EXCLUSIVE: The hard-left politician deliberately timed his Christmas message to snub the King.
Mr Polanski’s message snubbed the King (Image: PA / Green Party)
GREEN Party leader Zack Polanski has been told to apologise after apparently snubbing the King with his annual Christmas message. The hard-left leader, who wants to abolish the royal family, published his festive video update at 3pm today, the exact same time as the monarch’s annual television broadcast.
The Green Party’s press release implied this had been done deliberately, sparking accusations of “disrespect”. The Conservative Party chairman Kevin Hollinrake blasted: “Who does Zac Polanski think he is? Releasing a political video on Christmas Day, deliberately timed to clash with the King’s Christmas message, is shameless and disrespectful.”
The King arriving at Sandringham this morning (Image: Getty)
“As the nation comes together to listen to His Majesty speak, the Green Party leader chooses to stage a tone deaf, self-promoting stunt calling for more spending on asylum seekers.”
The top Tory added: ”Polanski must to apologise.”
The Green Party leader, who has overseen an astonishing rise in support for his party since being elected in September, used his Christmas broadcast to call on the government to spend £400 million more on illegal migrants.
Mr Polanksi said the money should be spent to show “kindness” to the undocumented young men flooding across the English Channel.
In his online video, he said: “This has to stop – the constant political rhetoric and demonisation of people who are just trying to survive in unimaginable living conditions.
The Tory chairman demanded an apology from Zack Polanski (Image: Getty)
“I don’t believe we’re the country who the media paint us to be. I don’t believe that we’re cruel and heartless. And I don’t believe that if people saw what I’ve seen in recent days, they would turn away.
“We should be diverting that money to a humanitarian and compassionate response.
“The rhetoric we hear about ‘stopping the boats’ and ‘smashing the gangs’ – none of this is working.”
Speaking about his desire to abolish the monarchy previously, Mr Polanksi argued that the historic and beloved institution is a “clear symbol of the inequality that exists in our society”.
“It’s not my number one priority because there’s lots of other things to do, and we know the country is divided by how they feel about monarchy, but if the straight question is, ‘would I abolish the monarchy,’ yeah, absolutely.”
According to a poll in September, just 15% of Britons back the Green Party’s call to abolish the monarchy.
