Zack Polanski calls two-party politics dead after mayoral and council wins

Leader of Green party in England and Wales celebrates his party’s first ever elected mayor, and winning four councils outright Full results from England, Scotland and Wales Zack Polanski has declared Britain’s two-party politics “dead and buried” as his Green party won its first two mayoral elections and gained councillors across England, winning four councils outright. As Labour losses piled up across the country and the Conservatives endured another disappointing set of results, Polanski sought to present his party as emerging from the results as the most viable option for opponents of Reform. “It is very clear that the new politics is the Green party versus Reform,” he said. Speaking at the Hackney count centre in east London, the scene of the first mayoral success, he added: “I said that the Green party were going to replace Labour. That’s exactly what we did in Gorton and Denton, it’s what we’ve done in Hackney, and we’re seeing that right across the country. “In fact, in almost all of our seats, right across the country, whether they’re target or non-target, the Green party vote share is rising.” Late last night, the Greens also took a majority on Hackney council, ousting Lab