Zack Polanski has declared Britain’s two-party politics “dead and buried” as his Green party won its first ever mayoral election.
The Greens unseated Labour from mayoral power in the east London borough of Hackney after 24 years. The new mayor, Zoë Garbett, told reporters she was “elated” and promised it was just the beginning, after the party won with 35,720 votes to Labour’s 26,865.
“Across London and the country, people have made it clear that they are desperate for an alternative to this failing Labour government,” she said. “It’s not old politics … versus new parties. This is about a system of fear versus a movement of hope.”
“All the work I’ve ever done has been to change the system and services that let people down, harm people and widen inequality. Our borough has over a quarter of a million people,” added Garbett, who succeeds the Labour mayor Caroline Woodley.
We just had a by election here in Australia for a vacated aeat and our Reform aka One Nation Party also won.
I am not sure why they hate the country, other people and the.environment so much and it’s appalling but it is what it is.
The party leader was just gifted a private jet the other day from one of our truly repugnant billionaires and apparently this means she’ll be able to connect with the everyman.