The Green party leadership contest has finished and the results are in: Zack Polanski is the new leader of the Greens. The insurgent candidate has spent the summer ramping up his social media strategy, pushing his own brand of ‘eco-populism’ and participating in some pretty blistering debates. This has all paid off, with Polanski sailing to victory with 20,411 votes and 85 per cent of the vote. His rivals, former leader co-leadership contender Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns, who ran on a joint ticket, receieved just 3,705 votes.

Today’s result doesn’t quite mark the end of the Green party’s leadership races, though. As Polanski is not an MP, another contest will take place among the party’s four sitting parliamentarians to decide who will take the mantle of Westminster group leader. The p

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