The Burnham bounce is eclipsing the Green surge – and Zack Polanski’s radical hope is being tested | Gaby Hinsliff
Hardened Green voters – those for whom Burnham’s “business-friendly socialism” will never be socialist enough, or who see the new prime minister’s support for more drilling in the North Sea as environmental vandalism – are going nowhere. But newcomers who migrated to the Greens because they felt Keir Starmer’s government had lost its moral compass, or become too relentlessly miserable, are now squarely in Burnham’s sights. When he’s messing about on Instagram, he’s reaching out to younger people unused to seeing Labour politicians doing anything interesting on Green-dominated feeds.
- ▪Hardened Green voters – those for whom Burnham’s “business-friendly socialism” will never be socialist enough, or who see the new prime minister’s support for more drilling in the North Sea as environmental vandalism – are going nowhere.
- ▪But newcomers who migrated to the Greens because they felt Keir Starmer’s government had lost its moral compass, or become too relentlessly miserable, are now squarely in Burnham’s sights.
- ▪When he’s messing about on Instagram, he’s reaching out to younger people unused to seeing Labour politicians doing anything interesting on Green-dominated feeds.
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Zack Polanski, leader of the Green party, 10 July 2026 Photograph: Aldo Ciarrocchi/LNPView image in fullscreenZack Polanski, leader of the Green party, 10 July 2026 Photograph: Aldo Ciarrocchi/LNPOpinionGreen partyThe Burnham bounce is eclipsing the Green surge – and Zack Polanski’s radical hope is being testedGaby HinsliffThe new PM is enjoying a honeymoon period but, longer-term, the Greens have the freedom to say whatever Labour won’t Fri 31 Jul 2026 03.00 EDTLast modified on Fri 31 Jul 2026 03.11 EDTShareCackling happily into their pints, the two most powerful men in the country scoff their way through a selection of pub snacks.Pork scratchings or scampi fries? Or maybe old-school peanuts? It’s hardly the toughest choice currently facing Andy Burnham and the chancellor, John Healey,…
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