Is this the left-wing Nigel Farage? Watch Zack Polanski's full interview with reporter Lewis Denison
'The Green Party needs to learn from Nigel Farage', is a statement many people on the Left of politics would disagree with.
But that is what the party's deputy leader, Zack Polanski, is saying must happen if the Greens are to emulate Reform UK's surge in the polls.
Polanski is running to become the party's next leader on a platform calling for "eco-populism", suggesting a change in direction is needed from the more diplomatic path being walked by the current leadership.
The Green Party will elect its next leader in August after co-leader Carla Denyer MP announced she would not run for re-election. Polanski is up against her leadership partner Adrian Ramsay, who is sharing the ticket wit