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George Galloway contests London byelection without setting foot in UK

George Galloway contests London byelection without setting foot in UK

Veteran leftwinger has been ‘in exile in the east’ in Russia and not been to Holborn and St Pancras constituency since campaign began George Galloway has been elected seven times to parliament, but his attempt to succeed for an eighth this week, in the London seat formerly held by Keir Starmer, is undoubtedly his most curious effort yet. Since the byelection campaign began, the leader of the Workers party of Britain has yet to set foot in the UK, let alone the Holborn and St Pancras constituency, because he is in what he describes as “self-exile” after being questioned by counter-terrorism police at Gatwick airport a year ago. Continue reading...

HolbornKeir StarmerLondon
Oct 7, 2026 · byThe Guardian
The Greens may yet win in Holborn and St Pancras – but what happened to the party set to ‘replace’ Labour? | Andy Beckett

The Greens may yet win in Holborn and St Pancras – but what happened to the party set to ‘replace’ Labour? | Andy Beckett

On the eve of the byelection, Polanski’s pledge is to keep the government ‘in check’. It may not be enough to stop a drift back to the political margins Only a few months ago, in the spring, there was a sense of giddy possibility about the Greens. Zack Polanski’s radical new leadership felt fresh and dynamic, especially compared with those of the other parties. Former Labour supporters, in particular, were switching to the Greens in huge numbers , Green candidates were winning across the country , and the party was second behind Reform UK in some national polls. Like Reform, the Green party presented itself as a revolt against a failed status quo. Unlike Reform, the Greens’ urgent stance on the climate crisis gave them a potent moral authority: even many people who did not support them believed that the Greens were right about the most universal issue. Andy Beckett is a Guardian columnist Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here . Continue reading...

HolbornThe GuardianZack Polanski
Oct 7, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Loss of green space could be issue that decides Holborn and St Pancras byelection

Loss of green space could be issue that decides Holborn and St Pancras byelection

Labour could pay price for disappearance of parks and playgrounds around Euston station When HS2 construction began around London’s Euston station in 2017 and people living nearby watched parks and playgrounds give way to diggers and rubble, they were promised that the lost green space would be replaced. “They have to give it all back,” said Dorothea Hackman. “But they are destroying it – so there’s nothing to give back.” As the dust from the political party conference season begins to settle, disappearing green spaces and housing developments have become central issues in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection. On Thursday, Labour and the Green party will contest the seismic seat vacated by the former prime minster Keir Starmer . Continue reading...

HolbornKeir StarmerLondon
Oct 6, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Polanski says he doesn’t need to win ‘50/50’ byelection to stay Green leader

Polanski says he doesn’t need to win ‘50/50’ byelection to stay Green leader

Head of party in England and Wales says vote in Keir Starmer’s old seat is ‘high stakes for people in Holborn and St Pancras, and for the climate crisis’ Zack Polanski has insisted his authority as leader of the Green party of England and Wales does not depend on winning next week’s Holborn and St Pancras byelection, amid suggestions that the party’s popularity has peaked. Polanski, who is trying to take Keir Starmer’s former seat from Labour, described the contest as “probably 50/50 right now” and “really on a knife edge”. Continue reading...

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EnglandHolbornKeir Starmer
Oct 2, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Polanski heckled at Jewish community hustings after saying that Zionism is a form of racism – UK politics live

Polanski heckled at Jewish community hustings after saying that Zionism is a form of racism – UK politics live

The Green leader, who is Jewish, made the remarks as part of his campaign in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection Morning, and welcome to our UK politics live blog. Zack Polanski declared himself an anti-Zionist and faced heckling at a Jewish community hustings in Holborn and St Pancras , where the Green party leader is standing as a candidate in next month’s byelection. A Green official said that many activists loyal to the party’s leadership might not be at the autumn conference because it takes place a week before voting in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection, in which Polanski hopes to take Keir Starmer’s old seat from Labour, potentially leaving more scope for others to push through the motion. “The risk is that if it passes as it is we are alienating ourselves from the Jewish community in the UK, a lot of whom are not big fans of the current Israeli government,” a Green source said. Continue reading...

HolbornKeir StarmerZack Polanski
Sep 25, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Sagal Abdi-Wali: Labour’s candidate in Starmer’s former seat zeroes in on local issues amid Green challenge

Sagal Abdi-Wali: Labour’s candidate in Starmer’s former seat zeroes in on local issues amid Green challenge

Former Camden council leader’s message is clear: she’s ‘visible, committed and local’, and has been for a long time Sagal Abdi-Wali does not want to be the prime minister. She doesn’t even want to lead her party. Labour’s candidate for Holborn and St Pancras laughs and shakes her head with unusual vigour when asked if she would like to follow in the footsteps of the last member of parliament for the constituency, Keir Starmer. “No, no, no, no, that’s not at all, in any way, what I’m trying to do,” she says during a break in campaigning in the Primrose Hill cafe in Regent’s Park. “I’m literally trying to get through the next few weeks and trying to be the member of parliament for this constituency, and that’s all I care about.” Continue reading...

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HolbornKeir Starmer
Sep 25, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Polanski request to postpone Greens’ conference to focus on byelection refused by party

Polanski request to postpone Greens’ conference to focus on byelection refused by party

Exclusive: Leader understood to have wanted to concentrate on Holborn and St Pancras campaign in London but executive committee voted against plan Zack Polanski requested that the Greens’ ruling executive committee postpone the party’s imminent annual conference so they could focus on the Holborn and St Pancras byelection but was refused. While party officials say the formal request came from staffers worried about diluting resources by staging a conference a week before Polanski tries to win Keir Starmer’s former Commons seat, the Guardian understands the party leader wanted this to happen. Continue reading...

HolbornKeir StarmerLondon
Sep 18, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Greens just four points behind Labour in urban areas, poll reveals

Greens just four points behind Labour in urban areas, poll reveals

Exclusive: Party could take 40 seats if result replicated at next election, according to Labour-linked thinktank The Green party is just four points behind Labour in urban constituencies, putting them within touching distance of taking as many as 40 seats if the result was replicated at the next election, according to new polling by a Labour-linked thinktank. The survey by ThinkLabour, which has extensive links to Andy Burnham’s government, finds that urban voters have moved in large numbers towards Zack Polanski’s party since the 2024 general election. The research highlights the challenge Labour faces holding onto the Holborn and St Pancras seat in the face of a challenge from Polanski himself at next month’s byelection. Continue reading...

Andy BurnhamHolbornZack Polanski
Sep 16, 2026 · byThe Guardian
North Sea gasfield decision likely delayed until after Holborn byelection

North Sea gasfield decision likely delayed until after Holborn byelection

Greens accuse Labour of hiding approval recommendation to avoid controversy ahead of key ballot A decision on approving the controversial Jackdaw gasfield in the North Sea is to be delayed until later this autumn, with the Greens accusing Labour of hiding their position before the crucial Holborn byelection. Miatta Fahnbulleh, the energy secretary, had been poised to give her recommendation to approve the Jackdaw field off the coast of Aberdeen next week . Continue reading...

HolbornNorth Sea
Sep 11, 2026 · byThe Guardian
North Sea gasfield decision likely delayed until after Holborn and St Pancras byelection

North Sea gasfield decision likely delayed until after Holborn and St Pancras byelection

Greens accuse Labour of hiding position to avoid criticism before contest, in which Zack Polanski is standing A decision on approving the controversial Jackdaw gasfield in the North Sea is to be delayed until later this autumn, with the Greens accusing Labour of hiding their position before the crucial Holborn and St Pancras byelection. Miatta Fahnbulleh, the energy secretary, had been poised to give her recommendation to approve the Jackdaw field off the coast of Aberdeen next week . Continue reading...

HolbornNorth SeaZack Polanski
Sep 11, 2026 · byThe Guardian
North Sea gasfield decision likely delayed until after Holborn and St Pancras byelection

North Sea gasfield decision likely delayed until after Holborn and St Pancras byelection

Greens accuse Labour of hiding position to avoid criticism before contest, in which Zack Polanski is standing A decision on approving the controversial Jackdaw gasfield in the North Sea is to be delayed until later this autumn, with the Greens accusing Labour of hiding their position before the crucial Holborn and St Pancras byelection. Miatta Fahnbulleh, the energy secretary, had been poised to give her recommendation to approve the Jackdaw field off the coast of Aberdeen next week . Continue reading...

HolbornNorth SeaZack Polanski
Sep 11, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Greens select Zack Polanski to run in Holborn and St Pancras byelection

Greens select Zack Polanski to run in Holborn and St Pancras byelection

Leader has said Greens are underdogs in race for Keir Starmer’s former seat but he is confident they can beat Labour Zack Polanski, the Green party leader, has been selected as its candidate for the Holborn and St Pancras byelection on 8 October. The seat became vacant this month when the former prime minister Keir Starmer announced he was leaving parliament . Continue reading...

HolbornKeir StarmerZack Polanski
Sep 11, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Greens select Zack Polanski to run in Holborn and St Pancras byelection

Greens select Zack Polanski to run in Holborn and St Pancras byelection

Leader has said Greens are underdogs in race for Keir Starmer’s former seat but he is confident they can beat Labour Zack Polanski, the Green party leader, has been selected as its candidate for the Holborn and St Pancras byelection on 8 October. The seat became vacant this month when the former prime minister Keir Starmer announced he was leaving parliament . Continue reading...

HolbornKeir StarmerZack Polanski
Sep 11, 2026 · byThe Guardian
MPs to vote again on assisted dying as bill returns to parliament – UK politics live

MPs to vote again on assisted dying as bill returns to parliament – UK politics live

Bill would allow terminally ill adults with less than six months to live to end their lives, after the approval of a panel of experts Also today, the Green party will announce its Holborn and St Pancras candidate this morning, with leader Zack Polanksi tipped to have won last night’s vote by local party members. He was up against local councillor Hamza Chowdhury for the nomination. We’ll bring you the outcome as soon as it is announced. Esther Rantzen has said she is no longer able to travel to Switzerland to end her life because she has become “too physically fragile”. Continue reading...

Esther RantzenHolbornSchweiz
Sep 11, 2026 · byThe Guardian