Holborn and St Pancras by-election: Polls to close in contest to replace Keir Starmer as MP
Following a by-election in Holborn and St Pancras, the focus has shifted to Green Party leader Zack Polanski. He is facing internal and external criticism regarding his leadership and party stance on the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Why it matters
Illustrates the political pressure on party leaders when navigating sensitive international conflicts and internal party dissent.
In the aftermath of a by-election, the focus is usually on the winner. Not this time.
Make no mistake, the new MP for Holborn and St Pancras, Sagal Abdi-Wali, has quite the personal story to tell.
But in the offices of Camden Council at 03:00 this morning, the focus of the press pack, me included, waiting for the declaration was on Zack Polanski.
Defeated, yes, but – more significantly – confronting a wall of questions about his party, his leadership, his judgement, his future.
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