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Zack Polanski<\/a> has admitted he is \u201ctempted\u201d to stand against Keir Starmer<\/a> in his London constituency of Holborn and St Pancras.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Green<\/a> leader has presided over a huge increase in party membership \u2013 more than 100,000 people have signed up since he was elected two months ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Polanski currently sits as a London Assembly member and is not an MP, but he has been open about wanting to run for a seat within parliament.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Pollsters at Find Out Now <\/a>predicted last month that the Greens could win a whopping 51 seats (up from their current four MPs) \u2013 and could even oust the prime minister in a contest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Starmer secured a majority of 11,572 (30%) in his constituency at the last election, but Labour<\/a> have experienced a huge drop in popularity since getting into power.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Speaking on her Sunday show, the BBC\u2019s<\/a> Laura Kuenssberg<\/a> asked if Polanski wanted to compete against Starmer personally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n He replied: \u201cIt would be very tempting to take Keir Starmer down.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cBut actually what I am very doing right now, is right across England and Wales, growing the Green Party. We\u2019ve just hit 175,000 members.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n He added: \u201cI\u2019m tempted to take on any Labour MP who is a disaster and ultimately replace them with a better MP who will stand for people and planet, rather than people with a vested interest.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n However, More in Common\u2019s UK director Luke Tryl questioned whether this would be a good strategy on X.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n He wrote: \u201cNot sure why [Polanski] would do this given risk \u2013 lots of so-called \u2018decapitation strategies\u2019 don\u2019t work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cIncumbent PMs usually beat national swing, as leader his priority will surely be getting into parliament than taking down a Big Beast & there are far better nearby London prospects.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cWill the Greens want to run a high profile campaign in Holborn and St Pancras, am sure given the profile, but could A) easily end up being a distraction from other prospects. B) For leaders safety first generally better, you don\u2019t want to do well and not get elected yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n While Polanski has been taking the party to unprecedented heights since taking over in September, he has also faced some backlash over his policies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Former Bank of England economist, Andy Haldane, said the Greens\u2019 plan to borrow as much as the UK needs, but in a different way, was \u201cla-la land economics\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n