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Councillor Allen Joins Lib Dems, Criticizes Polanski Over Evans Attack

8/10/2026

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Councillor Martin Allen left the Greens for the Liberal Democrats, a move praised by leader Dan Boatright-Greene after condemning Zack Polanski’s response to jailed activists and silence on Sergeant Kate Evans’s injury.
Allen said Polanski never condemned the sledgehammer attack that fractured Sergeant Evans’s spine at Elbit Systems near Bristol.
Samuel Corner, 23, received a seven-year-eight-month sentence for grievous bodily harm to Sergeant Evans.

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Councillor Martin Allen left the Greens for the Liberal Democrats, a move praised by leader Dan Boatright-Greene after condemning Zack Polanski’s response to jailed activists and silence on Sergeant Kate Evans’s injury.
Allen said Polanski never condemned the sledgehammer attack that fractured Sergeant Evans’s spine at Elbit Systems near Bristol.
Samuel Corner, 23, received a seven-year-eight-month sentence for grievous bodily harm to Sergeant Evans.