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Green Party leader Zack Polanski has admitted he was wrong to describe himself as a spokesperson for the British Red Cross, after the charity said he had never held such a role. The admission is an embarrassing intervention for a party leader trying to present himself as a serious national figure, and raises further questions about his judgement, integrity and political credibility at a sensitive moment for the Greens.
Polanski made the claim during his 2022 campaign to become deputy leader of the Green Party, and similar wording also appeared on his personal website in 2020. The British Red Cross told media outlets that Polanski had not been a spokesperson for the charity and that it had raised the issue with the Green Party. Polanski has now admitted that “I used the wrong word, and I accept that.”