在补选失利、关于犹太复国主义的破坏性争论以及民调显示其受欢迎程度不及奈杰尔·法拉奇之后，党魁面临的压力越来越大。
当扎克·波兰斯基在二月份戈顿和丹顿补选获胜后意气风发地向竞选团队发表讲话时，他宣称：“工党的选举垄断已经结束。”
Pressure is building on the party leader after byelection defeat, a damaging row over Zionism and polls that show him less popular than Nigel Farage When Zack Polanski addressed his campaigners flush with victory after the Gorton and Denton byelection in February, he declared: “Labour’s electoral stranglehold is over.”
他继续说道，汉娜·斯宾塞当选为大曼彻斯特选区的新任绿党议员是一场震撼性的胜利：“我说过我们来这里是为了取代工党，这就是取代的样子。”
The election of Hannah Spencer as the new Green MP for the Greater Manchester seat was a seismic victory, he continued: “I said we were here to replace Labour and this is what replacing looks like.”
但在周四波兰斯基在霍本和圣潘克拉斯补选中失利，以及党内关于犹太复国主义立场的灾难性争论之后，关于什么人或什么事物可能被取代的辩论已经转向了波兰斯基本人。
But in the wake of Polanski’s defeat in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection on Thursday, and a calamitous row over the party’s stance on Zionism, the debate around what, or who, could be replaced has shifted to Polanski himself.
