The Green Party is more unpopular than ever under Zack Polanski, a poll has shown, with more than half of voters (52%) now having an unfavourable opinion of the party and 36% having a favourable view. The Telegraph has the story.
The hard-Left party’s net score of minus-16 points is the lowest ever recorded by the pollster and follows a series of damaging scandals.
Polanski became Green leader last September and has overseen a surge in the party’s membership, as well as a rise from 10% to 13% in the polls.
However, public opinion of the Greens has soured on his watch. Their net approval score was higher, fluctuating between minus-3 and minus-5 points, in the year to September 2025.
Their score fell to minus-8 by February and its continued decline shows the challenges the insurgent party faces as it seeks to rival Labour in the coming months.
The Greens’ spring conference was overshadowed by a row over a highly contested ‘Zionism is Racism’ motion tabled by grassroots activists. Among other things, the motion would have formally defined Zionism – the belief in Jewish people’s right to self-determination – as a “racist ideology”.
The motion also demanded the abolition of the state of Israel and the establishment of a “single democratic Palestinian state in all of historic Palestine”, while supporting “resistance and liberation from Israeli occupation” including by “armed struggle”.
Polanski, who failed to condemn the motion, was not present for the vote because he was attending a march against the far Right, organised by the Together Alliance, in central London.
In April, two Green local election candidates were arrested on suspicion of stirring up racial hatred for allegedly posting antisemitic comments online.
The Telegraph then revealed that almost 20 Green candidates posted offensive material, including one who referred to Jewish people as “cockroaches”.
Other hopefuls expressed support for Palestine Action, the banned terror group.
The Greens are comfortably the most popular political party among voters aged 18-24 by two to one, with the party polling at 39% to Labour’s 19%.
It also commands a significant lead with voters aged 25-29, reflecting Polanski’s increasing popularity across social media channels including Instagram and TikTok.
The Greens won hundreds of council seats in May at the expense of Labour, but the party’s popularity has started to wane in recent weeks.
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Good. There’s hope yet… maybe.
Good let them waste each other’s time
Only the mental left could conjure up a gay jew leading a party infiltrated by top to bottom by rabid Islamists.
Turns out Islamo-Marxism is a bit of a turn off for the average voter.
Except the young and dumb, but we were all young and dumb once. Although I drew the line at Marxism.