Labour has seen off the Greens to win the Holborn and St Pancras byelection in a result that will reassure Andy Burnham and dent Zack Polanski’s position as a decisive power player on the left of British politics. In an emotional victory speech, Sagal Abdi-Wali, a former child refugee who came to the UK from Somalia in the 1990s, said her commitment to the constituency 'runs deep'. Polanski’s loss caps a bruising week for his party, which fell into turmoil this week after it voted to adopt a policy declaring Zionism a form of racism, raising questions about his leadership
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'We didn't get it over the line': Green party's Zack Polanski on byelection loss – video
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Labour has seen off the Greens to win the Holborn and St Pancras byelection in a result that will reassure Andy Burnham and dent Zack Polanski’s position as a decisive power player on the left of British politics. In an emotional victory speech, Sagal Abdi-Wali, a former child refugee who came to the UK from Somalia in the 1990s, said her commitment to the constituency 'runs deep'. Polanski’s loss caps a bruising week for his party, which fell into turmoil this week after it voted to adopt a policy declaring Zionism a form of racism, raising questions about his leadershipLabour fends off Green party to win Holborn and St Pancras byelection Continue reading...
