Oh dear. Green leader Zack Polanski may have enticed thousands more voters to join his party with his eco-populist rhetoric, but his grasp of economics leaves a lot to be desired. The party leader appeared on the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg show on Sunday to discuss what the Greens would like to see in the Budget – and explain why the environmentalists are in favour of more borrowing. Only, er, Polanski’s point seemed more rooted in fantasy than the real world…

The Beeb’s veteran interviewer pointed out that debt in the UK is at the highest level it has been for years. ‘The financial markets are very sensitive to the decisions that the Chancellor makes,’ Kuenssberg added. ‘The UK’s already got huge levels of debt, so are you suggesting that actually you’d be related about the government borrow

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