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Zack Polanski slams Heathrow third runway 'great betrayal' as Holborn by-election hots up
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British politician (born 1982)
Zack Polanski is a British politician who has been the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales since September 2025 and a member of the London Assembly (AM) since May 2021. He was the deputy leader of the Greens from 2022 to 2025.
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London Heathrow Airport – named London Airport until 1966 – is the primary and largest international airport serving London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It is the largest of the six international airports in the London airport system.
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Holborn is an area in central London, that covers the southeastern part of the London Borough of Camden and a part of the Ward of Farringdon Without in the City of London.
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