A week inside the chaos of the Green party

一周置身绿党纷扰之中

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2026-10-07

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After a surge in support Zack Polanski is hoping he can win over Kier Starmer’s constituency to become an MP. But has a controversial motion over Zionism thrown his campaign into disarray?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • This is The Guardian.

  • Today, a week inside the Green Party.

  • We've just arrived at Camden Town Station.

  • Magnet for tourists, teenagers, goths.

  • And the sight of some canvassing for the Greens.

  • We're about to join Dr Ashok Kumar, who's a pretty impassioned activist.

  • We spot Ashok at a pedestrian crossing.

  • He's got his campaign leaflets in his hand and he's dressed all in black.

  • He waves us over.

  • Ashok is high energy.

  • An American Brit committed to the cause.

  • I'm not interested in being a lobby group for the Labour Party.

  • I'm interested in shifting the paradigm away from reactionary, chauvinistic, neoliberal politics of war and genocide

  • and concentration of wealth towards the politics of redistribution and peace.

  • And so if we want to do that...

  • With just over a week until polling opens,

  • there are dozens of green activists out tonight knocking on doors for Zach Polanski.

  • On the weekends, we're getting 200, 300 people.

  • The Green Party leader is trying to win Keir Starmer's old seat, Hoban and St Pancras.

  • It's a central London constituency which has voted Labour uninterrupted