{"id":716835,"date":"2026-07-29T07:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T07:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/716835\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T07:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T07:12:08","slug":"zack-polanski-will-not-say-sorry-to-farage-for-sharing-dangerous-image-zack-polanski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/716835\/","title":{"rendered":"Zack Polanski will not say sorry to Farage for sharing \u2018dangerous\u2019 image | Zack Polanski"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Green party leader, Zack Polanski, has said he made an \u201cinadvertent mistake\u201d over a social media image<\/a> but will not apologise to Nigel Farage.<\/p>\n

The image, which Polanski said he \u201cshared inadvertently\u201d on Instagram and then removed, featured a man wearing a black T-shirt with the message \u201cWe\u2019re only making plans for Nigel\u201d and an image of a guillotine.<\/p>\n

Reform UK said it had reported Polanski to the police. The party\u2019s home affairs spokesperson, Zia Yusuf, accusing the Green leader of \u201cinciting murder\u201d, and Nigel Farage<\/a> calling for Polanski\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n

A Metropolitan police spokesperson said the force was \u201cconducting inquiries\u201d and took \u201creports of this nature extremely seriously\u201d.<\/p>\n

Polanski told the BBC\u2019s Newsnight programme on Tuesday evening that the police had not been in contact with him, he \u201cdidn\u2019t pay enough attention to the T-shirt\u201d and he was \u201chorrified\u201d by its \u201cdangerous message\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cThis was not my post, it was a collaboration from a photographer. It had 20 images and I just didn\u2019t look carefully enough and I accepted it. As soon as I was aware of what happened, I unaccepted it and took it down.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it would be odd for the police to speak to me about that because I think it\u2019s quite obvious that I\u2019ve 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\u2019m very happy to cooperate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Polanski said he would not be apologising to Farage. \u201cIf I\u2019d done it deliberately, I\u2019d be apologising. But because this was a mistake, I think the important thing is that I point out it\u2019s a mistake, that I also make sure that I condemn political violence, and also, crucially, I make a commitment to be better on my social media.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cIf Nigel Farage wants to apologise for all the times that he\u2019s put other people in danger, then I\u2019ll be happy to make an apology.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Reform UK source told Newsnight: \u201cIt\u2019s truly astonishing and quite frankly sickening that Zack Polanski<\/a> won\u2019t apologise for inciting murder. He admits it was wrong. He admits it\u2019s dangerous, but he still refuses to apologise. Mr Polanski is not fit to lead a national political party.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked about the row on Tuesday, the work and pensions secretary, Pat McFadden, said there was \u201ca duty on all politicians to be careful about what they post\u201d, especially in light of the death of the former MP Ann Widdecombe this month.<\/p>\n

McFadden told Sky News that people could \u201cmake mistakes\u201d and it was for the police to decide if any action was needed. He added: \u201cIt\u2019s not the first time Zack Polanski has done something like this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Polanski has previously faced criticism over his use of social media. In May, he apologised<\/a> for sharing a post criticising the police response to the Golders Green stabbings, saying he had done so \u201cin haste\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Green party leader, Zack Polanski, has said he made an \u201cinadvertent mistake\u201d over a social media image…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":716836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-716835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=716835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/716836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=716835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=716835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=716835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}