“ Mamdani level of political acumen ” - well, he does models himself on the NYC leader: "Polanski, who previously told the FT he was inspired by New York City’s mayor Zohran Mamdani, was elected as the Green Party leader in September last year, vowing to channel a leftwing, combative form of populism that pitted working people against the ultra-wealthy and big polluting businesses.” In Green Party UK ‘There is an alternative’: Zack Polanski’s transformation of the Greens Self-styled ‘eco-populist’ revels in ‘seismic’ by- election victory in Gorton and Denton Anna Gross and George Parker in London Published FEB 27 2026; Financial Times
I have seen somewhere (cannot find the source) that one of his advisers if from US Bernie Sanders’s team). So all that modelling on the US Democrats and presumably DSA - shows us his trajectory. I see glimpses in the various news about him about a merging of the Corbyn crew (+ or - Sultana) and the Greens. Ultimately taking the new veneer of social-democracy. The plain speaking of Hannah Spence Plumber at Denton was convincing. The LP is dead. But, can they transcend Jeremy Corbynism? I doubt it. H -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#41058): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/41058 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/118243250/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
