Chris Mason

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Newscast · Keir Starmer Resigns (Again) · 1 Sep 2026 podcast

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And then the other thing that has come to me unsolicited, which is just a little insight into the kind of Green Party in England and Wales and their internal uh politics, is that some have been pointing out to me that um as one person put it, it needs to be remembered that his mandate, this is Zach Polansky's mandate as the Green Party leader in England and Wales, is based on not being an MP. matched

It was central p it was a central plank of what he argued just last year. matched

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So there's a you know, there's the there's the tensions there that you know have have been explored quite a bit around the direction and tone and tenor of the uh of the Green Party, uh who have made it is unquestionable, uh significant sort of strides forward in terms of uh prominence and opinion polling since Zach Polansky took the took the leadership. matched

But yeah, a a by election in North London in um in in An matched

Burnham's opening months as Prime Minister, in which the leader of the Green Party in London Wales is their candidate, and let's see if that turns out to be the case, would be quite a tasty uh battle I would have thought. matched

Yeah, so it's a test of uh the extent to which that attempt to bind the left broadly. matched

These are these are imperfect descriptions, aren't they? matched

But black bind the left broadly under under Labour's umbrella will be tested. matched

If you like, that might chalk up in the kind of uh positive column for Andy Burnham. matched

If you like in the more negative column, and no doubt some of this would be thrown in his direction by some. matched

is well, an element of the argument we've heard from uh James Cleverley, the former shadow cabinet member for the Conservatives who wants to be the Conservatives candidate for the Mayor of London contest that comes the year after next, who was making an argument that in his view, Andy Burnham was anti London, given that he focuses a lot on the on Manchester and the northwest of England, and here comes a very prominent matched

tussle for a Westminster seat in the heart of the in the heart of the capital. matched

And I think that exact observation, which i is very true, i is an important one in h in how we wrestle with this whole business of him saying one thing then and saying something else now. matched

And and clearly he's you know, he he's he he's the as his critics have already labelled it, it's a U turn. matched

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newscasters who appreciate subtlety and nuance. matched

Th there's a there are s there are there are occasions in public life and in politics where it is not matched

sustainable realistically to occupy a position that is neither black nor white. matched

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