Exclusive: Leader understood to have wanted to concentrate on Holborn and St Pancras campaign in London but executive committee voted against plan
Zack Polanski requested that the Greens’ ruling executive committee postpone the party’s imminent annual conference so they could focus on the Holborn and St Pancras byelection but was refused.
While party officials say the formal request came from staffers worried about diluting resources by staging a conference a week before Polanski tries to win Keir Starmer’s former Commons seat, the Guardian understands the party leader wanted this to happen.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/18/zack-polanski-request-postpone-greens-conference-byelection-refused
Author : Peter Walker Senior political correspondent
Publish date : 2026-09-18 16:26:00
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