Could Zack Polanski be any more of an obnoxious twat?

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Just seen him saying this:

'I am concerned about the rise in antisemitism and we know Jewish communities are saying they feel unsafe. There is a conversation to be had over whether it's a perception that they feel unsafe or whether they are actually unsafe.'

WTAF? Can you imagine if a politician said that to Muslims after a series of absolutely awful targeted attacks where people have died?

"A terror attack on a synagogue was “not anti-semitism” but was “revenge” for Israel “murdering people,” according to a video promoted by a Green Party council candidate.

Sabine Mairey, a Green candidate for Clapham Town ward in Lambeth, south London, posted the video, by David Spevak, an American Jewish anti-Zionist, on her Facebook page last month. It’s still there at the time of writing."

The Greens have become the home of the rump of the Corbynite Labour Party. The sorts of people expelled by Starmer for being antisemitic.

And Polanski is a self satisfied wazzock, I can’t stand him.

That's exactly what's happened. Nasty bunch.

Another shield. She will argue it’s not anti-semitic because a Jewish person made it.

Yes, it's been said on these threads about ZP. They think it's carte blanche.

Was October 7th not barbarism then Green Party? Just 'resistance', is rape abd torture and kidnapping, resistance now Slimy Party?

Rape, torture and kidnapping (Hamas) is ‘resistance’ in the same way that rape, torture and shooting children is ‘defence’ (IDF). Neither is justifiable, just to be clear.

ZP is head of his party. Show me where Nigel Farage has called for violence against British Muslims? As for deportations, can you show me where he has called for Muslims specifically to be deported? On what grounds? I mean it's not as simple as 'when we are in power we will deport Muslims simply for being Muslim' is it? But let's indulge you for a minute, and pretend that that's exactly what Reform intends, along with inciting violence against British Muslims.

Let's imagine then, that Zia Yusef, a high profile Muslim member of Reform, comes along to say 'there's a conversation to be had about whether British Muslims perceive feeling unwelcome and unsafe or whether they are actually unwelcome and unsafe.'

Yes Reform candidates are constantly saying similar and much worse things about muslims and immigrants.

I am finding it hard to believe you don’t know this, OP.

(I do also find Polanski’s comment extremely belittling and tone-deaf, of course.)

I think the response to Zia Yusef would be the same as the one towards Polanski.

I saw on another thread something very offensive posted by the Green Spokeswoman Abi Wilkinson about Oct 7th. Denying/minimising the sexual violence by Hamas against the Israeli women.
Shocking.

Yes its awful that a candidate for a political party feels what she said is acceptable.

Yep. Some people would be outraged, others would vocally agree, but it wouldn’t generate massive amounts of interest either ways.

Totally disingenuous OP. As if Reform are not a massive threat to Jewish Brits, or indeed women, Muslims. Yeah let's distract and pretend the Green Party are the problem. Reform have literally had representatives bribed by Russia.

I was tempted to vote YABU, OP, as I find the term ‘obnoxious twat’ woefully inadequate for such an odiously vile piece of shit that this excuse for a human being really is.

He is utterly beneath contempt - even when compared to his peers amongst UK politicians, he stands out as an obscenely hideous character. And let’s face it, the competition is formidably stiff.

If we truly do get the politicians we deserve, then we’re utterly sunk as a country.

Exactly correct. Whatever other mistakes Starmer has made, his brutally ruthless purges of antisemitism inside Labour is massively to his credit.

Isn't it? I'm shocked - I voted Green last election.
Needless to say, that won't happen again.

This x 💯

He's a really stupid man.

Reform are a problem, that doesn't mean the Green party aren't a massive problem as well.

Two sides of the same nasty, populist, racist coin.

Yes, I agree. Both dangerous.

Absolutely. One party being a bunch of vile racists doesn't magically mean the other party is not.

They're both an absolute scourge on society.

... unfortunately doing well. In my neighbourhood there are loads of Green Party placards up in people's gardens for the local elections.
Polanski's opening speech about the local elections was "having sanctions against Israel and stopping the genocide".
Local elections.

Whataboutery.

And more whataboutery.

Another far left messiah the revolutionists can get excited about

student politics with a heavy dose of anti semitism

no doubt he will do well in the local elections but coming up to a general election the press on his back many will realise his politics are simply not practical or sensible