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("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Zack Polanski has acknowledged that he is the “underdog” in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election but insisted that the Green Party can defy expectations and take the safe Labour seat vacated by the former Prime Minister.
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Party → acknowledge → Minister
The Green Party leader rejected suggestions that his party has reached the limits of its recent surge in popularity and said he hopes to pull off “one of the biggest upsets in British political history”.
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he → reject → history
But Mr Polanski pointed to his party’s performance at the 2024 general election and council polls held in May.
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Polanski → point → May
“In 2024, we went on to win all four of our target seats.
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we → go → seats
We then, of course, earlier this year in February in Gorton and Denton won our fifth MP, Hannah Spencer, despite polls, journalists, commentators, everyone saying we can’t do it.
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we → win → it
“And you know what?
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you → know → ?
In Holborn & St. Pancras...I intend to win.”
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I → intend → Holborn
The Greens won four parliamentary seats at the 2024 election - Bristol Central, North Herefordshire, Waveney Valley and Brighton Pavilion.
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Greens → win → Central
The party subsequently gained a fifth MP through a by-election victory in Gorton and Denton earlier this year.
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party → gain → Gorton
At the council elections in May, the Greens made sweeping gains in London at the expense of Labour.
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Greens → make → Labour
She is the leader of Camden council who came to Britain from Somalia as a child refugee and has promoted her strong links to the community across the constituency.
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who → come → constituency
The upcoming by-election is viewed as a significant test of whether the Greens can translate their national support into another Westminster breakthrough and whether Mr Polanski’s momentum can extend beyond his party’s existing parliamentary strongholds.
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momentum → view → strongholds
Asked directly whether he accepted that he is the underdog, Mr Polanski said: “Oh, without a doubt.
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Polanski → ask → doubt
They have a Labour council, a Labour mayor of London and the Labour government.
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They → have → London
“But what I’m hearing on thousands of doorsteps over and over again are people recognising that Labour have tired, old ideas that aren’t really meeting this moment, the cost of housing, whether it’s renters whose rents are going up and they badly need rent controls or leaseholders where this Labour government said they would end the feudal system of leasehold but haven’t taken the action.
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they → hear → action
“And so, although I’m the underdog, I’m feeling pretty confident, although not complacent.
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I → ’m → ?
I’m going to be campaigning for every single vote.”
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I → go → vote
The Greens are holding their annual political conference just days before the by-election on October 8, which would usually mean activists, campaigners, MPs and councillors holed up in Brighton deciding on party policy.
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activists → hold → policy
But Mr Polanski has said he will not be attending the full meeting of members between October 2 and 4.
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he → say → October
He has urged activist to skip the conference as well to help him campaign, offering refunds and online voting to those who have already paid for their spot.
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who → urge → spot
“I won't be in Brighton for very long because I want to win an election,” he said.
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he → want → election
“And what I would say to every activist in the Green Party is I love Green Party Conference, I have not missed one in the last nine years.
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I → say → years
“But this is a historic by-election because it's not just about this seat, although first and foremost it's about the people in Holborn & St. Pancras, but it's about winning big in London in the next few years.
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it → win → years
“It's about winning big at the next general election.
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It → win → election
And if we win this election, if we cause one of the biggest upsets in British political history, then that will change the future of British politics.”
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that → win → politics
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