Polanski request to postpone Greens’ conference to focus on byelection refused by party
Exclusive: Leader understood to have wanted to concentrate on Holborn and St Pancras campaign in London but executive committee voted against plan Zack Polanski requested that the Greens’ ruling executive committee postpone the party’s imminent annual conference so they could focus on the Holborn and St Pancras byelection but was refused. While party officials say the formal request came from staffers worried about diluting resources by staging a conference a week before Polanski tries to win Keir Starmer’s former Commons seat, the Guardian understands the party leader wanted this to happen. Continue reading...
Exclusive: Leader understood to have wanted to concentrate on Holborn and St Pancras campaign in London but executive committee voted against plan
Zack Polanski requested that the Greens’ ruling executive committee postpone the party’s imminent annual conference so they could focus on the Holborn and St Pancras byelection but was refused.
In the end, the executive committee of the Greens in England and Wales, which has about 25 voting members including Polanski, voted against the plan on Thursday.
The party expects about 3,000 people to attend what would be its biggest gathering, beginning in Brighton on 2 October.
Calling off the event at such short notice would have cost the party a significant sum given it has rented a conference venue, and risked annoying members who have taken time off work and booked travel and hotels.