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Police will not prosecute Zack Polanski for sharing Nigel Farage guillotine image

29 July 2026 · in 80 words

Police will not prosecute Zack Polanski for sharing Nigel Farage guillotine image

The Metropolitan Police have decided not to pursue action against Green Party leader Zack Polanski, following his distribution of an image depicting a guillotine with the phrase "we're only making plans for Nigel". They concluded that sharing the image online was unlikely to be a criminal offence and a wider investigation would be disproportionate.

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