Green Party pledges to grant illegal migrants amnesty as Zack Polanski (zack polanski) faces coordinated attacks

zack polanski has been the focus of a sharp media offensive after a front-page exposé and a hardline opinion column criticised the Green Party’s migration policy. The policy, its origins and the reactions it has provoked are now central to a wider debate about immigration and political rhetoric.

Zack Polanski under Daily Mail fire

The Daily Mail front page was headlined "Greens plan to hand illegal migrants free house, a wage, and NHS care" and included a graphic that screams "Beware the Green Menace. " The paper built its piece on the premise it had uncovered secret plans by Zack Polanski and co. A key paragraph introduced as a revelation reads: "Unearthed policy proposals seen by the Daily Mail show the Greens plan to 'abolish' immigration detention and grant a full amnesty to illegal migrants to stay in Britain, even if their asylum claims are rejected. "

Mail reporter and documents questioned

The article singled out Sam Merriman, the Mail’s political reporter, asking how he had "unearth[ed]" the documents in question. The criticism noted that the material is publicly accessible: the Green Party’s migration policy was voted on and passed by members in March 2023 and has been publicly available on its website ever since. The piece also highlighted that The Daily Telegraph, described as "gobbling up the Mail’s story, " used the phrase "internal documents seen by the Daily Mail. " The wider critique called those "internal documents" a badly kept secret.

Policy text and party wording

The Green Party policy paper itself is quoted in places the coverage emphasised, beginning with utopian language: "The Green Party wants to see a world without borders…" The policy continues, a passage highlighted in criticism: "… until this happens the Green Party will implement a fair and humane system of managed immigration where people can move if they wish to do so. " That pairing of sentences was cited as enabling press characterisations of "open borders. "

Right-wing responses and Reform reaction

Political opponents were quick to react. Reform’s Zia Yusuf is quoted in the Mail article saying: "Under the Greens' open-borders plans, not only is every hoodlum and criminal welcome to our shores but entitled to free housing, healthcare and anything else they might fancy. The public expect immigration controls that are properly enforced – not the open-borders plan the Greens are proposing. " The critical framing was described as a deliberate effort to heighten fear and present the Greens as hiding their ideas.

Calm defence and wider criticism

A Green Party spokesperson was quoted late in the Mail piece: "We're proud of this policy, voted on and decided by our members... We know it's popular as well – Green policy regularly comes out as the most popular in polls. " The commentary urged the Greens to be prepared for sustained bad-faith attacks as they grow as a mainstream proposition. The Mail’s coverage was paired with an opinion column by Sarah Vine under the headline "Green Party leader Zack Polanski is the biggest creep in British politics. He’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing... and here’s why, " which begins, in the published excerpt, "As Keir Starmer limps".

GB News column and Adam Brooks

Separately, a column by Adam Brooks — identified as a publican and author — made similar criticisms. The column carried the line "New Green MP makes major promise to Muslim communities in victory speech" and called the party's stance "not moderation - it's a gamble with our country’s future. " It said documents seen by the Daily Mail show senior Green Party figures backing proposals that would "rip up Britain’s border system from top to bottom. "

The GB News piece listed policy items in quotation: treat migrants as "citizens in waiting"; allow arrivals to work with "no restrictions. "; give immediate access to the NHS and declare that migration is "not a criminal offence under any circumstances. " The column argued Britain is "already struggling under record levels of migration, when housing is scarce, public services are stretched, communities feel overwhelmed, and a migrant sex crime is a daily occurrence…" and said the Greens "appear to be arguing that enforcement itself is the problem. "

That commentary warned of "no detention, no meaningful deterrent at all and the right to stay, even after failed asylum claims, " calling it: "That isn’t reform, that is absolutely bonkers. " It added: "For years, voters were promised control. The Conservatives said that numbers would fall, but they didn’t… in fact, net migration soared to historic highs. Channel crossings surged, and migrant hotels filled up. " The column continued: "Trust in Government has totally collapsed. " It also asserted: "While in opposition, Labour criticised the chaos yet the problem has got even worse under their 18-month tenure so far. "

Finally, the GB News piece posed a rhetorical question about the signal sent if detention is scrapped and amnesty becomes policy: what message travels across "smuggling networks, WhatsApp groups, migrant TikToks and word of mouth chains around South Asia, the Middle East and Africa?" The answer given was blunt: "It basically says get to Britain, and you will get all you want and get to stay, no matter what. "

Mic Wright, writing at Conquest of the Useless, framed the Mail’s front page as part of a pattern of contrarian coverage and named earlier commentators Brendan O’Neill and Giles Coren alongside their contrarian defences of "Prince" Andrew and the dilapidated House of York. The resulting media clash has left the Green Party defending a policy passed by members in March 2023 while facing sustained critique from columns and political opponents.

zack polanski is central to that contest — the target of front-page claims and opinion attacks even as the party points back to its published policy text and member vote.

Closing: The recent coverage pairs a front-page Mail exposé and a hardline opinion column with public criticism from Reform and commentary in other outlets, while the Greens point to a policy voted on in March 2023 and publicly available on their website.