Zack Polanski has just swept into the leadership of the Green Party, with bold promises to take on the rich and their cronies. And answering a question about whether he would work with Jeremy Corbyn, Zarah Sultana, and others in a new mass party of the left, he stressed that:
collaboration, cooperation is in our DNA
His job is obviously to focus on the Green Party and building support for it. But his comments added to his previous expression of openness to “working with anyone who’s up for challenging the far-right threat of Reform and this unpopular Labour government”.
.@ZackPolanski is asked, will you work with https://t.co/x2UpL6QQu8? pic.twitter.com/wmCcagdIio
— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) September 2, 2025
At the same time, he made his distaste for any potential coalition with Keir Starmer’s Labour Party perfectly clear.
‘Looking forward to working together’: Corbyn on Polanski
Corbyn, meanwhile, made a nod to his own willingness to collaborate and cooperate with Polanski and the Greens. Congratulating Polanski on X, he said:
Real change is coming. I look forward to working with you to create a fairer, kinder world.
Congratulations to @ZackPolanski on your stunning victory.
Your campaign took on the rich and powerful, stood up for the dignity of all marginalised communities, and gave people hope!
Real change is coming. I look forward to working with you to create a fairer, kinder world.
— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) September 2, 2025
His Peace & Justice Project, meanwhile, went even further, saying:
Zack stood on a bold platform of real change.
We look forward to working with him and his new deputy leaders as we seek [to] end the destructive political status quo.
Congratulations on your election to Greens leader @ZackPolanski! 🟢
This victory shows the enormous appetite for a genuinely progressive alternative to the misery faced by millions in Britain and many more around the world.
From calling out the government’s complicity in the… https://t.co/zO52liRtCr
— Peace & Justice Project (@corbyn_project) September 2, 2025
In short, there seems to be a lot of goodwill on behalf of both major forces in left-wing politics right now.
Any alliance would “be in the hands of Green party members”, Polanski has said previously, because of the party’s democratic structure. And such an agreement could hinge around a commitment to electoral reform, particularly a shift to proportional representation, towards which Corbyn appears to be increasingly sympathetic.
Featured image via the Canary
