Green Party leader Zack Polanski records historic low favourability in October poll

An Ipsos poll conducted between October 9 and 13 indicates that 52% of British adults now have an unfavourable opinion of Green Party leader Zack Polanski, the first time a majority does so. His overall net favourability slid to minus 36, the lowest rating of any national party leader, with only 16% expressing a positive view. The decline follows a bruising month that included his loss in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election and controversy over the party’s Brighton conference, which adopted a motion labeling Zionism as “racism.”

Polanski did not participate in the vote, leading Jewish Greens head Vivien Lichtenstein to demand his resignation and contemplate leaving the party. Labour, which partners with some Green groups, warned those groups to repudiate the motion or lose party support. The poll also noted Andy Burnham as the sole senior politician with a positive net score, while the Prime Minister and other leaders posted modest figures.