# Does Zack Polanski face a leadership crisis after the by-election defeat?

https://mins.news/en/video/92890

- BBC News, 2026-10-09 09:48 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCemBuRKxa0

> Labour won the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, with Sagal Abdi-Wali taking the seat ahead of Green Party leader Zack Polanski. The programme considers what the result means for his leadership and reflects on the first by-election faced by UK Prime Minister and Labour leader Andy Burnham.

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