Polanski calls out Labour ‘panic’ in Gorton & Denton

According to a new poll, Labour are on track to come third in the Gorton & Denton by-election. While you can never put too much stock in one poll, it’s far from the only sign that Labour are doing badly. Green Party leader Zack Polanski has now drawn attention to the Labour Party’s “panic”:

You can smell the Labour Governments panic.

They're trying their hardest to discredit the new poll because it tells everyone that the alternative has well and truly arrived.

Gorton & Denton is the Green Party Vs Reform. pic.twitter.com/tcM1RjSb6g

— Zack Polanski (@ZackPolanski) February 20, 2026

Zack Polanski’s Greens are favourites

The poll in question is this one from Omnisis:

🚨 POLL | Greens LEAD in Gorton and Denton
** Labour drop to distant 3rd **

🟢 Grn: 33% (+19)
➡️ Ref: 29% (+15)
🔴 Lab: 26% (-25)
🔵 Con: 5% (-4)
🟠 Lib: 2% (-1)

Source: Omnisis, 13-19 Feb (+/- vs GE2024) pic.twitter.com/Ji5muXiRbk

— Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️ (@LeftieStats) February 20, 2026

Source for data: https://t.co/GBbfcacQrA

Figures exclude undecided voters, as is common (indeed, universal) practice with voting intention polls.

— Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️ (@LeftieStats) February 20, 2026

There are important things to consider about the poll. The first is that the sample size was only 452 people, which is less than half of what’s considered to be ideal (1,000 people). As noted above, the results also leave out undecided voters, with the New Statesman’s Megan Kenyon noting:

Should note 27 per cent say they are still undecided. Polls open next Thursday, 26 Feb.

— megan kenyon (@meganekenyon) February 20, 2026

Zack Polanski has taken the poll very well, anyway, which is obviously how any good politician should respond to positive news:

This is huge – and proves exactly what we're saying.

We cannot have a moment of complacency – only the Green Party can stop Reform.

Vote Hannah Spencer and the Green Party on Thursday in Gorton and Denton. 💚 https://t.co/DQNjUJoxyA

— Zack Polanski (@ZackPolanski) February 20, 2026

Labour’s Lucy Powell, meanwhile, said this:

No-one should take this poll seriously:
-funded by a Green donor
-incredibly small sample and half unlikely to vote
-over-indexes green/Lab wards

I’ve been door-knocking most days. We’ve spoken to over 50 TIMES more voters.

V clear it’s between us and Reform https://t.co/tR5MhaMXGw

— Lucy Powell MP (@LucyMPowell) February 20, 2026

There are a few problems for Labour, of course.

The first is that bookies have not looked favourably at Labour’s chances.

The second is doorstep polling from Reform and the Greens has put Labour in third place.

The third is that it’s just very difficult to believe Labour are doing well right now, because the party is embroiled in a never ending stream of paedophile and sex pest scandals, including:

• Labour MPs are talking mutiny over Starmer’s ties to Mandelson.
• Starmer’s other paedo problem: silence on links of new Zionist peer.
• Liron Velleman pleads guilty: another Labour Friend of Israel paedophile.
• Zionist former Labour MP Conor McGinn charged with sexual offence.
• LBC has paedo-sting Labour freak on to discuss Burnham.
• Starmer brought in ANOTHER sex pest – and he knew.

It’s also the case that Powell literally begged the Greens to stand down in an open letter, which is never a sign that things are going well.

It’s not looking good

Of course, Starmer’s lack of popularity is no guarantee Labour will lose. Britain didn’t particularly care for the Tories, yet people kept voting them back in, because they felt like it was in their best interests.

What we’ve seen in recent years, however, is that voters no longer feel like the only options are ‘Labour’ or ‘Conservative’. And if either the Greens or Reform take Gorton & Denton, that will be more true than ever.

Featured image via Barold