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Polanski's 'abhorrent' response to Golders Green attack shows he is unfit to 'lead a political party', minister says

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Polanski's 'abhorrent' response to Golders Green attack shows he is unfit to 'lead a political party', minister says

Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of UK politics. The transport secretary, Heidi Alexander, has said Zack Polanski’s retweeting of a post suggesting the police used excessive force when they arrested the suspect in the Golders Green attack last week was “disgusting” and “absolutely abhorrent” as she claimed he was not “fit to lead a political party”.

Polanski retweeted , without comment, a post on X alleging that officers were “repeatedly and violently kicking a mentally ill man in the head” when he was already incapacitated by a stun gun.

The Green party leader has since apologised after being publicly criticised by the head of the Metropolitan Police, who said his actions…