‘Watermelons’: Zack Polanski and the rise of the ‘green outside, red inside’ eco-populists
During the leadership election between Polanski and co-runners Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns in 2025, a senior Green source described Polanski’s rise as a “hostile takeover”. Even Caroline Lucas, the Greens’ first MP and a former party leader, has said, when pressed, that she would love him to talk about the environment more.“It’s just obvious nonsense,” Warfield says of the hostile takeover comment. “Look at the mandate, it was 85%,” he says of Polanski’s landslide leadership win.
- ▪During the leadership election between Polanski and co-runners Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns in 2025, a senior Green source described Polanski’s rise as a “hostile takeover”.
- ▪Even Caroline Lucas, the Greens’ first MP and a former party leader, has said, when pressed, that she would love him to talk about the environment more.“It’s just obvious nonsense,” Warfield says of the hostile takeover comment.
- ▪“Look at the mandate, it was 85%,” he says of Polanski’s landslide leadership win.
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Zack Polanski on the campaign trail for the Holborn and St Pancras byelection in London Photograph: Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire/ShutterstockView image in fullscreenZack Polanski on the campaign trail for the Holborn and St Pancras byelection in London Photograph: Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire/ShutterstockZack Polanski‘Watermelons’: Zack Polanski and the rise of the ‘green outside, red inside’ eco-populistsAuthor Russell Warfield argues the Green leader’s brand of politics is not new but has evolved in the party over time Matthew PearceWed 23 Sep 2026 09.52 EDTLast modified on Wed 23 Sep 2026 09.53 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleWatermelons: the term used to describe the members of the Green party of England and Wales who are green on the outside and red on the inside.
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