Polanski: Two-party political system is dead and buried after Greens’ election gains18 hours agoRichard WheelerPolitical reporterReutersZack Polanski Polanski said that two-party politics was “dead and buried” after the Green Party’s election gains. Polanski stated that there was a “rise” in the Green vote, regardless of whether it was a vote for the Greens as a protest against the Labour government. “Polanski believes that Prime Minister Sir Keir “needs” to go, saying: “But that’s not my message. I think that is the message of “Green Party deputy leader Rachel Millward said her party had “massively increased our vote share pretty much everywhere we’ve stood”, including a “massive breakthrough” in London and gains in Manchester that were “over our expectations”.Polling expert Sir John Curtice said the Greens had recorded their “best-ever performance”, as he revealed the projected national share of the vote for Britain.This showed the Greens on 18%, behind Reform UK on 26% but ahead of Labour and the Tories, who were both on 17% and the Liberal Democrats on 16%.This was on the basis of results in more than 1,000 wards where the BBC collected detailed voting data, assuming that people who did not have an election voted similarly to those who did.Sign up for our Politics Essential newsletter to keep up with the inner workings of Westminster and beyond.England local elections 2026Green Party (England and Wales)UK elections 2026
