Is Zack Polanski making the Greens less green?
Electoral Dysfunction
Sky News
4.4 • 764 Ratings
🗓️ 31 October 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Harriet responds to your messages about the Green Party after she went viral for her take on leader Zack Polanski.
How does its surge in popularity link up with the result of the Caerphilly by-election? And is the party getting more support because it's not entirely focused on climate change?
Plus, rumour has it that the Labour government is planning to raise income tax in next month's budget. It would mean breaking a manifesto promise. So how believable is it? Beth, Ruth and Harriet aren't convinced.
They discuss how the government could get itself out of the black hole, and what would happen if it did break its promise on tax.
Remember, you can also watch Beth Rigby, Harriet Harman and Ruth Davidson on YouTube.
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| 1:00.9 | Hello and welcome to Electral Dysfunction from Sky News with me, Beth Rigby. |
| 1:10.2 | Me Ruth Davidson. |
| 1:11.1 | And me, Harriet Harmon. |
| 1:12.9 | Hello, everyone. |
| 1:14.2 | Hi-o. |
| 1:14.8 | I've just come back down from Norfolk to be here with you. |
| 1:18.2 | How were the broads? |
| 1:19.2 | They were flat. |
| 1:20.7 | There was not much news. |
| 1:23.2 | There was news happening here in London, so I've come back to talk about the news. Have you not got some personal news as well? Are you not poised, painted? A painted lady? Have I not heard of rumour? I am a painted lady. Tell us how you're a painted lady. I had a really lovely thing happened. I was asked to go on portrait artist of the year. I don't know if |
| 1:44.4 | you know this show. I love this show. Do you? Do you? Yes. I do. And I've been painted. I've |
| 1:51.1 | been painted. And also I got to meet Stephen Mangon. I know. Like, he's such a weirdly |
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