is whether they can take their considerers (who make up a bigger ratio of their overall vote than any other party) and make them into voters. Polanskiโ€™s command of the attention economy feels like an important step in doing that.
44 But they obviously face competition in that space on the left - voters are much more likely to say โ€œYour partyโ€™ or the Liberal Democrats are a bigger threat to Labour on the left than the Green Party 44 But the Green Party have one clear advantage over Your Party - while voters split on whether they see them as a serious party (38-39) that is far higher than for Your Party 16-50 and Your Partyโ€™s splits have created a bigger opening for the Greens. AA The big test for the greens is whether they can take their considerers (who make up a bigger ratio of their overall vote than any other party) and make them into voters. Polanskiโ€™s command of the attention economy feels like an important step in doing that.
44 But they obviously face competition in that space on the left - voters are much more likely to say โ€œYour partyโ€™ or the Liberal Democrats are a bigger threat to Labour on the left than the Green Party 44 But the Green Party have one clear advantage over Your Party - while voters split on whether they see them as a serious party (38-39) that is far higher than for Your Party 16-50 and Your Partyโ€™s splits have created a bigger opening for the Greens. AA The big test for the greens is whether they can take their considerers (who make up a bigger ratio of their overall vote than any other party) and make them into voters. Polanskiโ€™s command of the attention economy feels like an important step in doing that.
44 The idea of a wealth tax is popular across the board, though it is worth stressing this is highly hypothetical and as with Digital ID, when the debate became real with winners/losers and cost/benefit estimates this could shift significantly. 44 Risks of Polanskiโ€™s approach? His embrace of a much more open immigration policy isnโ€™t backed by most voters - even green voters are more likely to say reduce than increase (though by a smaller margin). That said there clearly is a more pro-migration minority he could speak to. 44 Thereโ€™s also a question whether the eco-populism pitch deters those who were voting green for the eco bit. On balance I think the Green's future lies in challenging Labour to the left, but it might make it harder to hold e.g. the two rural seats they won in 2024.
44 The idea of a wealth tax is popular across the board, though it is worth stressing this is highly hypothetical and as with Digital ID, when the debate became real with winners/losers and cost/benefit estimates this could shift significantly. 44 Risks of Polanskiโ€™s approach? His embrace of a much more open immigration policy isnโ€™t backed by most voters - even green voters are more likely to say reduce than increase (though by a smaller margin). That said there clearly is a more pro-migration minority he could speak to. 44 Thereโ€™s also a question whether the eco-populism pitch deters those who were voting green for the eco bit. On balance I think the Green's future lies in challenging Labour to the left, but it might make it harder to hold e.g. the two rural seats they won in 2024.
44 The idea of a wealth tax is popular across the board, though it is worth stressing this is highly hypothetical and as with Digital ID, when the debate became real with winners/losers and cost/benefit estimates this could shift significantly. 44 Risks of Polanskiโ€™s approach? His embrace of a much more open immigration policy isnโ€™t backed by most voters - even green voters are more likely to say reduce than increase (though by a smaller margin). That said there clearly is a more pro-migration minority he could speak to. 44 Thereโ€™s also a question whether the eco-populism pitch deters those who were voting green for the eco bit. On balance I think the Green's future lies in challenging Labour to the left, but it might make it harder to hold e.g. the two rural seats they won in 2024.
46mago 16.29 8ST Luke Tryl, a polling expert and More in Common UK director, has posted a thread on Bluesky with some thoughts on Zack Polanskiโ€™s speech. His comments are here, but you will need to read the thread to see all the charts he has included. 44 Thoughts on Polanski speech: his pledge to โ€œend rip off Britainโ€ is closest to chiming with public mood on the cost of living of leaders speeches yet. The sense essentials, let alone treats are unaffordable & govt is unable/unwilling to tackle it epitomises broken Britain mood 44 Itโ€™s also a message that resonates squarely with Polanskiโ€™s own voters, Green voters along with Reform UK voters are the most likely to think we need to let our institutions โ€˜burnโ€™ and also the least likely to think that higher GDP growth benefits people like them 44 Clearly his pitch is the โ€˜anti-system leftโ€™ designed to win support to Labourโ€™s left - and itโ€™s pretty striking that when you look at the current VI of Green Party voters, a plurality are those who voted for Jeremy Corbynโ€™s Labour in 2019. 44 Green supporters are younger than voters as a whole, and more female. They are particularly likely to be animated by climate (unsurprisingly) and housing compared to the wider public.
46mago 16.29 8ST Luke Tryl, a polling expert and More in Common UK director, has posted a thread on Bluesky with some thoughts on Zack Polanskiโ€™s speech. His comments are here, but you will need to read the thread to see all the charts he has included. 44 Thoughts on Polanski speech: his pledge to โ€œend rip off Britainโ€ is closest to chiming with public mood on the cost of living of leaders speeches yet. The sense essentials, let alone treats are unaffordable & govt is unable/unwilling to tackle it epitomises broken Britain mood 44 Itโ€™s also a message that resonates squarely with Polanskiโ€™s own voters, Green voters along with Reform UK voters are the most likely to think we need to let our institutions โ€˜burnโ€™ and also the least likely to think that higher GDP growth benefits people like them 44 Clearly his pitch is the โ€˜anti-system leftโ€™ designed to win support to Labourโ€™s left - and itโ€™s pretty striking that when you look at the current VI of Green Party voters, a plurality are those who voted for Jeremy Corbynโ€™s Labour in 2019. 44 Green supporters are younger than voters as a whole, and more female. They are particularly likely to be animated by climate (unsurprisingly) and housing compared to the wider public.
46mago 16.29 8ST Luke Tryl, a polling expert and More in Common UK director, has posted a thread on Bluesky with some thoughts on Zack Polanskiโ€™s speech. His comments are here, but you will need to read the thread to see all the charts he has included. 44 Thoughts on Polanski speech: his pledge to โ€œend rip off Britainโ€ is closest to chiming with public mood on the cost of living of leaders speeches yet. The sense essentials, let alone treats are unaffordable & govt is unable/unwilling to tackle it epitomises broken Britain mood 44 Itโ€™s also a message that resonates squarely with Polanskiโ€™s own voters, Green voters along with Reform UK voters are the most likely to think we need to let our institutions โ€˜burnโ€™ and also the least likely to think that higher GDP growth benefits people like them 44 Clearly his pitch is the โ€˜anti-system leftโ€™ designed to win support to Labourโ€™s left - and itโ€™s pretty striking that when you look at the current VI of Green Party voters, a plurality are those who voted for Jeremy Corbynโ€™s Labour in 2019. 44 Green supporters are younger than voters as a whole, and more female. They are particularly likely to be animated by climate (unsurprisingly) and housing compared to the wider public.
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hago 1616 8ST 'Unrestrained capitalismโ€™ biggest threat to culture and language in Wales, says Welsh Green leader Andrew Slaughter, the Green partyโ€™s leader in Wales, is speaking at the conference now. He says Labour promised change at the last election, but the defining emotion people feel now is fear, he says. 44 After promising change, this Labour government has snuffed out every hope people had for it. People were desperate for that hope when they voted last year. But Labour lied. Imeet diehard Labour voters every day who tell me, never again. A common refrain is that what this government is doing is even worse than the Tories. Their longtime voters can see this clearly now, and they are rightly furious. Slaughter says the Greens should be taking on โ€œthe corporations and the billionaires that are robbing us blindโ€. 44 We always thought the Tories were ones who shovelled public money into the hands of the rich, but Labour wanted to be even bigger corporate sycophants. Slaughter says โ€œunrestrained capitalismโ€ is the greatest threat to language and culture in Wales. 44 The brutal logic of austerity has decimated our social fabric across the board, but itโ€™s also undermining the very foundations of who we are. But unrestrained capitalism is the same hostile force that working people have fought for centuries. Slaughter says he has seen this in the housing sector, and that is why the Greens will fight for rentersโ€™ rights.
hago 1616 8ST 'Unrestrained capitalismโ€™ biggest threat to culture and language in Wales, says Welsh Green leader Andrew Slaughter, the Green partyโ€™s leader in Wales, is speaking at the conference now. He says Labour promised change at the last election, but the defining emotion people feel now is fear, he says. 44 After promising change, this Labour government has snuffed out every hope people had for it. People were desperate for that hope when they voted last year. But Labour lied. Imeet diehard Labour voters every day who tell me, never again. A common refrain is that what this government is doing is even worse than the Tories. Their longtime voters can see this clearly now, and they are rightly furious. Slaughter says the Greens should be taking on โ€œthe corporations and the billionaires that are robbing us blindโ€. 44 We always thought the Tories were ones who shovelled public money into the hands of the rich, but Labour wanted to be even bigger corporate sycophants. Slaughter says โ€œunrestrained capitalismโ€ is the greatest threat to language and culture in Wales. 44 The brutal logic of austerity has decimated our social fabric across the board, but itโ€™s also undermining the very foundations of who we are. But unrestrained capitalism is the same hostile force that working people have fought for centuries. Slaughter says he has seen this in the housing sector, and that is why the Greens will fight for rentersโ€™ rights.
hago 1616 8ST 'Unrestrained capitalismโ€™ biggest threat to culture and language in Wales, says Welsh Green leader Andrew Slaughter, the Green partyโ€™s leader in Wales, is speaking at the conference now. He says Labour promised change at the last election, but the defining emotion people feel now is fear, he says. 44 After promising change, this Labour government has snuffed out every hope people had for it. People were desperate for that hope when they voted last year. But Labour lied. Imeet diehard Labour voters every day who tell me, never again. A common refrain is that what this government is doing is even worse than the Tories. Their longtime voters can see this clearly now, and they are rightly furious. Slaughter says the Greens should be taking on โ€œthe corporations and the billionaires that are robbing us blindโ€. 44 We always thought the Tories were ones who shovelled public money into the hands of the rich, but Labour wanted to be even bigger corporate sycophants. Slaughter says โ€œunrestrained capitalismโ€ is the greatest threat to language and culture in Wales. 44 The brutal logic of austerity has decimated our social fabric across the board, but itโ€™s also undermining the very foundations of who we are. But unrestrained capitalism is the same hostile force that working people have fought for centuries. Slaughter says he has seen this in the housing sector, and that is why the Greens will fight for rentersโ€™ rights.
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2hago 15.33BST And these are from my colleague Peter Walker, who was listening to Zack Polanskiโ€™s speech in the conference hall in Bournemouth. 44 Polanski did describe himself (sort of) as an โ€œeco populistโ€, but heโ€™s a curious sort of populist - quite gentle, without the very obvious ego and brazen public front you'd normally associate with the idea. But heโ€™s a very good public speaker. 44 He has just described how his ancestors arrived in England from Latvia via Ukraine and Poland, fleeing pogroms but still facing antisemitism in the UK. Polanski explains how he thus changed his surname back from the anglicised โ€œPauldenโ€ they adopted. 44 That speech was quite light on specific Green policies but itโ€™s clear that Polanski is a *much* more effective public speaker than Starmer, Badenoch or Davey, & possibly on a par (albeit v differently) to Farage. Itโ€™s no wonder Labour are privately pretty worried about possible losses to the Greens.
2hago 15.33BST And these are from my colleague Peter Walker, who was listening to Zack Polanskiโ€™s speech in the conference hall in Bournemouth. 44 Polanski did describe himself (sort of) as an โ€œeco populistโ€, but heโ€™s a curious sort of populist - quite gentle, without the very obvious ego and brazen public front you'd normally associate with the idea. But heโ€™s a very good public speaker. 44 He has just described how his ancestors arrived in England from Latvia via Ukraine and Poland, fleeing pogroms but still facing antisemitism in the UK. Polanski explains how he thus changed his surname back from the anglicised โ€œPauldenโ€ they adopted. 44 That speech was quite light on specific Green policies but itโ€™s clear that Polanski is a *much* more effective public speaker than Starmer, Badenoch or Davey, & possibly on a par (albeit v differently) to Farage. Itโ€™s no wonder Labour are privately pretty worried about possible losses to the Greens.
2hago 15.33BST And these are from my colleague Peter Walker, who was listening to Zack Polanskiโ€™s speech in the conference hall in Bournemouth. 44 Polanski did describe himself (sort of) as an โ€œeco populistโ€, but heโ€™s a curious sort of populist - quite gentle, without the very obvious ego and brazen public front you'd normally associate with the idea. But heโ€™s a very good public speaker. 44 He has just described how his ancestors arrived in England from Latvia via Ukraine and Poland, fleeing pogroms but still facing antisemitism in the UK. Polanski explains how he thus changed his surname back from the anglicised โ€œPauldenโ€ they adopted. 44 That speech was quite light on specific Green policies but itโ€™s clear that Polanski is a *much* more effective public speaker than Starmer, Badenoch or Davey, & possibly on a par (albeit v differently) to Farage. Itโ€™s no wonder Labour are privately pretty worried about possible losses to the Greens.
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3nago 14.21 BST Polanski says Britain at its best when it's thoughtful, considerate, kindโ€™ Polanski ends with a story about a visit to a bakery that employs ex- offenders. 44 I'want to end on a tiny moment, a small gesture but itโ€™s something thatโ€™s really stuck with me in this month. I went to visit the Dusty Knuckle near where Ilive in Hackney. Itโ€™s a bakery that employs people who have just come out of prison. Mentors go to visit people just before they leave and smooth over a transition process to a fresh start in life. It was an amazing visit where I was humbled to spend time talking to so many different people each with their own different story. The one that struck me though was a man who said it was his first day out of prison. He arrived - terrified of this new life. He was a little late because it had been years since he'd used public transport and there was a cup of tea waiting for him. Someone knowing he was going to be late - had made the time to make a stranger a cup of tea. A simple act of kindness from one stranger to another. Thatโ€™s what this country is when itโ€™s at itโ€™s best. And that matters today of all days. Itโ€™s thoughtful, itโ€™s considerate and itโ€™s kind. This May is huge - hateful, divisive politics is on the ballot paper. We can and must reject that. Letโ€™s instead look after each other. The Green partyโ€™s moment is now. Letโ€™s go. And thatโ€™s it.
3nago 14.21 BST Polanski says Britain at its best when it's thoughtful, considerate, kindโ€™ Polanski ends with a story about a visit to a bakery that employs ex- offenders. 44 I'want to end on a tiny moment, a small gesture but itโ€™s something thatโ€™s really stuck with me in this month. I went to visit the Dusty Knuckle near where Ilive in Hackney. Itโ€™s a bakery that employs people who have just come out of prison. Mentors go to visit people just before they leave and smooth over a transition process to a fresh start in life. It was an amazing visit where I was humbled to spend time talking to so many different people each with their own different story. The one that struck me though was a man who said it was his first day out of prison. He arrived - terrified of this new life. He was a little late because it had been years since he'd used public transport and there was a cup of tea waiting for him. Someone knowing he was going to be late - had made the time to make a stranger a cup of tea. A simple act of kindness from one stranger to another. Thatโ€™s what this country is when itโ€™s at itโ€™s best. And that matters today of all days. Itโ€™s thoughtful, itโ€™s considerate and itโ€™s kind. This May is huge - hateful, divisive politics is on the ballot paper. We can and must reject that. Letโ€™s instead look after each other. The Green partyโ€™s moment is now. Letโ€™s go. And thatโ€™s it.
3nago 14.21 BST Polanski says Britain at its best when it's thoughtful, considerate, kindโ€™ Polanski ends with a story about a visit to a bakery that employs ex- offenders. 44 I'want to end on a tiny moment, a small gesture but itโ€™s something thatโ€™s really stuck with me in this month. I went to visit the Dusty Knuckle near where Ilive in Hackney. Itโ€™s a bakery that employs people who have just come out of prison. Mentors go to visit people just before they leave and smooth over a transition process to a fresh start in life. It was an amazing visit where I was humbled to spend time talking to so many different people each with their own different story. The one that struck me though was a man who said it was his first day out of prison. He arrived - terrified of this new life. He was a little late because it had been years since he'd used public transport and there was a cup of tea waiting for him. Someone knowing he was going to be late - had made the time to make a stranger a cup of tea. A simple act of kindness from one stranger to another. Thatโ€™s what this country is when itโ€™s at itโ€™s best. And that matters today of all days. Itโ€™s thoughtful, itโ€™s considerate and itโ€™s kind. This May is huge - hateful, divisive politics is on the ballot paper. We can and must reject that. Letโ€™s instead look after each other. The Green partyโ€™s moment is now. Letโ€™s go. And thatโ€™s it.
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3nago 1414857 Polanski says Greens can't be effective environmentalists without talking about inequality Polanski turns to the climate. He says he is often asked if the Green party is an environmental movement or a social justice movement. 44 As if you canโ€™t speak up for our working class or LGBT+ communities at the same time as challenging fossil fuel companies. Lets clear this up. You canโ€™t be an effective environmentalist without talking about the deep inequality in our society. The climate crisis is also the cost of living crisis and will hit the poorest communities hardest. Food inflation is made worse by climate breakdown. We live in one of the most nature depleted countries in the world - and we have just had the hottest summer on record. Labour made a pledge for ยฃ28bn on Green investment before the election. They ditched it before they even got a sniff of power.
3nago 1414857 Polanski says Greens can't be effective environmentalists without talking about inequality Polanski turns to the climate. He says he is often asked if the Green party is an environmental movement or a social justice movement. 44 As if you canโ€™t speak up for our working class or LGBT+ communities at the same time as challenging fossil fuel companies. Lets clear this up. You canโ€™t be an effective environmentalist without talking about the deep inequality in our society. The climate crisis is also the cost of living crisis and will hit the poorest communities hardest. Food inflation is made worse by climate breakdown. We live in one of the most nature depleted countries in the world - and we have just had the hottest summer on record. Labour made a pledge for ยฃ28bn on Green investment before the election. They ditched it before they even got a sniff of power.
3nago 1414857 Polanski says Greens can't be effective environmentalists without talking about inequality Polanski turns to the climate. He says he is often asked if the Green party is an environmental movement or a social justice movement. 44 As if you canโ€™t speak up for our working class or LGBT+ communities at the same time as challenging fossil fuel companies. Lets clear this up. You canโ€™t be an effective environmentalist without talking about the deep inequality in our society. The climate crisis is also the cost of living crisis and will hit the poorest communities hardest. Food inflation is made worse by climate breakdown. We live in one of the most nature depleted countries in the world - and we have just had the hottest summer on record. Labour made a pledge for ยฃ28bn on Green investment before the election. They ditched it before they even got a sniff of power.
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3hago 14.178ST Polanski is now talking about his boyfriend, Richie, who works in palliative care. 44 Caring for people, working for the public - showing kindness and compassion. Thats the most patriotic thing I could possibly ever imagine. As well as thanking Richie, he thanks everyone in the party for what they do. 44 Look at next year alone and get ready for some bold politics. We're fighting to win our first ever directly elected mayor in Hackney. Weโ€™re campaigning to win more seats in more places than ever before. And we are on the cusp of winning our first ever seats on the Senedd. In many areas, the party is ready to win.
3hago 14.178ST Polanski is now talking about his boyfriend, Richie, who works in palliative care. 44 Caring for people, working for the public - showing kindness and compassion. Thats the most patriotic thing I could possibly ever imagine. As well as thanking Richie, he thanks everyone in the party for what they do. 44 Look at next year alone and get ready for some bold politics. We're fighting to win our first ever directly elected mayor in Hackney. Weโ€™re campaigning to win more seats in more places than ever before. And we are on the cusp of winning our first ever seats on the Senedd. In many areas, the party is ready to win.
3hago 14.178ST Polanski is now talking about his boyfriend, Richie, who works in palliative care. 44 Caring for people, working for the public - showing kindness and compassion. Thats the most patriotic thing I could possibly ever imagine. As well as thanking Richie, he thanks everyone in the party for what they do. 44 Look at next year alone and get ready for some bold politics. We're fighting to win our first ever directly elected mayor in Hackney. Weโ€™re campaigning to win more seats in more places than ever before. And we are on the cusp of winning our first ever seats on the Senedd. In many areas, the party is ready to win.
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