Whisper it, but it appears Zack Polanski’s eco-populism strategy is working. After his election as the new leader of the Green party, support for the environmentalists has surged. The party’s membership has seen an 80 per cent increase since Polanski took the reigns last month, according to the group, which claims it now has over 126,000 paid-up members. The eco-zealots have more than double the reported members of the Lib Dems and have overtaken the Tories to become the third largest party in the UK. Good heavens!

There’s more good news for Polanski and his unique brand of eco-socialism: the latest YouGov polling from 19-20 October shows the Greens have hit their highest figure ever recorded by the pollsters, with the environmentalists tied with the Lib Dems on 15 per cent. Polanski’s pa

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