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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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ArabellaScott · 12/09/2026 22:33

Ruhroh.

SwirlyGates · 13/09/2026 10:42

TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · 12/09/2026 22:11

So nothing to do with him being elected into a female only role, even though he's a male. Omnicause first, women's rights never. 😤

If they're blaming his social media posts (which are, let's be honest, bad enough in themselves to warrant his removal), why on earth don't they check people's posts routinely? It's not like they were hard to find.

(More likely, I guess, they knew about this all along and thought he'd fit right in, until the media got wind of him and they didn't want to back him publicly.)

Lalgarh · 13/09/2026 10:49

Remember Mr Molly who was so crazy that the Scottish Greens had to get him out.

Sophie Molly aka Euan Weddell aka pot noodle is a whole storm system of his own and I'm wondering if it's only a matter of time before Folan joins his fetid polycule.

ArabellaScott · 13/09/2026 10:54

What happens when people are booted from the Greens for being too unsavoury? Where do they go?

Lalgarh · 13/09/2026 11:23

Your Party are still knocking around.

Or there's Galloway's lot, but they're not LGBTQ friendly

Chersfrozenface · 13/09/2026 11:23

ArabellaScott · 13/09/2026 10:54

What happens when people are booted from the Greens for being too unsavoury? Where do they go?

Once there are enough of them they could form their own party/movement.

Though judging by their past actions and the sad history of the polycule, it would last rather less time than Your Party.

fromorbit · 13/09/2026 11:27

SwirlyGates · 13/09/2026 10:42

If they're blaming his social media posts (which are, let's be honest, bad enough in themselves to warrant his removal), why on earth don't they check people's posts routinely? It's not like they were hard to find.

(More likely, I guess, they knew about this all along and thought he'd fit right in, until the media got wind of him and they didn't want to back him publicly.)

Folan has had some of his crazy abusive posts reported to the Greens for years. They didn't need to go look. Thing is there are so many messed up Greens they have a backlog.

The timing on Folan's suspension is clearly connected to the higher profile of winning the position.

Thing is if Folan keeps digging it may have the side effect of undermining the suspensions of Green members who made the shocking crime of knowing biology.

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Lalgarh · 13/09/2026 11:23

Your Party are still knocking around.

Or there's Galloway's lot, but they're not LGBTQ friendly

SWP would be perfect.

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ArabellaScott · 13/09/2026 11:55

A sort of supergroup of Green Rejects.

It could catch on.

TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · 13/09/2026 12:17

By the time you get to being rejected by the Greens you've been rejected by every other party already so there's nowhere else to go, so you might as well start your own, perhaps they could be the Rainbow Party,

Chersfrozenface · 13/09/2026 12:23

TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · 13/09/2026 12:17

By the time you get to being rejected by the Greens you've been rejected by every other party already so there's nowhere else to go, so you might as well start your own, perhaps they could be the Rainbow Party,

I would prefer My Little Party.

Lalgarh · 13/09/2026 23:28

Oops it's happened again

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/09/12/second-green-deputy-leader-also-landlord-despite-ban/

Millward earns approx £5000 / year letting out rooms in the family home. That's small fry in the grand scheme of things really, but I realise how that looks. Now all we need is Polanski to have some landlord moolah and it'll be all 3. Full house, as it were

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