The Green Party’s new leader has insisted he was ‘misrepresented’ over an article which said he could teach women to use their minds to increase their breast size.

Zach Polanski said he ‘never believed’ in the hypnotherapy approach claiming women can grow their cup size by using the mind, and denied running the hypnotherapy sessions.

It comes after the article, which was published in The Sun newspaper in 2013, resurfaced after Polanski won the Green Party leadership contest.

In the story for The Sun, Polanski is quoted as saying: ‘This is an extremely new approach, but I can see it becoming popular very quickly, because it’s so safe and a lot cheaper than a boob job.

‘In theory, it could work on other areas of the body, too.  There’s no reason why it can’t help nails grow longer and stronger, for instance.

”And there is already proof that hypnotherapy has helped a number of alopecia sufferers with hair growth.’

He then appears to guide the journalist through the steps to visualise the change, tapping into the unconscious using hypnotherapy techniques.

The story includes a link to Polanski’s website, which has since become the homepage for his political campaigning.

During media rounds on Good Morning Britain, Polanski, said ‘not believe everything you read in The Sun,’ adding that he has apologised for it.

When pressed on whether he believed that it is possible to change cup size with the mind, he added: ‘Anyone who believed that, that would be problematic, and that was nothing I ever believed.

‘I was approached by The Sun and they asked me “Would you like to do an article about body image” and I said yes.’

Polanski then said he was ‘misrepresented.’

‘I apologised a day later – that was 12 years ago – and long time before I was anywhere near politics.

‘And since then, I have a strong track record of standing up for social justice and standing up for lowering people’s bills, and standing up for marginalised people,’ he said.

He joked that ‘lots of men got in touch asking if they could enlarge other body parts’.

When questioned further if he ever ‘hypnotised or hypnotherapised a women to do that,’ Polanski responded: ‘I’ve never hypnotised and charged a woman,’ before adding that this is ‘such an absurd conversation.’

The 42-year-old was chosen as the new leader of the Green Party in a fractious race marked by debate over the future of the party.

He has called for an ‘eco-populist’ agenda and vowed to defend the rights of trans people and migrant workers.

Polanski has also said he is impressed by Nigel Farage’s social media tactics.

‘We never want to replicate what Nigel Farage is doing, but what Nigel Farage has demonstrated is bold communications,’ he said, adding that ‘Nigel Farage has more TikTok followers than all MPs combined.’

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Zack Polanski, a former actor and London Assembly member, has become the new Greens leader.

The Green Party has selected its next leader after a heated contest marked by a debate over the party’s direction.

The next leader was selected after three candidates stood up for the top role – current co-leader Adrian Ramsay MP, Ellie Chowns MP, and London Assembly member Zack Polanski.

Current co-leader Carla Denyer did not rerun after announcing her decision in May.

Polanski said after securing his victory: ‘My message to Labour is, we are not here to be disappointed by you. We are not here to be concerned by you.

‘We are here to replace you.’

He said he wants to ‘nationalise water and tax billionaires’ and challenge ‘the far-right.’

‘We never want to replicate what Nigel Farage is doing, but what Nigel Farage has demonstrated is bold communications,’ he said, adding that ‘Nigel Farage has more TikTok followers than all MPs combined.’

He said he wants to win ‘at least 30 MPs’ in the next general election.

He has vowed to be on the side of marginalised communities like trans people and migrant workers, and called for the rights and freedom of Palestinians in Gaza.

The race was dominated by a row over the future direction of the party, with Polanski insisting the Greens need to learn from Reform’s Nigel Farage.

Calling for an ‘eco-populist’ agenda, Polanski pledged to hold ‘this Labour government to account.’

However, Chowns accused him of using ‘polarising’ language that only appealed to a ‘narrow segment’ of voters.

Polanski responded: ‘They say I’m polarising but can’t name a single example.

‘So let me give them one, it’s the 99% versus the 1%. If you’re not Shell or a billionaire, I’m on your side.’

The new leader was announced this morning after voting closed following a fractious campaign.

Polanski secured 20,411 votes, while Chowns and Ramsay, who ran on the same bill to become co-leaders, received 3,705 votes.

The Green Party has positioned itself as an alternative to Labour and ‘an antidote to Reform,’ and it secured four MP seats in the general election last year.

Around 10% of voters would choose the Green Party if a general election was held tomorrow, the latest figures from YouGov show.

This is against Reform’s 28%, Labour’s 20% and Conservatives’ 17% predicted vote.

A record number of people have joined the Green Party, with membership reaching 68,500, the party said today.

Reaction to Zack Polanski’s win as new Green Party leader

The Labour Party has criticised Polanski for his ‘failure to support continued NATO membership.’

Ellie Reeves MP, the Labour Party chair, said today after Polanski’s victory: ‘Congratulations to Zack Polanski on his election as Green Party Leader.

‘We are living through serious times and the public rightly expect responsible and measured responses from all political leaders. Zack Polanski must level with the British people as to whether he stands by his recent failure to support continued NATO membership, and what it means for his Party’s stance on Putin’s appalling illegal war in Ukraine.

‘The Labour Government’s commitment to NATO membership is unshakeable and always will be.’

Meanwhile, the Conservative Party bosses didn’t mince their words following Polanski’s victory.

Kevin Hollinrake MP, the chairman of the Conservative Party, said: ‘The last leaf has fallen from the Greens’ withering tree. A party once rooted in care for the countryside has been captured by hard-left activists more obsessed with campus culture wars than farmers in Herefordshire.

‘From Solihull to Derbyshire councillors are walking away because only the Conservatives are serious about backing family farms, stopping good farmland being smothered by solar panels and protecting the countryside with local communities.

‘While the Greens indulge in extreme left-wing fantasies and failed socialist economics, only the Conservatives are committed to real stewardship of nature, energy security through nuclear power and safeguarding the fields and villages that make Britain home.’

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