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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Sexism/other issues in the Green party England & Wales - Discussion Thread 3

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fromorbit · 02/05/2026 11:45

Zack Polanski is making things bigger yet again so another thread needed.

Well things have developed rather a lot since the start. ZP started out as being another sexist guy in politics - no shortage those around, but he thought he could take it to a new level and he proved he could do it.

The Green threads have followed his rise from the start of with the Hypnoboobs scandal and much more. There is also:

Mothin Ali as deputy Leader who clearly doesn't believe in trans thinking, but cleverly sidesteps round talking about it, has always had a issues with encouraging racist violence and is now encouraging people to sue the Green party if they attempt to stop them saying racist stuff.

The other deputy Rachel Millward represents the posh rich faction of the Greens who manages to sounding like Reform when opposing Asylum Seekers in her area, but at the same time saying we are too harsh on immigrants in general. Obviously she also doesn't believe women are a thing. Yet she is the least crazy when violence is concerned compared to ZP, and Mothin.

Hypnoboobs scandal got worse recently when it became clear from BBC footage ZP actively believed in the Hypnoboobs thesis rather than being tricked into it.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn9enygvezeo

Alongside all this there is constant ongoing attacks on biological reality from the party in interviews and in policy.

Now in the last week or so after a longstanding spate of antisemetic rhetoric from some Greens during the election campaign and ZP downplaying it. We have synagogues, schools, ambulances attacked, two Jewish people dead and ZP berating unarmed police for risking their lives in fighting a violent killer who was still armed with a knife things have come to a crisis point.

The Greens are becoming ever more sinister with dozens of candidates sounding like they are seventies NF supporters with comments about uppity women and Jewish power. The huge drama over a crazy motion which they were trying to pass against Israel at conference alongside a motion to prevent women having sports will surface again their September conference.

It seems likely after next week The Greens are going to be running a bunch of councils which doesn't bode well after their antics in Bristol.

Yet there is hope, in Bristol women are fighting back_: www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5455053-bristol-council-is-about-to-be-sued_

The fight back from Green Women's Declaration, ( https://www.greenwomensdeclaration.uk/ ) continues and the court cases against GPEW from Emma Bateman and Shahrar Ali are developing, both getting through legal delaying tactics as they move to trial. Gardening is needed. These cases if successful could be dramatic in their impact.

First thread - where you can follow the rise of ZP and lots of other scandal
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5328986-greens-internal-drama-warms-up

Second Thread:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5456759-sexismother-issues-in-the-green-party-england-wales-discussion-thread-2?

Note the Scottish Greens which are a separate party to the Green Party England/Wales have their own thread for all their sexist drama. They split off because GPEW didn't hate biology and women/gays enough at the time.
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5313420-scottish-greens-being-sexist-again?page=1

Greens internal drama warms up | Mumsnet

New long article looking at the drama inside the Greens over biology suddenly existing again despite their best efforts. *How the Green Party forgot...

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5328986-greens-internal-drama-warms-up

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Lalgarh · 10/07/2026 12:34

Zoe Williams seemed very impressed with this Gaza statement and atonement on sky last night. This time last year she was equally as enthused about the newly formed Your Party

Lalgarh · 10/07/2026 17:00

More #BeKind politics from a green TRA candidate at the news of the death of Ann Widdecombe, which now looks even worse after news her death is being treated as suspicious

https://nitter.net/Ihatesugar3/status/2075505280478011872#m

DrBlackbird · 10/07/2026 17:26

I hope.somebody is giving him some sensible briefings and that he will listen.

Hmm just not getting a serious politician vibe from eyelashes Andy. Be great if he was sensible but he’s just a bit too quick on the omnicause bus. Plus I hated all the gender neutral toilets in Manchester.

TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · 10/07/2026 20:07

Lalgarh · 10/07/2026 17:00

More #BeKind politics from a green TRA candidate at the news of the death of Ann Widdecombe, which now looks even worse after news her death is being treated as suspicious

https://nitter.net/Ihatesugar3/status/2075505280478011872#m

What a loathsome individual, if that's his 'best self', he may not even be a human.

fromorbit · 15/07/2026 07:23

Interesting details in this article about motions at Green October conference on women's sport.

Make serving vegan food a legal requirement, say Greens
Restaurants and caterers could be forced to alter menus under proposed reforms using equality legislation
Roll-back on gender-based sports ban
Alongside this, members of Zack Polanski’s party will also be considering a motion to oppose gender-based blanket bans in sport which includes backing “trans-centric and trans-inclusive sporting projects”.
If it passes, the Green Party would then “work in government to undo the toxic environment around trans, intersex and gender-non-conforming people in sport”.
In May, after months of delays the Labour Government published an update to the Equality and Human Rights Commission code of practice.
It said that public bodies must ensure toilets, changing facilities and sports teams are segregated based on biological sex, not gender identity.
It followed the Supreme Court’s ruling in April which defined sex under the Equality Act as biological sex only.
It is unclear how the Green Party could “undo” any of this without contradicting the rulings from earlier this year.
Women’s rights warning
Fiona McAnena, director of campaigns for Sex Matters, said: “The party says it will oppose ‘gender-based blanket bans’.
“In plain language, this means allowing men who claim to be women into the female category, and denying fair sport to women and girls.
“Men, no matter how much they adopt feminine stereotypes, cannot be women and do not belong in women’s sport.
“The Green Party’s proposal to support ‘trans-centric and trans-inclusive sporting projects’ is yet another attempt to prioritise the feelings of trans-identifying men over the needs and rights of women and girls.”
https://archive.ph/cayor

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Lalgarh · 15/07/2026 08:16

There was a protest by TRAs outside Hackney town hall earlier this week with green councillors in attendance. It included an effigy of Andy Burnham being stabbed by darts, so the activists have already decided he's a target. (Contrast with the remnants of the SWP / Your Party who have been told to soft pedal criticism of The Coming King of the North)

https://nitter.net/HackneyLabour/status/2077105601981579406#m

ArabellaScott · 17/07/2026 17:15

Probably from their own members

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TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · 17/07/2026 19:09

Probably from their own members

I second the laughter 😁

Lalgarh · 26/07/2026 12:51

Looks like Polanski was at womad yesterday ( which just autocorrected to woman ♀️ 😁) rather than trans pride

https://nitter.net/class_bore/status/2081323018383401219#m

He could have gone to both maybe, like Phil Collins at Live Aid. But as posted on the YP thread, the organisers of trans pride actually barred the SWP from attending so would be interested to know if they were amenable to Zack

1984Now · 26/07/2026 12:58

Lalgarh · 26/07/2026 12:51

Looks like Polanski was at womad yesterday ( which just autocorrected to woman ♀️ 😁) rather than trans pride

https://nitter.net/class_bore/status/2081323018383401219#m

He could have gone to both maybe, like Phil Collins at Live Aid. But as posted on the YP thread, the organisers of trans pride actually barred the SWP from attending so would be interested to know if they were amenable to Zack

Imagine how toxic the SWP have to be for Trans Pride to not want to hang out with them, lol.
So, the ultimate horseshoe theory is Reform/Restore joining the SWP.

Lalgarh · 26/07/2026 13:06

Reform are supposedly the party of choice for young gay men

1984Now · 26/07/2026 13:14

Lalgarh · 26/07/2026 13:06

Reform are supposedly the party of choice for young gay men

Well, at 62, I only know old gay men, and none of them are vaguely Reform.
However, politics is totally tribal now, not class analysis left v right, but your priorities on identity, culture war.
If I was gay, especially younger than my gay friends, seeing my identity at existential risk from the left wing gender identarians, hugely naive and performative gays like Polanski pushing for negating sexual preference to replace with gender temperament, I would also be looking to vote for the diametric opposite to this reordering of reality.
And that means Reform, and more and more I suggest Kemi Badenoch's Tory Party.

Lalgarh · 26/07/2026 13:33

Yes there is a split between socially liberal and socially conservative that cuts right across the trad left right economic divide.

Young people, and this applies with regard to politics according to prof John curtice, might be socially liberal and left wing but that does not translate into support for the state. These being the generation who've had to stump up tuition fees and are now stuck in perma rented accomodation seeing the largest chunk of state benefits going to pensioners

It's why Polanskis so popular with the younger graduates. He's paying lip service to the triple lock but he's not actively courting pensioners even though they have a higher propensity to vote.

1984Now · 26/07/2026 13:38

Badenoch right now needs to appeal past what is a narrowing Boomer cohort voter group. That group is contracting, yet maintains a real hold on conservative policy making.
I'm fast approaching state retirement age, but I'd vote Tory even if they junked the Triple Lock.

Lalgarh · 26/07/2026 14:12

Also the fraying of shared experiences between the generations with the young increasingly online for nearly all cultural touchstone experiences

https://nitter.net/TomHCalver/status/2081364171854090641#m

Lalgarh · Yesterday 14:05

Correction. Polanski did do a tweet offering love and solidarity to Berlin immediately when the reports came in.

https://nitter.net/ZackPolanski/status/2081136611568361487#m

Comments below are asking for clarification on whether that means with the victims or attackers. I half expected him to kick off about the suspect being shot dead

He's back to Manchester based stuff now. He has RTd claims labour is ignoring Muslims on Gaza.

https://nitter.net/McrGreenParty/status/2081579372545200586#m

But not the statement from LGBTQ greens on Berlin.

1984Now · Yesterday 14:11

Lalgarh · Yesterday 14:05

Correction. Polanski did do a tweet offering love and solidarity to Berlin immediately when the reports came in.

https://nitter.net/ZackPolanski/status/2081136611568361487#m

Comments below are asking for clarification on whether that means with the victims or attackers. I half expected him to kick off about the suspect being shot dead

He's back to Manchester based stuff now. He has RTd claims labour is ignoring Muslims on Gaza.

https://nitter.net/McrGreenParty/status/2081579372545200586#m

But not the statement from LGBTQ greens on Berlin.

Haha, Labour get criticised by the Greens for not attending Muslim meets, how about when Polanski gives gender critical women's meets the cold shoulder?
Tbh, Starmer wasn't a whole lot better (I believe Rosie Duffield is still waiting since 2024).

TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · Yesterday 14:29

Comments below are asking for clarification on whether that means with the victims or attackers

😂😂😂

TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · Yesterday 16:54

Perhaps the Greens should arrange a fact finding junket to Iran, they could send all their best 'queers' to show solidarity with the IRG, they'll save some money if they buy one tickets.

fromorbit · Yesterday 19:17

Looks like the drop in the polls has really screwed with ZPs ego.

NEW: Zack Polanski has removed a post featuring a man wearing a T-shirt calling for Nigel Farage to be beheaded.

Reform UK reporting Green leader Zack Polanski to police over Instagram post
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y063yqlleo

Zack Polanski

Reform UK reporting Green leader Zack Polanski to police over Instagram post

The post included a photo of a man wearing a top featuring the name "Nigel" alongside an image of a guillotine.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y063yqlleo

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ArabellaScott · Yesterday 19:36

Lalgarh · Yesterday 14:05

Correction. Polanski did do a tweet offering love and solidarity to Berlin immediately when the reports came in.

https://nitter.net/ZackPolanski/status/2081136611568361487#m

Comments below are asking for clarification on whether that means with the victims or attackers. I half expected him to kick off about the suspect being shot dead

He's back to Manchester based stuff now. He has RTd claims labour is ignoring Muslims on Gaza.

https://nitter.net/McrGreenParty/status/2081579372545200586#m

But not the statement from LGBTQ greens on Berlin.

'Reform UK say they are reporting Green Party leader Zack Polanski to the police after he shared a post to his Instagram which included a photo of a man wearing a top featuring the name "Nigel" alongside an image of a guillotine.
Polanski accepted a request to collaborate with another account and shared a series of pictures of a Green Party event on Sunday with his 713,000 followers.
One of the images showed a man wearing a T-shirt which said: "We're only making plans for Nigel".'

Christ. Right Side of History strikes again.

ArabellaScott · Yesterday 19:36

Sorry, quoted the wrong post somehow.

fromorbit · Yesterday 20:21

Politics UK

🚨 UPDATE: The Met Police are now assessing Reform UK's "incitement to murder" report against Zack Polanski

"We take reports of this nature extremely seriously, and officers are conducting enquiries into the matter"

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