Chameleon Magazine

 💸🫂Zack Polanski, the Green Party’s answer to the question “what if TED Talks were policy?”, has decided the best use of £400 million in taxpayer funds this Christmas is… a gesture. Not infrastructure, not housing, not fixing the NHS—but a heart-shaped £400M emoji gift tag labelled “Kindness.”🎁✨

💚 When Empathy Becomes Expensive PR

Polanski wants to show “compassion and humanity” to Channel migrants—which, on paper, sounds lovely, until you realise it’s being bankrolled by your heating bill. While the average Brit scrapes together coins to afford a litre of milk and a working boiler, Zack’s out here proposing a national emotional support fund.

Not funded by him, of course. Or by party members. Nope—this isn’t a GoFundMe, it’s a YouFundThem. His version of generosity is writing cheques from someone else’s wallet.

And since he’s clearly in the Christmas spirit, let’s offer him a festive suggestion: how about MPs kick in 25% of their salaries for the year? That way, they can show “compassion and humanity” without using our rent money to do it. You’re already on the public payroll, Zack. Want to impress us? Donate your direct deposit.

Because right now, it looks a lot less like empathy and a lot more like elite virtue-signalling theatre. “Look at me, I believe in kindness!” Cool. Do it on your dime, not ours. 🎭💷

Meanwhile, border control remains a political game of hot potato, and the people actually affected—migrants and working-class Brits—get tossed between headlines and hashtags.

So here we are, stuck between Suella’s Scowl and Polanski’s Pinterest Board of Kindness. Wonderful.

🧨 Challenges 🧨

How do you feel about £400M being poured into performative compassion while your council tax climbs like it’s training for Everest? Would you give up 25% of your income to fund political posturing? Or should politicians lead by example and foot the bill themselves?

💬 Sound off in the blog comments—don’t just rage-scroll and move on. This is your platform too.

👇 Smash comment, like, share. Let’s see how kind they feel when it’s their salary on the chopping block.

The sharpest jabs and hottest takes will be featured in our next print issue.🔥📝