Zack Polanski calls two-party politics dead after mayoral and council wins

Greens leader celebrates his party’s first ever elected mayor, and winning three councils outright

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Zack Polanski has declared Britain’s two-party politics “dead and buried” as his Green party won its first ever mayoral election and gained councillors across England, including winning three councils outright.

As Labour losses piled up across the country and the Conservatives endured another disappointing set of results, Polanski sought to present his party as emerging from the results as the most viable option for opponents of Reform.