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Met Police Chief Condemns Zack Polanski After North London Knife Attack

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Politics, Daily News, News Commentary, News

4.8577 Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Zack Polanski has apologised to the Metropolitan Police for a retweet he made in response to the horrific knife attack on two Jewish men in North London.

Plus: King Charles has got on the wrong side of two famous New Yorkers, for May Day – we take a look at the history of the weekend and the workers’ movements behind it, Francis Fukuyama weighs in on the rise of China, and Bernie Sanders continues his campaign against AI.

With Michael Walker, Michael Mezzatesta, and Joe Ryle.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Navarra Live coming up tonight. Zach Polanski has apologized for his retweet about the Metropolitan Police.

0:13.0

King Charles seems to have landed himself in the bad books of two very prominent New Yorkers.

0:18.0

For Mayday, we take a look at the history of the weekend and the workers'

0:22.2

movement behind it. Also, Francis Fukuyama, the man who talked about the end of history,

0:28.2

actually says that it might now be China that has the best economic and political model.

0:33.6

And Bernie Sanders continues his campaign raising awareness about the threats of AI.

0:39.3

I'm Michael Walker. I'm delighted to be joined this evening by Michael Mezzar Tester.

0:44.3

Content creator, politics, economics and climate. You've got almost 300,000 followers on Instagram.

0:51.3

If any of our viewers aren't within those 300,000, tell us what you do.

0:55.0

Yeah, I make videos trying to condense information about how the economy works, how global systems are tied together,

1:03.0

and try to explain to people, you know, really what is driving the political forces that shape our world

1:09.0

and how we can steer towards a system that could be better. So a lot of the approach is about how do we solve climate change and how does the economic system need to evolve to make that happen? And you're on a kind of informal tour of Europe? Yes, informal tour. And I've been watching our media from my home in California for a while, so it's a pleasure to be here while I'm in London. That's what I was digging for. I appreciate the moment. I was trying to squeeze out of you. If like Michael Mezzatessi, you're a fan of Arir Media, you should consider supporting our work. You can sign up at Navaramedia.com forward slash support. Of course, you can also listen to the show on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

1:45.3

And let us know what you think about, whatever we're discussing in the comments.

1:49.0

Straight into that first story with local elections less than a week away, a row has erupted

1:53.2

between the Metropolitan Police and the Green Party leader. Met Commissioner Mark Rowley

1:57.9

has been accused of political interference just days before councils,

2:02.5

majorities and the nations, or Scotland and Wales, go to the polls.

2:06.7

It began when Polanski reposted a tweet containing both this video of the arrest of the suspect

2:12.4

involved in a stabbing attack on two Jewish men in North London on Wednesday,

2:16.9

as well as accompanying text that described the Met police officers as, quote,

2:21.9

repeatedly and violently kicking a mentally ill man in the head

2:25.7

when he was already incapacitated by Taser.

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