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• ohulancutash@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Correct me if I’m misremembering, but wasn’t this exactly what he promised not to do when he ran for party leader?

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  • Zombie@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I can’t find anything about when running for party leader, but I found this from February and nobody challenged him on it. If he promised not to run I’m sure Labour or Reform would have used what he said here against him.

    Earlier, Mr Polanski said he wanted to be a London MP as he sought to explain why he is not standing as the party’s candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election.

    Mr Polanski insisted that he is not standing for the Green Party in the Greater Manchester by-election because his party believes in “nurturing local talent”.

    The Green Party leader, who was born and brought up in Salford, Greater Manchester, suggested it would be wrong for him to stand in the by-election as he has lived in London for “about 20 years”.

    However, Mr Polanski, a member of the London Assembly, stressed that he would “absolutely be going for” a parliamentary seat in the capital when one comes up.

    “I live in London,” he told BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg.

    “I’m a Mancunian. I’ve been in London for about 20 years, and the Green Party really believes in nurturing local talent and really lifting up someone from the community.

    “When a seat comes up in London, I’ll absolutely be going for it.”

    standard.co.uk/…/zack-polanski-london-mp-green-re…

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