Green leader Zack Polanski caught ‘endorsing grim conspiracy theories’ | UK | News
Green Party leader Zack Polanski has repeatedly endorsed social media posts claiming Sir Keir Starmer is in the pockets of powerful Jewish figures.
Posts on Bluesky, a left-leaning rival to Elon Musk’s The question was included.
It comes as the Greens are grappling with a deepening crisis of antisemitism, with party candidates for the May 7 local elections comparing Jewish people to “cockroaches”, pushing conspiracy theories around the October 7 attacks and branding Zionism the “Nazism of our time”.
What posts did Zack Polanski like on Bluesky?
An analysis by The Economist found that Mr. Polanski had liked nearly 35,000 posts on Bluesky since April 1, 2025. These included a post dated November 9, 2025, written by a user named Urris, in response to an interview in which Mr Polanski said he would not work with Sir Keir.
The post appears to read: “Starmer and his corrupt Cabinet are taking huge sums of money from Zionist ‘philanthropists’ and private healthcare who apparently expect nothing in return.” It received only two likes; one of which came from Mr. Polanski’s verified account.
According to the Telegraph, on April 24, 2026, Mr Polanski also allegedly liked a post by user falconer59, which said: “What a disgrace that Starmer is clinging to the same old trope” and then added: “How much is Israel paying him?” His was the only account that liked this.
The day before, he appeared to have liked a third post by user ChayBristol, which referred to “Labour Friends and paymasters of Israel” and called for Starmer to go – it was later deleted along with the account that posted it. Labor Friends of Israel is a group of MPs and colleagues within the party working to strengthen ties between Britain and Israel.
What did Zack Polanski say about the antisemitism controversy?
A Green Party spokesman said: “Zack makes no apology for highlighting the close relationship between Israel and the Labor Government that led to Labor and Keir Starmer weaponizing and supporting genocide, which is a slightly more important issue than liking some social media posts.”
The Green leader, who is also Jewish, said anti-Semitic abuse followed him throughout the campaign. Speaking to broadcasters on Sunday, he described “someone flashing a Nazi salute towards me” at a rally in Hastings, adding: “This is not an abstract, philosophical conversation for me.”
A Labor Party spokesman said: “Zack Polanski has spent weeks defending the indefensible. The Greens have thrown their full weight behind a series of anti-Semitic candidates. Now Polanski is promoting these vicious conspiracy theories online. He should be completely ashamed. It shows he is unfit for high office.”
What is Sir Keir Starmer doing about rising antisemitism?
Sir Keir will host a No. 10 summit on the issue on Tuesday, bringing together senior figures from across public life including business, policing, higher education and the arts. The move follows the Golders Green attack in which two Jewish men were stabbed.
The prime minister is expected to warn of “a growing pattern of antisemitism that has frightened and angered our Jewish communities and left them questioning whether this country, their home, is safe for them.”
