SIR KEIR STARMER “is not a man I would be willing to work with,” Zack Polanski said today when asked if the Green Party would make a deal with Labour to defeat Reform UK.

Mr Polanski said he doubts whether the Prime Minister will be an MP at the next election, and while he did not rule out working with a different Labour leader, he said it would depend on who held the role.

Speaking on Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips on Sky News, he suggested Nottingham East MP Nadia Whittome would make an “excellent” Labour leader, but added: “I don’t think it’s something she’s necessarily [got it] in her ambitions right now.”

The Green Party leader said: “A poll out yesterday showed the majority of the population have completely lost trust in Keir Starmer, now this is a man who ran on the coat-tails of Jeremy Corbyn, but ditched every single pledge before he was even in power.

“We’ve got the two-child benefit cap, the disability cuts, the genocide in Gaza — no, Keir Starmer is not a man I would be willing to work with.”

When asked whether refusing an “electoral deal, however informal” could allow Reform into power, Mr Polanski said: “The real question you should be asking Keir Starmer is: will he stand aside to make sure that Nigel Farage isn’t prime minister?”

Wednesday’s Find Out Now poll placed the Greens on 18 per cent, three points ahead of Labour on 15 per cent.

Reform UK led with 33 per cent, while the Conservatives trailed at 16 per cent.

Mr Polanski also defended his party’s call for global nuclear disarmament talks including Russia, saying: “These are really serious issues and at the same time I believe we should never leave the negotiating table.

“Part of that is showing both the moral and courageous leadership to come on TV and say to you — even though this might be a position that’s ridiculed — I don’t think we should find peace and diplomacy ridiculous.

“I think actually the most brave and courageous and authentic to do is say ‘I believe we can have a world without war’.”

Asked if he would negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin, he replied: “Undoubtedly. I think it would be sociopathic behaviour to say you wouldn’t negotiate with the [leader] of any country.”