UK Greens elect 'eco-populist' as new leader

London (AFP) Sept 2, 2025

Britain's Green Party elected a self-styled "eco-populist" as its new leader on Tuesday, as the group seeks to gain traction by exploiting dissatisfaction with the Labour government among left-wing voters. Zack Polanski, a former actor, wants to make the Greens as noisy on the left as Nigel Farage's anti-immigrant Reform UK party is on the right as British politics fractures into a multi-par