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?

What the fuck's that got to do with your local area? They should be campaigning on what policies they propose to enact locally. That's the whole point of local councils and local elections. It's not about the UK's foreign policy.

Thank you. My point exactly. It's the local elections, I want action on the potholes, more recycling availability and a better bus service.
It just demonstrates that it's not about green issues, nor community change any more.

It’s cult politics of the left

we saw it with Corbyn and now Polanski

on the right is Farage though the do not pretend to be intellectual about it

How frustrating for you that they're not interested in these things that would actually improve the lives of the local people they purport to want to represent and serve.

And no, they don't seem the slightest bit concerned about actual green issues anymore, in fact some of their policies would be actively harmful to the environment, but it seems certain ideologies are now more important to them.

He is an utter wanker and The Green Party is unrecognisable.

Yeah, he could be Nigel Farage.

That's the problem, it doesn't even seem to be an ecology party anymore. If the Green candidate gets the local seat, I don't hold out much hope for progression on green issues.

Wtaf

He’s a completely clueless cunt and a deep embarrassment to the Jewish community.

As a Jewish person i can assure you all the threat is very real.

They’re both the problem, however, as much as I hate Farage, he’s not Jewish and is not using his Judaism to legitimise his foul views.

I mean. Last week a synagogue near me had an arson attack. I’m not visibly Jewish but yes - risk of going to the synagogue or a kosher shop. And he is Jewish himself from the same part of Manchester where the Yom Kippur stabbing was… and so…

I despise the little scrote. Makes my skin crawl.

Reform usually just say Muslims are scum and should all be deported.

I can’t stand the bloke but im not sure his comment is completely invalid. By what measure are we scaling ‘unsafe?’ Are they more unsafe here than Israel? More unsafe than the rest of Europe? More unsafe here than in Saudi Arabia? I suspect he might be suggesting that Jewish people are no more unsafe than other minority groups.

ZP is dangerous.
There have been loads of stories like this, many posted on this thread. Yet support for the Greens is growing.

What a vile man . I once voted Green but certainly will NEVER again.

I have never voted for them, but quite liked the old Green Party.
The current lot are a disgrace. They need to change their name.

I voted for them once. I certainly would not now. They are absolute cranks. How often do they actually talk about the environment.

Well yes, exactly.
I worry that people will vote for them thinking that they're voting for the old Green Party.

Maybe read the full comment not just the first sentence.

Polanski said: “I am concerned about the rising antisemitic attacks. We saw arson attacks on ambulances for instance, and we know that increasingly Jewish communities are feeling unsafe.

“Now, there’s a conversation to be had about whether it’s a perception of unsafety or whether it’s actual unsafety, but neither are acceptable. As a politician, as a leader of a political party, it’s really important that we do everything we can to make sure people are both physically safe and have a perception of safety. And it’s unacceptable for anyone in this country to be feeling unsafe if they’re just going about their daily business.”

Polanski then added: “More widely, I would say that the perception of antisemitism, though, I know I’ve answered several times today, but I see is an increasingly weaponised, cynical political attack from the Labour Party.

“Now that doesn’t mean that I don’t take antisemitism seriously. In fact, the opposite – I do take antisemitism seriously, and part of taking it seriously is recognising it needs to be dealt with compassion and care and nuance, and we need to be level-headed about these conversations.

“For the Labour Party to wait until the daily election started, to start accusing candidates of being antisemitic shows me the opposite of that; that’s a deeply unserious commitment to actually dealing with a serious issue, and instead, the weaponisation of a political attack, which I think is really, really unhelpful and unhealthy.”

Love him.

He comes across as real.

Far less bullshit than other political leaders.

And he's CLEARLY a million times better human than that lying, frog faced Nazi Farage!

I agree.

He shouldn't even be suggesting that being unsafe might be merely a perception. Given what's happened recently it's completely dismissive, patronising and disengenuous.

He's trying to minimise rising antisemitism because he doesn't want the blame for it. He's disgusting.

You love him? My god someone beam me up.