Enda Brady

He'll remember names and he has people skills, a la Bertie Ahern, for example.

Polanski has extraordinary charm, people skills, media presence, and he's got a brain.

And I think the one thing he has going for him that Starmer hasn't is he's a communicator.

My reading of it is, I think this is going nationwide across the UK.

And I find it amazing the support for reform in places like Scotland and Wales, because it is ultimately an English nationalist party run by an English nationalist.

But I think reform are going nationwide.

They're striking a chord with people who've had enough of the two mainstream parties.

And that's where Zach Polanski comes in as well with the Greens, because he's tapping into this kind of, as much as people want change and some sort of hope, Zach Polanski is offering it in a way that I think Farage doesn't.

Farage just kind of criticizes and doesn't seem to have much of a plan.

Whereas Zach Polanski is just spelling out to people that, you know, give me a chance and this is what I'm going to do.

If these polls are correct and Labour hemorrhage councils and council seats in England,

and then get a bad result in Scotland and Wales as well in those national elections.

Internally, the conversation in Labour will turn to, look, we're three years out from the next general election.

We've got to say goodbye to this fella and get someone in.

Whether that's Angela Rayner, Wes Streeting, or indeed Andy Burnham, the mayor of Manchester, getting into politics in Westminster again, is anyone's guest.

For Polanski, he's got a free ride.

I think it's a free hit for him.

Can he build on those numbers?

It will give him more exposure.

And if May 7th goes very well for him at the local elections, I think then we will start people starting a discussion about, OK, let's see, could we do a deal with him?