Why Zack Polanski is becoming unpopular with voters

Politics
18 Oct 2026 • 4:06 PM MYT
The Independent
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Why Zack Polanski is becoming unpopular with voters

  • Green Party leader Zack Polanski has recorded his lowest net favourability rating of minus 36 in a recent Ipsos survey.
  • A majority of 52 per cent of the public now hold an unfavourable view of Mr Polanski following backlash over his party's decision to define Zionism as racism.
  • The Green leader has suffered a sharp decline in support among under-35s and 2024 Labour voters, while Jewish Greens leader Vivien Lichtenstein has called for his resignation.
  • The poor polling figures follow Mr Polanski's recent defeat in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election.
  • Andy Burnham remains the only senior UK politician included in the survey to maintain an overall positive favourability score.

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