Reform UK reporting Green leader Zack Polanski to police over Instagram post

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Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, stated on X: 'If I was to post anything as inciteful then I would expect to be arrested, and so should Polanski.'

Zack Polanski, the Green Party leader, shared a post to his Instagram with 713,000 followers that included an image of a man wearing a T-shirt bearing the phrase 'We're only making plans for Nigel' alongside a guillotine image.

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Reform UK, through its home affairs spokesperson Zia Yusuf, accused Green Party leader Zack Polanski of incitement to murder and reported him to the police over an Instagram post.

Reform UK say they are reporting Green Party leader Zack Polanski to the police after he shared a post to his Instagram which included a photo of a man wearing a top featuring the name "Nigel" alongside an image of a guillotine.

Polanski accepted a request to collaborate with another account and shared a series of pictures of a Green Party event on Sunday with his 713,000 followers.

One of the images showed a man wearing a T-shirt which said: "We're only making plans for Nigel".

A Green Party spokesperson said: "Once this image was brought to [Zack's] attention he immediately unshared the post. He unequivocally does not support this type of dangerous message."

The Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, criticised Polanski on X.

Sharing a screenshot of what Polanski had reposted, he said: "If I was to post anything as inciteful then I would expect to be arrested, and so should Polanski."

It is understood Reform UK are reporting Polanski to the police. The party's home affairs spokesperson, Zia Yusuf, said "this is incitement to murder".

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