https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/02/green-party-not-nigel-farage-zack-polanski

For too long, the richest in this country have accumulated wealth at the expense of the poorest. It can’t go on like this

Zack Polanski is the newly elected leader of the Green party

This is the most dangerous political moment in my lifetime. Not only is our economy in dire trouble, with the cost of basic goods shooting up again and again, but trust in those running the country is at a record low. These are the conditions in which far-right politics festers. With the help of his friends in some of the media, Nigel Farage is feeding off that anger.

This is the Green party’s moment. We know Keir Starmer shuffling the deckchairs this week is not the real change we need. We are not here just to be concerned or disappointed with this Labour government. We are here to replace it.

Things have to change, and it’s my job as the new leader of the Green party to work with communities, bring people together and turn anger into hope.

Most people know one thing about the Greens: that we care about the environment. And this won’t change. But increasingly, and in every corner of this country, people are voting for us because we’re the only party talking about everyday solutions and pointing the finger at those who are causing the real problems we face.

It’s actually fairly simple. For years now, the very richest in society have accumulated more and more wealth. While they sleep at night, the money pours in, not from work, but from assets such as stocks, shares and multiple properties. The wealthiest 1% of households in this country hold a greater proportion than that held by the least wealthy 50%.

And while that tiny proportion at the top gets richer, our NHS is buckling, disability benefits are under threat and the two-child benefit cap threatens to push hundreds of thousands of kids into poverty.

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