'It was clearly a very foolish thing for him to do,' the Reform Treasury Spokesman said
Robert Jenrick has branded Zack Polanski "a nasty piece of work" after police confirmed the Green Party leader would face no further action over sharing a post showing a man wearing a T-shirt advocating for the beheading of Nigel Farage.
Speaking to GB News, the Reform Treasury spokesman said it was still “very poor” of Mr Polanski to refuse to apologise for the incident.
On Monday night, Reform had reported the Green leader to the police over “incitement to murder” when he shared the image of a man in a black T-shirt emblazoned with the words: “We're only making plans for Nigel,” alongside a guillotine.
The Metropolitan Police has now transferred the case to Avon and Somerset Police, where investigations will continue into the man featured in the post.
Ahead of the Met’s descsion, Mr Polanski refused to apologise, insisting it was “quite obvious” he had not “done anything wrong, other than make an inadvertent mistake”.
The Green Party leader admitted “I didn't pay enough attention to the T-shirt” in question but stressed: “If I’d done it deliberately I’d be apologising.”
“It was clearly a very foolish thing for him to do,” Mr Jenrick began.
“I thought it was very poor of him last night to go on television, say it was a mistake, but not just have the common decency to apologise to Nigel Farage.
“It almost made it seem as if his dislike of Nigel, Reform and our politics was so great that he couldn't bring himself just to say a simple sorry."
“I think he's a bit of a nasty piece of work,” the Reform Treasury Spokesman declared.
“He parades himself as someone who loves everyone and is kind... but actually people are seeing through Zack Polanski.”
Addressing the case more broadly, Mr Jenrick welcomed continued inquiries into the man featured in the post.
“I'm pleased that the police are taking seriously the individual who actually wore the T-shirt.
“That's clearly by far the more serious offence in the context of Ann Widdecombe's murder just a few weeks ago and the hundreds of death threats Nigel has received.
“In that context, it cannot be right for somebody to be sporting that T-shirt and then putting it out on social media," he said.
The Met Police pointed to several reasons for the investigation into Mr Polanski being dropped.
Included were the Green Party leader’s steps to remove the post from his account when the issue was raised.
They also pointed to the image being 18 in a post containing 20 images, the Green Party statement issued on his behalf, and that Mr Polanski was unaware of the specific image.
The post has since been shared, whether by collaboration, reposting or sharing, by around 130 accounts, the force said, highlighting that individuals should not be treated differently solely because of their public profile.
