Zack Polanski confirms he has never dated Wes Streeting
Zack Polanski and Wes Streeting (Getty Images)
Gay Green Party leader Zack Polanski has officially confirmed that he has never dated Labour Health Secretary Wes Streeting.
His jest came in response to a post shared by a Green supporter on X on 13 May. Lawyer Dr Iain Darcy remarked that the only thing that would bring Polanski down “is if it is revealed he used to date Wes Streeting”, adding that there would be “no coming back from that.”
Polanski took it upon himself to confirm that he and Streeting, who is also gay, have never been romantically involved.
“I’ve said I’ve made mistakes and that nobody is perfect, but on this you really don’t have to worry!” he responded.
Polanski has been making waves in UK politics with the Green Party recently.
In March this year, he opened up about understanding what it is like to feel excluded in society, while speaking at the launch of TransActual’s latest report on the state of trans lives in the UK.
Polanski, who is a staunch trans ally, gave a speech to attendees about TransActual’s findings and the wider state of transphobia in the UK, whilst setting out that different communities are stronger together.
“I often talk about with the media that I grew up in Section 28, and as a gay man and as a Jewish man I know what it’s like to be othered,” he said.
“I’m not claiming for a second that I know what it’s like to be a trans person, and particularly a trans person of colour and many, many oppressions those people face in society.
‘Together, we are so much stronger’
“But, I think anyone who’s ever felt different, anyone who’s ever felt like they don’t belong or they’ve not felt included – not even not felt included but they actually haven’t been included – because people or one person decided not to include them, can share that struggle, can empathise, can understand.
“And you know what?” he continued. “That’s pretty much everyone in this country.
“I think there are very, very few people who have never had the experience, or have always had the experience of always being there, of always being welcome in the room, of always knowing that this room is for them.”
He continued: “But that means together, we are so much stronger, and we are so more powerful – so much more powerful than sometimes we can feel.”
Polanski added that when people come together to work cross-party and cross-campaign “nothing can stop us”.
“When they come for one of us, they come for all of us, and nothing is more powerful than our solidarity.”
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