‘We didn’t get it over the line’: Green party’s Zack Polanski on byelection loss

Labour has seen off the Greens to win the Holborn and St Pancras byelection in a result that will reassure Andy Burnham and dent Zack Polanski’s position as a decisive power player on the left of British politics.
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In an emotional victory speech, Sagal Abdi-Wali, a former child refugee who came to the UK from Somalia in the 1990s, said her commitment to the constituency ‘runs deep’. Polanski’s loss caps a bruising week for his party, which fell into turmoil this week after it voted to adopt a policy declaring Zionism a form of racism, raising questions about his leadership

Labour fends off Green party to win Holborn and St Pancras byelection ► https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/09/labour-wins-holborn-st-pancras-byelection-green-party?CMP=yt_g​n

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