Green Party leader Zack Polanski to stand in by-election for Starmer’s seat

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Green Party leader Zack Polanski has announced he will be the Green candidate in the upcoming by-election for the Holborn and St Pancras parliamentary seat. This seat was vacated by former Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who resigned as an MP after 11 years. Polanski stated he has lived and worked in the community for many years and is excited about the prospect of representing it in Parliament. He expressed his intention to stand up for people and communities, contrasting this with his view that "Labour stands up for corporations and big money." The by-election is triggered by Starmer's resignation, which occurred six weeks after he stepped down as UK Prime Minister.

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Polanski wrote on X that 'Labour stands up for corporations and big money,' and he will 'stand up for people and our communities.'

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Polanski states he has lived and worked in the Holborn and St Pancras community for many years.

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Keir Starmer is vacating the Holborn and St Pancras seat after 11 years as MP.

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Green Party leader Zack Polanski will stand in the by-election for the Holborn and St Pancras seat.

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In the general election two years ago, an independent candidate opposing the war in Gaza took nearly 19% of the vote in Holborn and St Pancras, and a Green candidate received over 10%.

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Zack Polanski announces candidacy for the Holborn and St Pancras seat to be vacated by British ex-PM Keir Starmer.The leader of the United Kingdom’s Green Party intends to stand in an election for a seat in parliament vacated by former Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer, local media reported.Zack Polanski told the Camden New Journal he would be the Green candidate for Holborn and St Pancras, a left-leaning constituency which Starmer held comfortably in 2024 though with a much-reduced vote share.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Ousted UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to leave Parliamentlist 2 of 4Andy Burnham pledges end to political instability as he becomes UK PMlist 3 of 4What’s next as Andy Burnham takes over as UK’s next prime minister?list 4 of 4Why the UK faces a prisons crisis amid row over release of cop killersend of list“I have lived and worked in this community over many years. I know it well, and I love it,” the left-wing party leader said.“It represents so many of the things that make London so special. I am so excited by the prospect of representing this place in Parliament.”The announcement comes days after former British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he would stand down as a member of parliament, triggering a by-election.‘Labour stands up for corporations’Starmer said on Tuesday that it was the “right time” to resign as the MP for the Holborn and St Pancras seat in London after 11 years.The announcement comes six weeks after his resignation as the UK’s prime minister, having lost the support of governing Labour Party MPs.In the UK’s general election two years ago, an independent candidate who campaigned primarily on opposition to Israel’s genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza took nearly 19 percent of the vote in the Holborn and St Pancras constituency, while a Green candidate received more than 10 percent.“Labour stands up for corporations and big money,” Polanski wrote on X.“I’ll stand up for people and our communities.”

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