Labour is crumbling. And Zack Polanski’s election as Green Party leader has thrust it into a leading role in British politics. Ahead of the government’s upcoming budget, for example, the Greens are pushing Labour from the left with a simple message:
Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.
At the Budget, the Green Party's message is clear: Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires. pic.twitter.com/uwjQGzzcuJ
— The Green Party (@TheGreenParty) November 19, 2025
The Greens insist there are easy steps Labour can take to reverse its decline:
Our country is in crisis. Bills are too high. People are being forced to live in mouldy, unaffordable homes. One in three kids is living in poverty.
The budget is this government's chance to turn things around: it's time to cut bills and tax billionaires. https://t.co/rpHcujDcZh
— Carla Denyer (@carla_denyer) November 19, 2025
But Keir Starmer’s right-wing Labour Party is unlikely to change course. Because its top team is too busy serving itself and its dodgy millionaire donors while dangerously courting far-right voters.
That’s why Polanski and his team are fighting back, and trying to “make hope normal again”. It’s also why they stress that:
We all have a responsibility to make [Labour] pay at the ballot box.
Cruel. Callous. Cowardly.
The public are seeing this Labour government for exactly who they are.
We all have a responsibility to make them pay at the ballot box.
Reject the hate. Reject them.
This is not who we are. Let's make hope normal again.https://t.co/0qbagSvIYp https://t.co/ccKIOeqarg
— Zack Polanski (@ZackPolanski) November 17, 2025
Support soars with simple messaging
Nuance absolutely matters, and we should never forget that. But in the end, we really do have a choice between compassion and cruelty right now. And in winning over hearts and minds, Polanski’s straightforward messaging is a winner.
The mission is to:
Overtake Labour. Take on Reform.
Every single day the Green Party are getting lots of new members and breaking polling records.
Not a moment of complacency though.
Overtake Labour. Take on Reform. That's the job.https://t.co/0qbagSvIYp https://t.co/GT065O5t5H
— Zack Polanski (@ZackPolanski) November 19, 2025
(Some polls, of course, say the Greens have already overtaken Labour and are now Britain’s second most popular party after Reform UK.)
The focus on challenging the super-rich is powerful. Because for decades, we’ve had a system prioritising their interests, and people are now ready for a system that prioritises ordinary people’s interests instead. As Polanski says:
It’s time to make tough choices for multimillionaires and billionaires.
.@ZackPolanski: "we have a govt that is always talking about tough choices. Why are they always tough choices for working class people, for unemployed people, for disabled people? It's time to make tough choices for multimillionaires and billionaires. It is time to tax the rich" pic.twitter.com/qou05iuwM4
— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) November 19, 2025
The Greens are the most popular party right now with under-50s, and have almost half the youth vote. The Young Greens have 40,000 members.
The establishment media are desperately attacking Polanski and his party. But the Greens’ simple message of hope is clearly cutting through. And if Labour doesn’t make any positive changes in its upcoming budget, it will only continue to crumble while the Greens cement their place as the main challenger to Reform.
Featured image via the Canary
By Ed Sykes
This post was originally published on Canary.