Exclusive: Greens Plan To 'Overtake Tories And Replace Labour' As Support Surges

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68eb7a71150000149f269fd0.jpg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Green leader Zack Polanski delivers his speech at the party's conference in Bournemouth earlier this month." data-caption="Green leader Zack Polanski delivers his speech at the party's conference in Bournemouth earlier this month." data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="Finnbarr Webster via Getty Images" />Green leader Zack Polanski delivers his speech at the party's conference in Bournemouth earlier this month.</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p>The <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/green-party/">Green Party</a> has set out plans to “overtake the <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/conservative-party/">Tories</a> and replace <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/labour-party/">Labour</a>” after a surge in support.</p><p>A new poll by YouGov put the Greens on 13%, the highest number it has recorded for the party and nearly double the 6.7% of the vote they received at last year’s general election.</p><p>The party is just four points behind the Conservatives and within sight of Labour, who are on 20%.</p><p><a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/reform-uk/">Reform UK</a> are still out in front on 27%, with the <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/liberal-democrats/">Lib Dems </a>on 16%.</p><p>Meanwhile, the Greens have announced that their membership has topped 100,000 for the first time in its history – an increase of 50% since the election of left-winger <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/zack-polanski/">Zack Polanski </a>as party leader last month.</p><p>Polanski told HuffPost UK: “The l