Tit-whisperer Zack Polanski has officially secured the Green nomination for the Holborn and St Pancras by-election. Despite an internal row over whether the gig should go to a ‘global majority’ candidate, activists ultimately opted for the party’s leader. Polanski/Paulden will now take his travelling circus to the streets of central London.
The dentally challenged Green leader declared:
I am proud and honoured to have been selected for a byelection in the constituency where I have lived and worked for much of the past 20 years. I love this place and so do the people whose doors I’ve knocked on in recent days – but it can be even better. I know times are tough in Holborn and St Pancras. My story of constant moving around flats is such a common story for Londoners – and I know many people here are really struggling right now. I’ll fight to turn this around.
Quite how repeatedly changing flats/houseboats and failing to pay council tax qualifies Polanski to rescue Londoners from the housing crisis is unclear. Still, having already reinvented himself from a Lib Dem to hypnotherapist, breast-enlargement guru and eco-socialist firebrand, playing saviour of Camden should present little difficulty.
Polanski will face Labour’s Sagal Abdi-Wali, a Somali refugee and leader of Camden council. Liam Conlon, the Labour MP leading the party’s by-election campaign, said: ‘Only Labour’s Sagal Abdi-Wali is rooted in this community and has a proven track record of delivering for Camden. She has spent 20 years volunteering across this area, and taken action to improve housing and support for young families as council leader. Labour will run a positive campaign that brings people together and gives them hope.’
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