All posts tagged: Zack

Politics Home Article | Vote Green To Push Labour Left, Says Zack Polanski

Politics Home Article | Vote Green To Push Labour Left, Says Zack Polanski

Published by Sam Flores

Zack Polanski delivered his speech to Green Party conference on Friday (Alamy) 3 min read3 hr Zack Polanski has urged people to keep voting for the Greens to force Labour into more left-wing positions. “Vote Green and watch Labour move,” the party leader said in his conference speech in Brighton on Friday. Polanski is hoping to defeat Labour in the by-election to succeed former prime minister Keir Starmer in the London constituency of Holborn and St Pancras next week. The Greens have performed well in the capital in recent months after enjoying a surge in popularity when Polanski first took over last year. However, Labour sources are confident that their candidate Sagal Abdi-Wali will win on Thursday. Polanski is facing questions about how he will combat Labour now that it is under the leadership of Prime Minister Andy Burnham. Labour’s polling has improved significantly since Burnham replaced Starmer in No 10 this summer, while the ratings of both Polanski and the Greens have dipped. Polanski used his speech to urge Green members to keep the pressure on Labour, arguing …

The House Article | How Zack Polanski’s Greens Are Dealing With Their Andy Burnham Problem

The House Article | How Zack Polanski’s Greens Are Dealing With Their Andy Burnham Problem

Published by Sam Flores

Green Party leader Zack Polanski with supporters in Holborn and St Pancras, 20 September 2026 (Ron Fassbender/Alamy Live News) 9 min read3 hr Zack Polanski reshaped the Greens into a populist left party, which worked well against Keir Starmer. Andy Burnham is now threatening to take that argument away. Sienna Rodgers reports The Green Party has a problem: it may be a victim of its own success. In raising the salience of issues like Gaza and pushing radical cost of living policies, while getting cut-through thanks to a sharp social media strategy and the ability to speak human, Zack Polanski may have done himself a serious disservice. Among Greens, there is a widespread view that the governing party would never have made the bold move of ousting its leader just two years after a landslide victory without pressure from the left. Perhaps, then, Polanski did too well too early. Now there’s a new Labour leader who can communicate in an engaging – even deeply moving – way, while moving leftwards, all …

Who is Sagal Abdi-Wali? Labour’s candidate fighting Zack Polanski in crunch London by-election

Who is Sagal Abdi-Wali? Labour’s candidate fighting Zack Polanski in crunch London by-election

Published by Sam Flores

Councillor Sagal Abdi-Wali was chosen to lead the north London council in May this year, but could soon be stepping down from her role if she wins the parliamentary seat vacated by former Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer after receiving her party’s nomination. Camden council leader Sagal Abdi-Wali Camden council Here’s everything we know about Ms Abdi-Wali: Sagal Abdi-Wali first came to Britain in the early 1990s as a child refugee escaping civil war in Somalia. First elected as a local councillor in 2022, Ms Abdi-Wali made history in May by becoming Camden’s first black female leader. She has previously discussed her experience fleeing Somalia, telling the LabourList website in 2019: “Camden has been my home since I moved here with my family as a child refugee, fleeing war-torn Somalia. “This new home is where I was raised and educated; it’s where I now work for the council and volunteer for local community groups and charities. “It is an area steeped in close community values, progressivism and inclusion, all of which have shaped who I …

Greens Defend Zack Polanski's Urdu Video After Minister Says It Makes Him 'Uncomfortable'

Greens Defend Zack Polanski's Urdu Video After Minister Says It Makes Him 'Uncomfortable'

Published by Sam Flores

Zack Polanksi in the campaign video The Greens have defended a by-election campaign video in which Zack Polanski speaks in Urdu after a cabinet member said it made him feel “uncomfortable”. In a post on social media, the party leader introduced himself and encouraged voters to back him in Holborn and St Pancras on October 8. But business secretary Jonathan Reynolds said all voters should be able to understand what candidates say. He told Times Radio that his views “have hardened” on the need for campaign literature to be in English. “I think it’s very important, when you think about cohesion, to make sure that everyone can participate in an election,” he said. Tory shadow communities secretary Katie Lam went even further by describing Polanski’s video as “poisonous” and should be banned. She said: “Attempting to appeal to group-based grievances by campaigning in foreign languages is poisonous. “We must ban this practice for good. Politics in our country should be conducted in the language of public life.” Here's the leader of the Green Party, campaigning in Urdu. Attempting …

First Reactions to Zack Snyder’s New Film

First Reactions to Zack Snyder’s New Film

Published by Daniella Wilson

Zack Snyder‘s The Last Photograph had its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on Sunday, and the first reactions to the filmmaker’s 13th feature are decidedly mixed. Debuting in TIFF‘s “special events” section, The Last Photograph is an action thriller that Snyder directed from a screenplay by Kurt Johnstad, who co-wrote Snyder’s previous two features, 2023’s Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire and 2024’s Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver. A plot synopsis for the film reads, “An ex-DEA agent searches South American mountains for his murdered diplomat siblings’ children, aided by a junkie photographer who saw the killers, confronting past demons as reality blurs in remote wilderness.” The Last Photograph stars Scottish actor Stuart Martin and Northern Irish actor Fra Fee. Snyder’s longtime collaborator Hans Zimmer, alongside Omer Benyamin and Steven Doar, composed the film’s music. A passion project for Snyder, The Last Photograph is based on an original story from the filmmaker and he has been developing the idea for two decades. He also served as cameraman and cinematographer …

Zack Snyder, DC Filmmaker, Goes Indie With ‘The Last Photograph’

Zack Snyder, DC Filmmaker, Goes Indie With ‘The Last Photograph’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Zack Snyder sat in the back of a cramped, beat-up van, drenched in sweat. Perspiration waterfalled down his face. His back was soaked. He was on the verge of passing out. It could have been the triple-digit jungle heat. He was in the southern reaches of Colombia after all. It could have been from the triple-digit degree fever that he didn’t know he had. (He would later find out he contracted COVID.)  But he had a camera on his shoulder and what he did know was that he could not afford to stop shooting the scenes he needed to get that day. He was in the middle of finally making his passion project, The Last Photograph, and he was both director and cameraman. The movie was figuratively and literally on his shoulders. When he returned to Leticia, Colombia’s southernmost city that sits on the Amazon River, a woman offered a trembling Snyder cough drops. “Halls is the answer?!” he thought to himself. “OK, fine. Fuck it.” When I ask him if he tried wearing a …

Zack Polanksi launches campaign to become an MP in Starmer’s old seat | Politics | News

Zack Polanksi launches campaign to become an MP in Starmer’s old seat | Politics | News

Published by Sam Flores

The Greens have picked party leader Zack Polanski as their candidate to challenge Labour in the Holborn and St Pancras seat vacated by Sir Keir Starmer. Green Party MP Hannah Spencer declared him the candidate at an event in London, saying local party members “overwhelmingly” chose London Assembly member Mr Polanski. It’s a blow to Labour, as while Andy Burnham’s party appear to be the favourites to win the by-election, Mr Polanski is probably the candidate most likely to pull off an upset win for the Greens. Mr Polanski had faced a challenge from local councillor Hamza Chowdhury to secure the nomination. He will take on Labour’s Sagal Abdi-Wali at the October 8 contest, triggered by former prime minister Sir Keir’s departure from Parliament. The by-election could provide an early test of Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s popularity with the public, she said in an X post. Labour has held the Holborn and St Pancras seat continuously since it was created in 1983, but voters there have moved towards Green and independent candidates in recent years. …

Suite Life of Zack & Cody Co-Creator Was 79

Suite Life of Zack & Cody Co-Creator Was 79

Published by Daniella Wilson

Jim Geoghan, the co-creator of Disney Channel’s The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, has died. He was 79. Geoghan’s daughter, Genevieve Geoghan, confirmed his death to The Hollywood Reporter. No cause of death was made immediately available. He co-created the Cole and Dylan Sprouse-led sitcom The Suite Life of Zack & Cody alongside Danny Kallis in 2005. The series ran for three seasons until 2008, spotlighting the Sprouses as the Martin twins living in the Tipton Hotel with their single mother. The show also starred Ashley Tisdale, Brenda Song, Phil Lewis and Kim Rhodes. Geoghan earned two Emmy nominations for his work on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. The Suite Life continued with the spinoff The Suite Life on Deck, which also starred the Sprouse twins, Song, Lewis and Debby Ryan. Geoghan co-created the franchise extension with Pamela Eells and Danny Kallis, as the characters from the original boarded a semester-at-sea program on the S.S. Tipton. He also wrote the 2011 Disney Channel movie The Suite Life Movie. Geoghan produced and wrote for …

Politics Home | Zack Polanski Confirms He Wants Stand In Holborn And St Pancras By-Election

Politics Home | Zack Polanski Confirms He Wants Stand In Holborn And St Pancras By-Election

Published by Sam Flores

Green Party leader Zack Polanski will stand in the by-election triggered by Keir Starmer’s resignation as an MP. (Alamy) 2 min read58 min Green Party leader Zack Polanski has announced his intention to stand in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election triggered by former prime minister Keir Starmer’s resignation as the local MP. Polanski told the local newspaper, Camden New Journal, he was “so excited by the prospect of representing” the North London constituency in an interview published on Thursday. “I have lived and worked in this community over many years, I know it well and I love it,” the London Assembly Member said. “It represents so many of the things that make London so special. I am so excited by the prospect of representing this place in Parliament.” Polanski will need to be officially selected as the Green candidate to enter the contest. The Greens are expected to be the main challengers to Labour in the contest to succeed Starmer.  Polanski’s party has enjoyed significant electoral success in London in recent months, largely …