Green Party chief refuses to make an apology to Nigel Farage after ‘inciting his homicide’
Zack Polanski, the Green Party leader, has been criticised after sharing a post on Instagram of a man with a T-shirt saying ‘We’re only making plans for Nigel’ above a guillotine
Polanski has been heavily criticised(Image: Getty Images)
Zack Polanski has refused to apologise to Reform’s Nigel Farage for an “inadvertent mistake” over a social media image.
The Green Party leader shared the post of a man wearing a T-shirt stating “We’re only making plans for Nigel” above a picture of a guillotine. Farage, Reform UK leader, has called for Mr Polanski’s arrest with the party saying it had reported him to the police.
But the Green leader told BBC Newsnight that the police had not been in contact with him. He admitted that he “didn’t pay enough attention to the t-shirt” and was “horrified” by its “dangerous message”.
Farage(Image: Getty Images)
Mr Polanski said: “This was not my post, it was a collaboration from a photographer. It had 20 images and I just didn’t look carefully enough and I accepted it.
“As soon as I was aware of what happened, I unaccepted it and took it down. I think it’s quite obvious that I’ve not done anything wrong other than making an inadvertent mistake.
“That being said, if the police do want to talk to me, of course I’m very happy to cooperate.” Mr Polanski said he would not be apologising to Mr Farage, adding: “If I’d done it deliberately, I’d be apologising.
“But because this was a mistake, I think the important thing is that I point out it’s a mistake. I also make sure that I condemn political violence, and also crucially, I make a commitment to be better on my social media.”
He added: “If Nigel Farage wants to apologise for all the times that he’s put other people in danger, then I’ll be happy to make an apology.”
A Reform UK source told BBC Newsnight: “It’s truly astonishing and quite frankly sickening that Zack Polanski won’t apologise for inciting murder.
“He admits it was wrong. He admits it’s dangerous, but he still refuses to apologise. Mr Polanski is not fit to lead a national political party.”
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