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

286 replies

Bertiebiscuit · 06/05/2026 09:07

Everything about "zack Polanski" is fake - he was born David Paulden. He was never a "spokesman" for the Red Cross. He scammed women with fake hypnotism, He is a actor with a completely invented persona, he's no politician, he's a snake oil salesman. How can anyone vote for him?

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Rosetyler1 · 06/05/2026 21:29

Martymcfly24 · 06/05/2026 15:54

Fair enough the only thing I know about the man is what I read on here. It's just the sheer number of threads on the exact same topic (and there is a Zach Polanski is evil one currently running) is absolutely nuts.

There's clearly a coordinated campaign going on, it happens when any left wing politician looks to have any chance of gaining power.
The endless threads on here are likely a part of that.

TemperanceWest · 06/05/2026 21:30

Clavinova · 06/05/2026 21:19

The whole scenario is deliberately provocative.

OK. So no real reason, then.

ILikeDinosaurs · 06/05/2026 21:43

MyLimeGuide · 06/05/2026 21:22

But this is a discussion about ZP? Not a comparison to other unpopular politicians.

It was a good point.

God help us all. The Führage can never be criticised.

Clavinova · 06/05/2026 21:49

TemperanceWest · 06/05/2026 21:30

OK. So no real reason, then.

I have given a reason.

I could expand - Polanski is clearly a fantasist who likes to shock. But what do I know, I've led a sheltered life - perhaps there are dozens of gay Muslim men called Jihad snogging 14 year old boys in gay nightclubs.

I also notice that the man who carried out the Manchester synagogue attack in October was called Jihad.

Vargas · 06/05/2026 21:59

I thought he was a grifter as soon as I heard about the hypnoboob thing. Everything since has just confirmed it. And for the record, I detest Farage. I wouldn’t vote for either of them if you paid me.

TemperanceWest · 06/05/2026 22:10

Clavinova · 06/05/2026 21:49

I have given a reason.

I could expand - Polanski is clearly a fantasist who likes to shock. But what do I know, I've led a sheltered life - perhaps there are dozens of gay Muslim men called Jihad snogging 14 year old boys in gay nightclubs.

I also notice that the man who carried out the Manchester synagogue attack in October was called Jihad.

For the record, I don't like ZP. But I think what you are suggesting is a bit of a stretch.

icepopsincoming · 06/05/2026 22:27

Clavinova · 06/05/2026 21:49

I have given a reason.

I could expand - Polanski is clearly a fantasist who likes to shock. But what do I know, I've led a sheltered life - perhaps there are dozens of gay Muslim men called Jihad snogging 14 year old boys in gay nightclubs.

I also notice that the man who carried out the Manchester synagogue attack in October was called Jihad.

Well Jihad is a name.

I imagine it's similar to calling a child Faith, Hope or Charity.

Clavinova · 06/05/2026 22:32

TemperanceWest · 06/05/2026 22:10

For the record, I don't like ZP. But I think what you are suggesting is a bit of a stretch.

I am suggesting that ZP's anecdote is fictitious.

TemperanceWest · 06/05/2026 22:32

icepopsincoming · 06/05/2026 22:27

Well Jihad is a name.

I imagine it's similar to calling a child Faith, Hope or Charity.

"In Arabic-speaking countries, Jihad - sometimes spelled Jehad - is a perfectly normal thing to call your baby. The word means "a struggle for a noble cause". And in the days before 9/11 and the War on Terror linked it to mass murder in the public imagination, it functioned just like any other name."

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-42009219

ThatCyanCat · 06/05/2026 22:38

Vargas · 06/05/2026 21:59

I thought he was a grifter as soon as I heard about the hypnoboob thing. Everything since has just confirmed it. And for the record, I detest Farage. I wouldn’t vote for either of them if you paid me.

Why would people think that detesting the Tit Twitcher means you must love Farage?

Reform and the Greens as they are now are both racist country-savaging arses. Two shits in the same nappy. It's just that the Greens have been under the radar for a lot of people and are finally getting some sunlight. We established the mess that is Reform ages ago. At least those fuckers never tried to hide it.

icepopsincoming · 06/05/2026 22:45

ThatCyanCat · 06/05/2026 22:38

Why would people think that detesting the Tit Twitcher means you must love Farage?

Reform and the Greens as they are now are both racist country-savaging arses. Two shits in the same nappy. It's just that the Greens have been under the radar for a lot of people and are finally getting some sunlight. We established the mess that is Reform ages ago. At least those fuckers never tried to hide it.

Chat GPT, using all sources of knowledge it can find, deduces that the Green Party are actually the least racist of the current political parties in England.

Underthinker · 06/05/2026 22:48

icepopsincoming · 06/05/2026 22:45

Chat GPT, using all sources of knowledge it can find, deduces that the Green Party are actually the least racist of the current political parties in England.

Must be true then.
It also insisted there were only 2 Rs in strawberry.

ThatCyanCat · 06/05/2026 22:50

icepopsincoming · 06/05/2026 22:45

Chat GPT, using all sources of knowledge it can find, deduces that the Green Party are actually the least racist of the current political parties in England.

ChatGPT is a brainless AI chatbot that thought Rishi Sunak was the leader of the Conservatives when I checked it out last week. So I actually don't know why this surprises me. I didn't think my expectations were too high.

People are using AI to do their thinking and settle their disputes as the ultimate arbiter. Perhaps as a species we deserve a Reform/Green coalition. If ChatGPT thinks we do, of course.

icepopsincoming · 06/05/2026 22:51

Underthinker · 06/05/2026 22:48

Must be true then.
It also insisted there were only 2 Rs in strawberry.

😄

SecretSquirrelLoo · 06/05/2026 22:58

I’m a longstanding environmentalist as well as pro-Palestinian and I can’t believe so many people have fallen for this creepy charlatan.

Watching woke bro acquaintances salivating over his electoral prospects makes me feel glad to be politically homeless.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn9enygvezeo

Zack Polanski, in white open necked shirt and dark jacket, addresses a Green Party rally, with microphone in hand

Zack Polanski stood by breast enlargment hypnosis claim

A newly unearthed interview from 2013 casts doubt on the Green Party leader's claim to have apologised.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn9enygvezeo

Ellen2shoes · 06/05/2026 23:15

The GP are the only party who do not get paid by fossil fuel billionaires to promote their interests. Their leader, new and flawed, has been subjected to a massive smear campaign just before an election. Quelle surprise.

The only Jewish leader of a party has been labelled as anti semitic because he has opposed the huge hoarding of wealth by a greedy cohort of people who have more money than they can ever spend and who control the media. The disgusting anti semitic caricatures published by the very same media owned by these billionaires who pretend they care tells us how warped politics has become.

SoberannSerene · 06/05/2026 23:19

SecretSquirrelLoo · 06/05/2026 22:58

I’m a longstanding environmentalist as well as pro-Palestinian and I can’t believe so many people have fallen for this creepy charlatan.

Watching woke bro acquaintances salivating over his electoral prospects makes me feel glad to be politically homeless.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn9enygvezeo

Yes - I feel for the original Green party members- must be difficult watching a charlatan like ZP hijack their party for his own ends .

Ellen2shoes · 06/05/2026 23:45

What ends?

Ellen2shoes · 07/05/2026 00:02

Is he getting paid by fossil fuel donors or private healthcare vultures or arms dealers whose interests quietly finance their conveniently flip flopping policies? Nope. The only one who isn’t.

SoberannSerene · 07/05/2026 00:38

Ellen2shoes · 07/05/2026 00:02

Is he getting paid by fossil fuel donors or private healthcare vultures or arms dealers whose interests quietly finance their conveniently flip flopping policies? Nope. The only one who isn’t.

https://spectator.com/article/the-shamelessness-of-zack-polanski/
This article sums him up pretty well.
He’s the Farage of the far left.

The shamelessness of Zack Polanski

The Gorton and Denton by-election gives us a taste of the vicious future that awaits England. The most dynamic force on the left, the Green party, and on the right, Reform, are united in their willingness to replace the old world of Labour and the Tori...

https://spectator.com/article/the-shamelessness-of-zack-polanski/

IsabellaVireauxLaurent · 07/05/2026 00:55

Bertiebiscuit · 06/05/2026 09:07

Everything about "zack Polanski" is fake - he was born David Paulden. He was never a "spokesman" for the Red Cross. He scammed women with fake hypnotism, He is a actor with a completely invented persona, he's no politician, he's a snake oil salesman. How can anyone vote for him?

similar with the leader of other countries, basically an actor etc

IsabellaVireauxLaurent · 07/05/2026 00:56

ThatCyanCat · 06/05/2026 22:50

ChatGPT is a brainless AI chatbot that thought Rishi Sunak was the leader of the Conservatives when I checked it out last week. So I actually don't know why this surprises me. I didn't think my expectations were too high.

People are using AI to do their thinking and settle their disputes as the ultimate arbiter. Perhaps as a species we deserve a Reform/Green coalition. If ChatGPT thinks we do, of course.

but then it was the wikipedia era etc, so it seems theres always been other ways of influencing etc

MidnightMeltdown · 07/05/2026 01:22

It’s a joke. I voted Green in the last election. I won’t be voting for them next time that’s for sure! They’ve lost all credibility.

OneTealShaker · 07/05/2026 02:21

icepopsincoming · 06/05/2026 22:45

Chat GPT, using all sources of knowledge it can find, deduces that the Green Party are actually the least racist of the current political parties in England.

So you use ChatGPT to decide who to vote for?

Well, if that ain’t a cliche.

Twiglets1 · 07/05/2026 05:18

Daisylove1 · 06/05/2026 18:27

But the thing is, farage should also be the ‘new boy’ in politics. Up until July 24 he wasn’t even an MP. However for the last, say 15 years he’s been given a platform on mainstream programmes like question time. So he’s absolutely not treated the same as Polanski and is not under as much scrutiny. Even when he was a nobody he was somehow making front page headlines and being treated as a legitimate voice.

So is Polanski making headlines but for all the wrong reasons.

His popularity has taken a nose dive since he made that ill advised comment against the police who apprehended the Golders Green attacker.