AIBU to question Zack Polanski’s credibility and political suitability?

He’s apologised and said he will pay what he owes. It’s more likely a mistake than a painstakingly premeditated and executed plan. He didn’t even deny it like most politicians who have been in similar situations did.
Im sure next week we will hear that he once didn’t return a video to blockbusters in 1991.

I’m not sure I missed a payment once and got letters etc immediately 😂

He’s apologised and said he will pay what he owes. It’s more likely a mistake than a painstakingly premeditated and executed plan. He didn’t even deny it like most politicians who have been in similar situations did.
Im sure next week we will hear that he once didn’t return a video to blockbusters in 1991.

We could all do that couldn't we? Not pay tax and apologise if caught.

Hang on ... that's what Angela Rayner did isn't it. She's sorry now too.

He’s apologised and said he will pay what he owes. It’s more likely a mistake than a painstakingly premeditated and executed plan. He didn’t even deny it like most politicians who have been in similar situations did.
Im sure next week we will hear that he once didn’t return a video to blockbusters in 1991.

So Zack has been caught out not paying council tax for 3 years.
Bye bye Zack.

So Zack has been caught out not paying council tax for 3 years.
Bye bye Zack.

Bertiebiscuit
"Everything about "zack Polanski" is fake - he was born David Paulden."

Paulden is the name his Polanski ancestors used to combat antisemitism. So he has now reverted to his original Jewish name.

Has Polanski been spotted in today?

Is anybody actually planning on watching the coverage tonight? Apparently most of the council/ the Welsh and Scots counts don't start until the morning, so how exactly the news channels are going to fill eight hours with only a handful of counts is beyond me.

• Mass deportation of immigrants (that's likely to reduce the NHS and care system to absolute destruction. Possibly his aim.)
• Slashing public spending is likely to vastly increase inequality. His proposals will give tax cuts to the wealthiest. That's likely to impact women and kids the most. His low tax regime is exactly what Truss wanted to do. How did that work out?
• Anti human rights. He's proposing to leave the ECHR and doing so under the guise it will only remove "foreigners" rights. That's the thing about human rights. They apply if you like the person or not. He's proposing removing your rights.
• Climate change denial. Much as we're only a small part of a global effort, he wants to roll back on this which won't just damage the planet but also damage exports as other countries and companies take account of scope 3 emissions they won't want to import from us.
• Scrapping the online safety act. Doesn't seem all that bothered about women's safety. This is to protect against things like revenge porn.
• Intimidation. For example, threatening to put immigrant detention centres in green voting areas. Er... Are these going to be camps where we concentrate people?

I'm being a little reactionary with the last comment but it's not far off the truth is it?

Then again the work people have done for the Greens won’t necessarily be lost.

They could replace their leader as other parties have done in the past when the leadership becomes tainted? A new leader would have to commit to taking a harder line against antisemitic Green candidates though.

I think he is a chancer with an ever increasing ego and now he has the taste for power he is going for it at any cost

I don’t believe what he says he really believes but playing into antisemitism he is happy to do to gain votes, he knows this fraction of the left of politics as we all do

there are many like him in politics and of course many who are not, I do think people are starting to view him less
favourably and now the press are far more focused on him he shall keep making ridiculous statements because his supporters will come out fighting and he will just dig his own grave

I suspect he will not be around for too long but the damage will be significant and that’s really sad as many have worked tirelessly for the Greens

'I don't believe any country has the right to exist'??? Er, there is such a thing as sovereignty, Zack. I really can't believe the descendant of Polish Jews would come with a statement of such blithering idiocy as that.

Ah lots of low tax supporting ones fiddle it too. Look at Tice.

So no Palestinian homeland either? That’ll go down well. What exactly are they planning to recognise?

In last night's interview the moronic leader of The Greens said he does not think any country, including Israel, has the right to exist. The Green Party leader appeared to suggest that the belief the Jewish state had a right to exist was “semantics”. He also indicated that he did not believe Britain had an inherent right to exist when asked about his views by ITV’s Robert Peston.
He said: “I don’t believe any country has a right to exist. People have a right to exist, the Israelis have a right to exist, the Palestinians have a right to exist.”

How does a people exist without a homeland Mr Polanski? #askingforafriend