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Polanski is a buffoon

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Bertiebiscuit · 07/02/2026 18:28

How anyone can take the Green party leader Zac Polanski seriously is completely beyond me. He has zero grasp of economics, beyond conning women out of ££££s by pretending he could hypnotise them to increase their bust measurements. He is the worst representative of gay men who worship the men pretending to be women, with no regard for womens and girls' right to privacy, dignity and safety. The man is a 24 carat buffoon.

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user1471453601 · 08/02/2026 20:03

@persephonia I agree. But I think it would be better to forge better and closer links with EU first.

At the moment the EU has no reason to trust us, quite the opposite because of brexit.

So perhaps we should rebuild our reputation with the EU, work with them to formulate a European treaty that builds an armed forces to protect Europe and then, when that's agreed p, leave NATO?

I think where I disagree with you and Polanski, is that the time to leave NATO is now.

I think we need to work at our relationship with the EU first.

24kPalamino · 08/02/2026 20:03

He’s utterly ridiculous. That’s it. I don’t give him much thought aside from that.

FMLGFastMovingLuxuryGoods · 08/02/2026 20:04

And actually men invading woman spaces is something that the most vulnerable women- such as impoverished women and marginalised women - are the most affected by.

FMLGFastMovingLuxuryGoods · 08/02/2026 20:06

Goldenbear · 08/02/2026 19:32

What mainstream parties? The Labour party are in power despite Starmer not living up to your standards on gender so it just goes to show people don't give a shit!

Again with the “People did Y so all those people think D”.

Its a VERY narrow viewpoint you have.

I didn’t vote Labour but I did a tactical vote so I supported Labour. I’m still gender critical.

RedToothBrush · 08/02/2026 20:06

PurpleLovecats · 07/02/2026 18:31

I’d rather 10 of him to one orange buffoon.

This is on a scale where most normal humans score what?

The man is an insufferable conman.

EasternStandard · 08/02/2026 20:06

user1471453601 · 08/02/2026 20:03

@persephonia I agree. But I think it would be better to forge better and closer links with EU first.

At the moment the EU has no reason to trust us, quite the opposite because of brexit.

So perhaps we should rebuild our reputation with the EU, work with them to formulate a European treaty that builds an armed forces to protect Europe and then, when that's agreed p, leave NATO?

I think where I disagree with you and Polanski, is that the time to leave NATO is now.

I think we need to work at our relationship with the EU first.

Leaving NATO sounds like madness. I can handle the economic billionaire tax stuff over that even though I’m not sure it can work but to leave NATO is so counterproductive and potentially dangerous it’s just too much.

LifeInTheWind · 08/02/2026 20:06

FMLGFastMovingLuxuryGoods · 08/02/2026 20:03

Male violence doesn’t affect women’s lives?
Are you sure?

We women clearly don’t exist as a ‘debating issue’.

How terribly revealing.

FMLGFastMovingLuxuryGoods · 08/02/2026 20:07

Ereshkigalangcleg · 08/02/2026 19:32

We are in the real world, we’re not holograms 🙄 MN is full of women who care.

It’s just another way of saying “STFU about this issue” isnt it. Gaslighting us into thinking we are the only ones that care

BunfightBetty · 08/02/2026 20:08

Goldenbear · 08/02/2026 19:43

But people don't care about this issue, it doesn't impact their lives the way that the economy, taxes, poverty or even the climate change does.

They do once they actually understand the issues. They care very much, in the main.

Labour got in mainly as a protest against the Tories, and it's an unusual win in that their % share of the overall vote was very low compared to the number of seats they got this time. They're not polling well, confidence in Starmer is low and there's no obvious candidate to replace him.

They're far from a shoo-in next time, and unfortunately they're extremely vulnerable to Reform at this point. They don't have control of their backbenchers in the way the Tories do, so that makes them vulnerable as well. They need to wise-up, big time.

Shying away from making clear they support women's right will not help them. But are they listening?

FMLGFastMovingLuxuryGoods · 08/02/2026 20:09

Goldenbear · 08/02/2026 19:41

Exactly, they 'are' in power despite Starmer's apparent position on Gender ideology. So proves people don't vote on this issue.

Starmer has said women are biological females.

Yea he changed his tune as he once said something different, but I expect fickleness from weak politicians

Noodledog · 08/02/2026 20:09

@ForCyanGuide the world is literally crumbling around this. Ukraine is at war, Palestine is rubble, a facist is running the “free world” and almost invaded an ally a few weeks ago.

And this is a major part of why I will never vote for the Green Party while it's led by ZP. He advocates for leaving Nato, and for the UK to follow a policy of unilateral nuclear disarmament- and using that to try and persuade Putin to give up Russia's nuclear weapons. The man is a dangerous fool, and would be an absolute disaster for the security of the UK and Europe (and indeed, the rest of the world).

FMLGFastMovingLuxuryGoods · 08/02/2026 20:11

Goldenbear · 08/02/2026 19:43

But people don't care about this issue, it doesn't impact their lives the way that the economy, taxes, poverty or even the climate change does.

Predatory males affect my life far more than may of those. It affects 50% of the population. The numbers of crimes of VAWG is nothing short of a national scandal.

The question is; why don’t YOU care about this issue?

Underthinker · 08/02/2026 20:11

Goldenbear · 08/02/2026 19:50

You may do but most of the public don't care about gender ideology.

Why do parties like the Greens and the SNP prioritise this issue so strongly then?

AccidentallyWesAnderson · 08/02/2026 20:12

Goldenbear · 08/02/2026 19:50

You may do but most of the public don't care about gender ideology.

Source for this?

RainbowBagels · 08/02/2026 20:12

user1471453601 · 08/02/2026 20:03

@persephonia I agree. But I think it would be better to forge better and closer links with EU first.

At the moment the EU has no reason to trust us, quite the opposite because of brexit.

So perhaps we should rebuild our reputation with the EU, work with them to formulate a European treaty that builds an armed forces to protect Europe and then, when that's agreed p, leave NATO?

I think where I disagree with you and Polanski, is that the time to leave NATO is now.

I think we need to work at our relationship with the EU first.

This is what Trump wants. Europe are desperate to keep the Americans in NATO for a reason- because they basically bankroll European defence. If we rebuild our relationship with the EU and then somehow persuade them all to leave NATO ( or dump the US, which would be the same thing) we would have to do something that the US has been more or less asking for- for Europe to stand on its own two feet. We would have to massively increase defence spending. Where is that going to come from? Thin air? The Greens don't want to spend money on defence at all.

FMLGFastMovingLuxuryGoods · 08/02/2026 20:12

Goldenbear · 08/02/2026 19:45

ECHR's removal would have way more impact on women's rights. It is ridiculous to say that gender ideology impacts women's rights in this way when it just doesn't.

Of course it does.
gender ideology is a misogynistic and hateful cancer on our society that has directly led to the rapes, assaults and murders of women.

FMLGFastMovingLuxuryGoods · 08/02/2026 20:14

Goldenbear · 08/02/2026 19:46

What you disagree that people care more about gender ideology than the economy, than unemployment, than housing?

Yes I disagree

Generally people only affected by housing and unemployment give a shit.

All women surely care about the issue of predatory males?

FMLGFastMovingLuxuryGoods · 08/02/2026 20:15

Totallyfedupnow · 08/02/2026 19:47

Has anyone mentioned his defending the right of Palestine Action to attack British policewomen with sledgehammers because “Gaza”, yet?

I have.

The fact that this odious POS celebrates a man getting away with it (and congratulates the jury) tells us all about his views on women.
It seems if you say “Gaza” it means that nobody can disagree with you even when a woman is nearly killed. Thats how little these people like Polanski think of women.

persephonia · 08/02/2026 20:15

EasternStandard · 08/02/2026 20:06

Leaving NATO sounds like madness. I can handle the economic billionaire tax stuff over that even though I’m not sure it can work but to leave NATO is so counterproductive and potentially dangerous it’s just too much.

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I guess, if Russia or any country was attacking the UK today what advantages would NATO membership bring?

I do agree about forging better links with Europe. We already made progress with the Nordic countries -important because of the Arctic and the North Sea. The problem is, right now, do we work with Franse to buy their Raphael planes? Or work on a joint product? Or continue to build parts of the American F-whatever number.and buy the finished product for ourselves?

FMLGFastMovingLuxuryGoods · 08/02/2026 20:17

LifeInTheWind · 08/02/2026 19:48

I care about them all, especially as they affect women.

Housing especially affects women, and women being house in single-sex shelters with men is a serious risk. Gender ideology does not exist as a standalone concern. It seeps into EVERY single issue that politicians should be concerned about - including all the ones @Goldenbear mentioned.

FMLGFastMovingLuxuryGoods · 08/02/2026 20:18

Goldenbear · 08/02/2026 19:50

You may do but most of the public don't care about gender ideology.

In your opinion
Which is not a fact.

Goldenbear · 08/02/2026 20:21

FMLGFastMovingLuxuryGoods · 08/02/2026 20:14

Yes I disagree

Generally people only affected by housing and unemployment give a shit.

All women surely care about the issue of predatory males?

How old are you as to not being impacted by housing or the economy or the gap between the wealthiest and the poorest seems to be a position of someone who benefitted from the windfall of yesteryear. I really don't think politicians should prioritise this issue over the above, these are the policy issues that people care about.

FMLGFastMovingLuxuryGoods · 08/02/2026 20:22

Apparently online far left leaning Starmer sycophants and handmaidens deserve to decide what’s debated. Anyone who doesn’t fall over with glee at a man declaring “I’m one of you! Accept me!” Just needs to STFU.

Posters on this thread probably don’t realise that GC MNers have been told to STFU for over a decade. And what did we do? We formed groups that led to the Supreme Court ruling. What makes these posters think they are the ones to finally silence us.

Goldenbear · 08/02/2026 20:24

FMLGFastMovingLuxuryGoods · 08/02/2026 20:18

In your opinion
Which is not a fact.

When did I state it was- it my opinion and yours is very much the balloon of delusion that needs popping if you think that a majority of the voting public care about gender ideology.

FMLGFastMovingLuxuryGoods · 08/02/2026 20:25

Goldenbear · 08/02/2026 20:21

How old are you as to not being impacted by housing or the economy or the gap between the wealthiest and the poorest seems to be a position of someone who benefitted from the windfall of yesteryear. I really don't think politicians should prioritise this issue over the above, these are the policy issues that people care about.

You don’t think women’s rights should be prioritised - we get it. how old are YOU that you think male violence isn’t a problem

But generally people vote for what affects them personally. People with mortgages and jobs won’t prioritise housing issues, but they may prioritise VAWG because that affects them.

Id really like to ask you if you genuinely think people don’t care about women’s rights and safety? And if you have a source for this?

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