politics4 days ago
Labour holds Starmer's former seat as Green leader Polanski faces leadership crisis
Labour candidate Sagal Abdi-Wali won the Holborn and St Pancras by-election with 12,292 votes, defeating Green Party leader Zack Polanski, who received 8,928 votes. The result, a majority of 3,364, provides a boost to Prime Minister Andy Burnham but intensifies internal turmoil within the Green Party. Polanski vowed to remain leader despite criticism over his absence from a recent conference motion declaring Zionism a form of racism, which has fractured the party and drawn condemnation from Jewish groups and former leaders.