Green leadership hopeful Zack Polanski's podcast took nearly £3,800 from Google while he backed a boycott targeting the tech giant

From the Newshound archive · first published 28 September 2026.

Zack Polanski's 'Bold Politics' podcast collected £3,769.69 in YouTube advertising revenue this year even as the Green Party leadership contender publicly backed the BDS movement, which identifies Google as a key pressure target for boycott. The contradiction exposes a direct conflict between Polanski's political stance and his financial arrangements with one of the movement's named corporate targets. A podcast spokesperson said the show had to work within existing social media platforms to reach audiences.

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement explicitly names Google as a corporate target it wants supporters to cut ties with.

Polanski is seeking the Green Party leadership, making his simultaneous reliance on Google ad income a live political liability.

The podcast offered no suggestion that the Google earnings would be donated or offset against BDS campaign goals.