Plenty of us were criticising Starmer for not standing up to Trump!
But imagine if we had a PM who’d treated Trump the way that we wanted!
He’d have slapped extra tariffs on us and closed down the conversation.
#EllieChowns
#BBCAQ
Damn well said #EllieChowns #bbcqt
A better deal? Prefer Green MP #EllieChowns:
“Full membership of the EU remains the best option for the UK, and we are in favour of pursuing a policy to re-join as soon as the political will is present. “ 💚
#Elliechowns
#politicslive
#HopeNotHate
#ChangeEverything
#BackZack
#VoteGreen
join.greenparty.org.uk
Met inspiring #Greens today, including #EllieChowns — a true champion for our rivers, communities and climate. Grateful for her leadership and commitment to real #ClimateAction and #CommunityPower. Feeling energised to keep pushing for a greener future. 💚
Good to see you've changed your tune #EllieChowns & are now #BackingZack well done 👏
Good to see you've changed your tune #EllieChowns & are now #BackingZack well done 👏
40mago 13.40 BST Ellie Chowns and Adrian Ramsay, the two co-leader candidates who were beaten by Zack Polanski in the Greeen party leadership contest, have put out this statement about the result. 44 We'd like to congratulate Zack Polanski on his election as leader of the Green party, and to thank him for running such a strong and passionate campaign. We also want to thank every member who voted and all those who took part in this leadership election - on both sides. From conversations on doorsteps to the energy shared online and within communities, the commitment of Green members has shone through. Our party is in the strongest position in its history. We’re winning record numbers of seats, reaching people in every community and from across the political spectrum, and showing that Green politics is rooted in the issues that truly matter. We’re proud of the record-breaking successes the party has achieved under Adrian and Carla’s leadership, and we look forward to seeing that momentum continue. As MPs, we remain fully committed to playing our part: holding this government to account and championing the policies needed for a fairer, greener and more liveable future. Together, we will continue to build on the extraordinary progress the Green party has made, and take it further than ever before.
Zack Polanski embracing Ellie Chowns after the leadership election result was announced, with Carla Denyer (left) and Adrian Ramsay (right) looking on. Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images
Greens for the win!
#GPEW #ZackPolanksi #Polanski #EllieChowns #CarlaDenyer #AdrianRamsay #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS
Finally cast my vote in the #GreenParty leadership ballot.
My first choice went to #AdrianRamsey and #EllieChowns
I think they are the leadership team most likely to appeal to the cross-section of voters who will ensure more #GPEW MPs in future elections, and more Green councillors locally […]
The Green Party’s 2025 leadership contest is weirder, and more revealing than you think — here’s the full story, from soil to space lizards.
#GreenParty #UKPolitics #ClimatePolitics #ZackPolanski #AdrianRamsay #EllieChowns #NIMBYism #Corbynite #BritishLeft
jon-chadwick.com/2025/08/05/g...
Leadership shake-up!?
* The Green Party race is on: Ramsay & Chowns vs. Polanski.
* 65,000 members now decide the party's future!
#GreenLeadership #ZackPolanski #EllieChowns #UKPolitics #GreenParty
65,000+ #GreenParty members .....
* That’s less than 0.1% of UK registered voters!
* And, over 4 x
These two scored lower than Zack for their responses to the LGBTQIA+ statement.
I mean, if you're going for a party leadership position, why would you even hint at the hateful nonsense of the current Labour shambles?!
#EllieChowns
#AdrianRamsay
#backzack
T3mago 21128ST Green party leadership hustings - snap verdict Most commentators who have expressed a view think Zack Polanski will win the Green party leadership contest, perhaps quite easily. Voting does not open until Friday and the ballot goes on all month - the results will be announced on Tuesday 2 September. There is a limit to what you can pick up from a single leadership hustings, but there was nothing that was said or that happened tonight that suggests this assessment is wrong. Ellie Chowns came over as decent and reasonable, but Polanski was in a different league when it came to verve, polish and passion. As a member of the London assembly, he was playing to a home crowd, but that alone does not explain why, judging by the audience reaction, he was able to fire them up more. He is a natural performer on a political stage. In a contest with a small electorate (like the parliamentary Conservative party), public appearances aren't always decisive because the voters know all the candidates personally, and so other factors come into play. Green party elections were probably like that a long time ago. But the party has more than 60,000 members now, and many who vote will do so on the basis of what they have seen on the media. In this space, Polanski seems the clear winner.
It was a friendly debate. (Perhaps Adrian Ramsay not being there made a difference.) Polanski said there was no disagreement on policy and, from ‘what was said tonight, that seems true. He also claimed there was no disagreement about strategy. (See 6.42pm). That is more spurious, because there are clearly tensions between the Green wing very comfortable with Corbynism (Polanski now - but not when Corbyn was actually Labour leader), and the Chowns-Ramsay wing more alive to the concerns of Tory-Lib Dem-leaning voters. But when Polanski said it was mostly a choice between communication styles, that sounded right. And the debate about communication means, in effect, how best to counter Nigel Farage. The Reform UK leader was referenced constantly tonight; Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch barely got a mention. Chowns seemed horrified by the notion that the Green party had anything to learn from the way Farage campaigns. (See 7.34pm.) Polanski said the opposite. (See 9.43pm.) Given the record of all the others in British politics who have assumed that Farage will just self-implode if left to his own devices, Polanski’s argument was more persuasive.
Has he got what it takes to be a leftwing, progressive Farage? It is too early to tell, but possibly. There aren’t many models in British politics for serious leftwingers who manage to present as charismatic, well-informed, likeable and normal. Ken Livingstone, in his early London mayor days (before he lost his judgment), may be the best example. It is also a lot easier for politicians on the right to be personality politicians, because they do not have to worry so much about censorious party members who police what gets said over policy. But Polanski has certainly got the potential to be a big, leadership voice in the social media era. (Assuming he wins...)
The Guardians' Verdict on the Green Party Leadership Hustings.
(It's just nice to see it reported!)
#BackZack #GPEW #EllieChowns #AdamRamsey #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS
I seriously hope @zackpolanski.bsky.social wins leadership of the #GreenParty, because if #EllieChowns & #AdrianRamsay win then I'm out.
We NEED to work with ALL on the #left. We 100% must defeat the #RightWing parties of #Labour & #Tory & the #FarRight #Reform.
United we stand, divided we fall.
Hey #EllieChowns
I noticed the #Green party had not used the word #Disabled so I fixed it on my phone for #GreenPartyHQ. Sorry it's a bit wonky but I have both #Dyslexia & #Dyspraxia
Regarding #ToryShiteLiebour MPs they'll cowardly agree with their party just like the #Tories
#PMQs #TakingThePIP
#Disabled Poverty Is a #ToryShiteLiebour Party Political Choice
Hey #EllieChowns
I noticed the #Green party had not used the word #Disabled so I fixed it on my phone for #GreenPartyHQ. Sorry it's a bit wonky but I have both #Dyslexia & #Dyspraxia
Regarding #ToryShiteLiebour MPs they'll cowardly agree with their party, just like the #Tories
#PMQs #TakingThePIP
hago 09.45 BST Green party of England and Wales MP for North Herefordshire Ellie Chowns has said Ofwat’s fine for Thames Water is “long overdue”. In a post to social media, Chowns, who is running to be co-leader of the party, said: 44 This morning’s £123 million fine of Thames Water is long overdue. But the truth is, as long as private companies profit while polluting our waterways, this will keep happening. Water must be taken back into public hands - for people, not shareholders. Nominations for the party leadership open on 2 June, with voting taking place during August and results announced on 2 September. Chowns is running on a joint ticket with current co-leader Adrian Ramsay. Carla Denyer announced she was stepping down from her co-leadership role earlier this month.
Greens: The Thames Water fines are long overdue but by no means the end of this.
NATIONALISATION!
#ThamesWater #Sewage #LateStageCapitalism #UKPOL #UKPolitics #EllieChowns #Nationalisation
Sadly the brilliant #CarlaDenyer of the English #Green party is standing down.Frankly speaking, its other forgettable co-leader #AdrianRamsey should do the same thing.
Deputy leader #ZackPolanski would make a far better team co-leader alongside #EllieChowns.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Sadly the brilliant #CarlaDenyer of the English #Green party is standing down.Frankly speaking its other forgettable co-leader #AdrianRamsey should do the same thing.
Deputy leader #ZackPolanski would make a far better team co-leader alongside #EllieChowns.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Sadly the brilliant #CarlaDenyer of the English #Green party is standing down.Frankly speaking, its other forgettable co-leader #AdrianRamsey should do the same thing.
Deputy leader #ZackPolanski would make a far better team co-leader alongside #EllieChowns.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Sadly the brilliant #CarlaDenyer of the English #Green party is standing down.Frankly speaking its other forgettable co-leader #AdrianRamsey should do the same thing.
Deputy leader #ZackPolanski would make a far better team co-leader alongside #EllieChowns.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Sadly the brilliant #CarlaDenyer of the English #Green party is standing down.Frankly speaking its other forgettable co-leader #AdrianRamsey should do the same thing.
Deputy leader #ZackPolanski would make a far better team co-leader alongside #EllieChowns.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Sadly the brilliant #CarlaDenyer of the English #Green party is standing down.Frankly speaking its other forgettable co-leader #AdrianRamsey should do the same thing.
Deputy leader #ZackPolanski would make a far better team co-leader alongside #EllieChowns.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Sadly the brilliant #CarlaDenyer of the English #Green party is standing down.Frankly speaking its other forgettable co-leader #AdrianRamsey should do the same thing.
Deputy leader #ZackPolanski would make a far better team co-leader alongside #EllieChowns.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Sadly the brilliant #CarlaDenyer of the English #Green party is standing down.Frankly speaking its other forgettable co-leader #AdrianRamsey should do the same thing.
Deputy leader #ZackPolanski would make a far better team co-leader alongside #EllieChowns.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Sadly the brilliant #CarlaDenyer of the English #Green party is standing down.Frankly speaking its other forgettable co-leader #AdrianRamsey should do the same thing.
Deputy leader #ZackPolanski would make a far better team co-leader alongside #EllieChowns.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Sadly the brilliant #CarlaDenyer of the English #Green party is standing down.Frankly speaking its other forgettable co-leader #AdrianRamsey should do the same thing.
Deputy leader #ZackPolanski would make a far better team co-leader alongside #EllieChowns.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Sadly the brilliant #CarlaDenyer of the English #Green party is standing down.Frankly speaking its other forgettable co-leader #AdrianRamsey should do the same thing.
Deputy leader #ZackPolanski would make a far better team co-leader alongside #EllieChowns.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Sadly the brilliant #CarlaDenyer of the English #Green party is standing down.Frankly speaking its other forgettable co-leader #AdrianRamsey should do the same thing.
Deputy leader #ZackPolanski would make a far better team co-leader alongside #EllieChowns.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
