Has Polanski spoken about trans issues yet?

Someone should turn the question around and ask the chap in the fetching green blouse how he feels about blackface...

That's an astonishing clip.

1. Drag is inherently political. This is an interesting point that should be taken to the BBC.
2. They are aware of the 'womanface' complaints from women, but don't see it like that. No shit.
3. Zak was wary of 'amplifying' gc women's voices, but is reassured when his male pal cracks a joke about women being reduced to 'a smoky eye', assuring him that because this man performs aspects of femininity, Zak can safely discount women's input.

Polanski seems like a misogynist.

Cathy Newman tried to question him about excluding Green Women's Declaration members from the Green Party conference and he seemed to get a bit annoyed when responding.

https://x.com/EmmaBatemanGPW/status/1974375561087918411t=XHYvaEyc3faEjkJCQK3Z2w&s=19

Here's a clip of him asking a drag queen to respond to gender critical womens' criticism of drag and finishing the conversation with a comment about how he doesn't want to "amplify these [GC] narratives".

https://x.com/implausibleblog/status/1981839211771961390?t=tWVhf01iiDjZlgn-z0OJ2g&s=19

He's not interested in womens' views unless they prioritise men.

Surely, he only has to be asked the question on TV, "Mr Polanski, is it still your position that people who say transwomen are not women should be thrown out of your party?"

That prose felt a bit more purple than green I thought.
Then my train of thought went, 'purple & green, very 80's', I think that was the last time they put environmental issues first, now they've dropped the environ bit.

It would seem he’s quite able to beclown himself without the media prompting him.

I’m confused. Has Roman Polanski come out to talk about trans rights now? Pretty sure he’s a rapist - why would we listen to him on trans issues? 😅

I voted for a Green councillor a couple years ago, she got in. This was before I grew to understand the nature of TRA etc. Anyway, I recently wrote to her saying I wouldn't and couldn't vote for her again, given the Green's anti-women's rights stance. No reply. It's pathetic.

the media are desperate to build up ZP up as the lefts Farage in terms of someone who'll turn up on anything and shoot his mouth off. They don't much care what he says as long as it's something they can make headlines and soundbites out of

it's no wonder we have the politicians we have with a media like ours.

Having heard that Polanski was charismatic and generally causing a stir, I was completely gobsmacked when I heard him interviewed. What a clown.

I think hes recognised a voting block and is appealing to them.

Yes, the Omnicausers, although the Green Party’s lack of interest in environmental issues these days is…surprising.

Polanski’s just another irritating Woke Bro type. The misogyny is always strong with that sort (even though they would proudly tout their “feminist” credentials).

I dont think its satire, Edith. I'd be hugely relieved if it were

Bloody hell:
'Polanski himself is proudly gay and Jewish, clearly showing that the Green Party would stand for all minoritised people, and he highlighted this by talking about the plight of the trans community and the relentless attacks they are facing as the media tries to mask the real issues society faces.'
Ignoring the plight of the British Jewish community, two of members of which were killed in a terror attack on Yom Kippur...less than four weeks ago.

Someone needs to go and think about his priorities.

But that was satire, right? Or is the world even madder than I worry it might be?

The little prickle has been hypnotised into a big prick

I had to briefly deactivate my vpn to read that, it was so worth it 😂

He's just a little prickle.

But it gets worse:

'Honestly, I could have cried.

Who was this man standing before us, smiling at the crowd and speaking the most sense I’d heard since the Corbyn years?

Going on to announce a wealth tax, a policy supported by 75% of the population, was met with ear-shattering applause, as he unapologetically and confidently smashed an issue that every single other leader didn’t have the balls to address. With that winning smile, he promised the revenue it would raise would balance the country’s battered books and would fund the essential services austerity had destroyed.

A £15 minimum wage was also met with rippling excitement from the crowd, a momentum I didn’t think could be beaten until the mention of a MAXIMUM WAGE left Polanski’s lips. Ensuring the crowd that bosses would “no longer be able to take the piss,” the people in the room met this with cacophonous cheers, the promise to shatter the current status quo giving us all the hope we have been missing for so long.'

😶

' Not since Jeremy Corbyn had I felt this prickle'

😂

Bwahahahaha, oh my days, that is fucking priceless!

Satire's not dead after all.

'With open arms, he declared:
Hope is not about a charismatic leader on a stage, hope is about a movement.
At that point, I felt a prickle of hope in the pit of my stomach.'

Thanks for giving me a laugh in a dismal moment.

I've been involved in environmental groups for decades, and joined the Green Party when climate change started to become a popular concern. It seemed there was at last a real chance of gaining enough votes to influence government and make a useful difference.

Now the once-Green Party is a laughing stock among anyone who knows anything about it. The environment is way down its list of concerns, as FKAT notes. It attacks dedicated members who want a return to Green policies and squanders huge sums of money on court cases against long-standing activists who refuse to toe the transgenderist line:
The Green Party has spent £1m over four years fighting legal battles against its own members, as divisions over gender continue to threaten the party’s finances
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/green-party-spend-1m-legal-fees-four-years-gender-rows-continue

thanks for pointing out that name
I read that article fully expecting there to be a
'But...'
or at least a
'however,...'

what struck me was the harking back to Corbyn and that's no surprise I would bet that many of the new GP members are those who previously joined the Labour party under JC's influence, or perhaps they are the younger siblings of those people.
I don't understand why they haven't learned the lessons of Corbyn's leadership- his ideas went down great with the membership but not with the electorate. Yes we can find all kinds of reasons why people failed to vote for him, but those reasons will still hold true now, so....we need to work with what we've got, and the world as it is, not as we would like it to be.

His social media just gives off "trendy teacher trying too hard" vibes. It's all very Rik from the Young Ones

I guess that if your newly elected leader attracts praise from someone called 'antifabot' then you might have taken a wrong turn somewhere.

He’s a twat. https://archive.ph/XXI8E

Chat gtp clearly doesn’t include mumsnet in it’s searches 🤪

it does include Reddit….

He has come out of the blocks so strongly and defiantly that he is going to find it very difficult to step back at all from any of his pronouncements; and if he does he'll get it in the neck from the TRAS. They expect full on commitment to TWAW.