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Zack Polanski telling it like it is

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Daygloboo · 06/10/2025 19:10

Just seen party political broadcast by the Green Party. Zack Polanski telling it like it is. Billionaires taking rhe pee out of the rest of us while they make money for doing nothing. And if we tax them we get told they' ll leave. Well good. I'll buy them a ticket and give them a map. At last a politician who isn't mealy mouthed. Am I right or am I right. Stuff Reform. Long live Zack.

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RainbowBagels · 07/10/2025 16:20

Daygloboo · 06/10/2025 19:52

That's a bit of an exaggeration..

Oh yeah because you can't hate something that doesn't exist, so how about ' The Greens hate non men'

CoraPirbright · 07/10/2025 16:13

From the Institute of Fiscal Studies “the top 10% of taxpayers paid 60% of all income tax in 2023-4”.

If billionaires all bugger off like you want, who is going to make up that short fall?

BeachLife2 · 07/10/2025 16:06

Thegreyhound · 07/10/2025 07:09

There is a massive housing crisis but sure let’s scream ‘communism’ every time someone proposes dealing with it.

There is a housing crisis because we don’t built anywhere near enough houses. That is largely due to the fact that it’s almost impossible to build anything due to NIMBYs.

BeachLife2 · 07/10/2025 16:05

Unfortunately Zack Polanski is just as extreme and delusional as Farage on the other side.

The idea that we can just magic all our problems away with a wealth tax is nonsense.

Unfortunately, many people have such poor critical thinking skills that they believe everything the likes of him and Farage tell them.

KatyaKanani · 07/10/2025 16:04

Ddakji · 07/10/2025 14:00

Oh, and at their conference today they voted to ignore the clinical findings of the Cass Review.

Disgusting, amoral people.

It just keeps getting worse.

Thegreyhound · 07/10/2025 16:02

ElBandito · 07/10/2025 08:11

No one has mentioned he wants to legalise all drugs yet.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20e20rzje2o

Are you sure that the legalisation of drugs is a worse option than county lines gangs destroying lives up and down the country? Cuckooing, grooming, sending poor kids out to knife each other, rape, danger in parks and other local spaces? Or is it worth considering? I don’t like drugs and don’t take them but I can see a benefit in controlling supply

LooseCanyon · 07/10/2025 14:43

The only reasons that Polanski and Farage are being given air-time is that the rest of the leaders are so dreadful.

YouForgotToTurnItOff · 07/10/2025 14:06

Of course he wouldn't like the Cass Report - he is certainly not a commie though.

Ddakji · 07/10/2025 14:00

Oh, and at their conference today they voted to ignore the clinical findings of the Cass Review.

Disgusting, amoral people.

Ddakji · 07/10/2025 13:55

I’ve just seen Polanski and the Greens referred to on X as “the Tit Wizard and his Commie Goons” which has totally made my day.

AugustBabyBags · 07/10/2025 09:33

Bollihobs · 07/10/2025 08:58

It's not going very well though, is it....

A bit like "Jo Swinson's Liberals " when the upshot of pushing her to the general public was "the more people got to know her, the less they liked her..."

I didn't really know anything about ZP until now, now I know he's truly awful. Thanks for the headsup @Daygloboo

Agree with this. Didn’t know anything about him either but glad I’ve been warned now 😅

Bollihobs · 07/10/2025 08:58

Kulwinder54 · 06/10/2025 21:30

Wow the Polanski propaganda machine really going for it on mumsnet

It's not going very well though, is it....

A bit like "Jo Swinson's Liberals " when the upshot of pushing her to the general public was "the more people got to know her, the less they liked her..."

I didn't really know anything about ZP until now, now I know he's truly awful. Thanks for the headsup @Daygloboo

KatyaKanani · 07/10/2025 08:54

Akela64 · 07/10/2025 08:54

David Paulden, the green Farage. Political con man.

Privately educated, affluent family, failed actor, life coach, hypnotist. Life long search for fame and status.

Joined the LibDems, wanted fast track to top roles, left in a huff when not selected.

Tells fools he can spin straw to gold.

Just about sums him up. So depressing.

Akela64 · 07/10/2025 08:54

David Paulden, the green Farage. Political con man.

Privately educated, affluent family, failed actor, life coach, hypnotist. Life long search for fame and status.

Joined the LibDems, wanted fast track to top roles, left in a huff when not selected.

Tells fools he can spin straw to gold.

AllTheTreesOfTheField · 07/10/2025 08:40

Did you know that, given the tiny number of men who identify as trans, that a disproportionate number of them are in prison for sex offences?

Oh no, you can't say that! you'll be called a "transphobic loon".

Horsehow · 07/10/2025 08:29

Daygloboo · 06/10/2025 21:26

O can't believe that he doesn't support 50% of rhe electorate.. That would be mad..He probably thinkscthst it's possible to support both. And I do get the arguments that you can't do that but he would probably say you can and that it's not mutually exclusive.

But that’s exactly why we think he’s mad. Because he doesn’t support 50% of the electorate. That’s why we won’t even consider voting for him. Because he pisses all over the hard won rights of women. Why the hell would any woman with half a brain vote for this creep???

KatyaKanani · 07/10/2025 08:18

ElBandito · 07/10/2025 08:11

No one has mentioned he wants to legalise all drugs yet.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20e20rzje2o

Oh fantastic. Plus he wants the UK to leave NATO. What could possibly go wrong?

Horsehow · 07/10/2025 08:16

Memberofstaff · 06/10/2025 20:01

They don't pay the majority of their taxes, they PRETEND to be based here, while putting all their money offshore.

And they can afford to be bloody benevolent because they don't pay their taxes!

Views like yours really boil my piss.

Sigh! Chartered tax advisor here. The top 10% of earners pay more tax than the other 90%. Happy to help.

YouForgotToTurnItOff · 07/10/2025 08:14

He didn't get the memo that we know what men and women are now.
Any man who can bully women the way he does for knowing basic biology is not left leaning.

RedToothBrush · 07/10/2025 08:14

ElBandito · 07/10/2025 08:11

No one has mentioned he wants to legalise all drugs yet.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20e20rzje2o

Is that because you have to have consumed lots of drugs to consider voting green and he thinks this will improve his election chances?

KatyaKanani · 07/10/2025 08:07

@cariadlet - you're spot on, and that's my problem, really. Instead of Green issues, it's about populism with a leader who doesn't respect women.

AugustBabyBags · 07/10/2025 07:58

Kulwinder54 · 06/10/2025 21:30

Wow the Polanski propaganda machine really going for it on mumsnet

Yeah, I did wonder about this too. Never heard of the guy, then suddenly feel like I’m looking at a bunch of threads praising him.

Looked him up out of curiosity and honestly, he doesn’t sound all that…credible, let’s just say.

The Greens haven’t felt like a viable option in ages though. Feeling very politically homeless for now. Fun times.

Ddakji · 07/10/2025 07:44

sagebasil · 07/10/2025 07:22

100 per cent agree with the OP.

Fortunately I'm not a transphobic loon - like so many on Mumsnet.

Mainly support Green Party as Labour has back-tracked a lot on their carbon-reducing policies

Please break down what you mean by “transphobic loon”.

KatyaKanani · 07/10/2025 07:40

Thegreyhound · 07/10/2025 07:13

It’s a question of balance in the world isn’t it. You can denounce a whole party’s politics over one element or you could think, well, on balance let’s take the climate and inequality seriously first and foremost.

I wish that was their focus, climate change, energy, sustainability, equality. My kind of party!
Unfortunately, things seem to have taken a turn against this.