Zack Polanski calls two-party politics dead after Hackney mayoral win

Greens leader celebrates victory over Labour for Zoë Garbett, his party’s first ever elected mayor

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Zack Polanski has declared Britain’s two-party politics “dead and buried” as his Green party won its first ever mayoral election and gained councillors across England.

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.