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Did the Zionism row lose it for Zack Polanski? – podcast

The Guardian Politics · 9 October 2026 at 13:25

Did the Zionism row lose it for Zack Polanski? – podcast

Zack Polanski has lost the Holborn and St Pancras byelection to Labour’s Sagal Abdi-Wali.

Despite the Greens increasing their vote share from 2024, Polanski had the cloud of the ‘Zionism is racism’ row hanging over his head.

Now there are questions over his leadership and whether he can steer the pa

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