Zack Polanski’s plan to tax billionaires and make energy affordable
Zero: The Climate Race
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4.8 • 296 Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Zack Polanski is challenging the notion that you can’t be Green and a popular politician. Since he became the leader of the UK’s Green Party in September 2025, he has run a campaign that’s pushed his party ahead of the incumbent Labour Party and opposition Conservative Party in some polls. It’s a remarkable rise in a short span of time – how did he pull it off and what will he do if the Green Party gets into power?
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| 0:29.9 | Welcome to Zero. I am Akshatrati. This week, Green Politics on the Rise. |
| 0:46.0 | Music green politics on the rise. When the UK sneezes, the US catches a cold. |
| 0:49.9 | That's what some pundits said when the UK voted to leave the European Union just months before Donald Trump was elected as the US president for the first time in 2016. |
| 1:00.3 | It was signaling the rise of an unfamiliar politics in both countries. |
| 1:04.8 | And that's what many think will happen now, just in reverse. |
| 1:08.5 | The US has elected Donald Trump for the second time, and the political |
| 1:12.3 | wins are currently blowing in the direction of putting Nigel Farage and his right-wing reform |
| 1:17.1 | party in power here in the UK. But Zach Polanski is challenging that notion. Since he became |
| 1:24.1 | the leader of the Green Party in September 2025, he has run a popular campaign |
| 1:28.8 | that means the Green Party is now polling above the incumbent Labour Party and the opposition |
| 1:34.9 | Conservative Party. |
| 1:36.4 | It's still below reform, but it's a remarkable rise that many see as a popular left-wing |
| 1:42.2 | alternative to reform. |
| 1:47.2 | So how did he pull it off and what will he do if the Green Party gets into power? Here's my interview with Zach Polanski. This time we also |
| 1:53.7 | have that conversation on video. Look for the Bloomberg podcast channel on YouTube. We'll also put |
| 1:58.8 | a link in the show notes. |
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