The Green Party is a menace to free speech
The Green Party is a menace to free speech Zack Polanski’s demand for press regulation is sinister and authoritarian. i Getty dataLayer.push({ event: 'author', author: "Max Thompson" }) Max Thompson 27th August 2026 i Getty Share Topics Free Speech Politics UK Want unlimited, ad-free access? Gone are the days when the Green Party of England and Wales was full of hippie tree-huggers singing ‘Kumbaya’ around a campfire. Today, the party is unrecognisable – and far more sinister.
- ▪The Green Party is a menace to free speech Zack Polanski’s demand for press regulation is sinister and authoritarian. i Getty dataLayer.push({ event: 'author', author: "Max Thompson" }) Max Thompson 27th August 2026 i Getty Share Topics Fre
- ▪Gone are the days when the Green Party of England and Wales was full of hippie tree-huggers singing ‘Kumbaya’ around a campfire.
- ▪Today, the party is unrecognisable – and far more sinister.
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The Green Party is a menace to free speech Zack Polanski’s demand for press regulation is sinister and authoritarian. i Getty dataLayer.push({ event: 'author', author: "Max Thompson" }) Max Thompson 27th August 2026 i Getty Share Topics Free Speech Politics UK Want unlimited, ad-free access? Become a spiked supporter. Gone are the days when the Green Party of England and Wales was full of hippie tree-huggers singing ‘Kumbaya’ around a campfire. Today, the party is unrecognisable – and far more sinister. It has been intolerant of dissent in its own ranks for a few years. Now, it is turning that intolerance against the media. The recent death of former Cambridge professor Jason Arday has provided Green Party leader Zack Polanski with his latest pretext for going after the media.
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