"I hosted various fundraisers for the British Red Cross, and indeed I would go on stage and speak for them about the amazing work they do tackling humanitarian crises, on the climate crisis, and indeed, for refugees all around the world. I used the wrong word, and I accept that, but I would essentially take words on stage with me and speak."
"People who own rightwing media, multimillionaires and billionaires are worried about the prospect that they might have to pay a little bit more tax, he said. We had 50,000 members. We've now got 225,000 members. So we are rising."
"I think it's totally fine to ask me questions about my past, he said. I would also say, in the same breath though, the Times published a pretty antisemitic cartoon of me last week. I asked them to apologise, and it feels some of these stories feel like scraping the barrel to kind of go back 10, 15 years."
Zack Polanski admitted to incorrectly labeling himself as a British Red Cross spokesperson during his campaign for Green party leadership. The British Red Cross clarified that he had never held that position. Polanski criticized media scrutiny as politically motivated, suggesting that wealthy media owners fear the Green party's growing support and potential wealth taxes. He emphasized the party's membership growth from 50,000 to 225,000 and expressed concern over unfair media targeting, including an antisemitic cartoon published about him by the Times.
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