Zack Polanski‘s leadership of the Greens hangs in the balance tonight as polls closed in the Holborn & St Pancras by-election.
The under-pressure ‘eco-populist’ is standing to replace Sir Keir Starmer in the north London seat but is forecast to be defeated by Labour‘s Sagal Abdi-Wali in the early hours of tomorrow morning.
An unexpected win would make Mr Polanski the sixth Green MP in the Commons, but a defeat, especially a heavy one, will trigger fresh questions about the direction he has taken the party.
The party enjoyed a surge in the polls earlier this year but has seen itself slip backwards
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