Polanski crisis deepens as Green leader faces misconduct probe over Farage 'incitement to murder' storm

Mounting pressure on Green leader over controversial Instagram post as Met Police ‘conduct enquiries’

Farage condemns the British government's habit of police action in free speech cases, but wants his political opponent arrested for an Instagram post.

Police are investigating after the leader of the Green Party shared an image of a guillotine in an alleged reference to Nigel Farage.

Zack Polanski deleted the post, but Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said he should be arrested.

The image, which has now been unshared from Zack Polanski’s account, showed a man wearing a black T-shirt with the message 'We’re only making plans for Nigel' next to a guillotine

The Green Party leader sat in the Nia Centre in Hulme to discuss the upcoming Greater Manchester mayoral election

5 min readNew DelhiJul 28, 2026 06:30 AM IST For a long time, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has been attempting to turn the two-party system into a triangular contest. Andy Burnham took over as the new UK Prime Minister this month, after his predecessor Keir Starmer stepped down, making him the seventh PM in a decade.

Green party leader shared picture of man wearing T-shirt with words ‘we’re only making plans for Nigel’ alongside a guillotine Police are “conducting inquiries” into an image shared by Green party leader Zack Polanski on Instagram after Reform UK reported it for “inciting murder”. The image showed a man wearing a black

The post included a photo of a man wearing a top featuring the name "Nigel" alongside an image of a guillotine.

THE Green Party has released a statement after Nigel Farage called for their leader Zack Polanski to be arrested.

Zack Polanski accused of 'inciting murder' after posting image calling for Nigel Farage's decapitation  GB News

Polanski says he is open to working with Labour's more "left" wing leader in Andy Burnham, following years of "toxic" relations between the two parties under Keir Starmer