Visit to Clacton-on-Sea part of social media strategy that Zack Polanski feels can rebut Reform’s rhetoric
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he Greens are the only mainstream party seriously battling the prospect of a “far right-adjacent” government led by Nigel Farage, the party’s new leader, Zack Polanski, has argued, after spending a day in Farage’s constituency talking to voters.
Two days after winning the leadership of the Greens in England and Wales with 85% of the votes cast, Polanski took the very direct route of travelling to Clacton-on-Sea to ask people about the policies supported by the MP they elected last year, and to listen to their views.
The chats – some of which saw self-professed Farage backers express support for Green policies including a wealth tax and more official routes for asylum seekers – will be packaged into a social media video, part of a strategy by Polanski to reach more voters with the party’s messages, an approach directly echoing that of Farage.
