Can the Green Party’s Polanski take on Labour and win Starmer’s old seat?

When Britain’s former Prime Minister Keir Starmer stood down as the member of parliament for Holborn and St Pancras this week, he ended more than a decade representing a seat that has never elected anyone but a Labour MP since it was established in 1983.The by-election it triggered which is expected later this year would ordinarily be a formality, but instead, it has become the most closely watched contest of the parliamentary term.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Russia warns it could target UK in response to Kyiv firing British missileslist 2 of 4Burnham’s expected UK ban on Israeli settlement goods draws broad supportlist 3 of 4Far-right UK provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos detained by ICE in USlist 4 of 4US says far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported to UKend of listThat is because Zack Polanski, the Green Party leader, the self-styled “eco-populist”, who has taken his party from the margins to double-digit polling in a year, announced on Thursday that he will seek nomination for the seat. He now needs to be chosen by local party members as the Green candidate for the seat.Voting records offer him both encouragement and a warning.Starmer won 48.9 per...