Zack Polanski’s bid to win Holborn and St Pancras, a seat that has been Labour since it’s inception, failed.

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News of his loss is not unexpected. Holborn and St Pancras is one of the safest Labour seats, but when it was announced that Mr Polanski would be running, there was some expectation that it could be close.

Instead, now his political future is in question.

When elected as Green Party leader, the London Assembly Member oversaw a boom in Green Party membership and his own personal popularity soared.

In March, his popularity was -8 (according to More in Common), making him the second most popular party leader at the time.

Now, however, he has a -28 net approval, making him the least popular leader behind both Restore’s Rupert Lowe and Reform UK’s Nigel Farage.

This plunge in popularity was underpinned by the controversial........

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