Jeremy Clarkson has launched a scathing attack on Green Party leader Zack Polanski following comments he made about police officers involved in last week’s Golders Green terror incident. The Clarkson's Farm star has urged people to stop "touting" the Green Party leader as a contender at the next general election

Mr Polanski has faced backlash after questioning the actions of officers who detained a suspect during the attack and their response to the incident, although he later apologised for sharing a social media post criticising the arrest. Despite acknowledging the bravery of officers, Mr Polanski maintained that scrutiny of police conduct remains important.

Speaking to Sky News, he said: "I think you can both recognise the bravery of officers who run towards incidents that most of us, including myself, would certainly want to run away from, and find the appropriate forum to say that no one, especially the police, should be above scrutiny."

Polanski's remarks came after Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley sent him an open letter defending the officers involved and criticising his reaction online. Polanski described the move as inappropriate during an election period.

Clarkson, however, was highly critical of the Green Party figure in his latest column for The Sun. The 66-year-old wrote: "I do wish people would stop touting Zack Polanski as a serious contender in the next election. He isn’t. My donkey is more likely to get elected.”

He added: "The man isn’t even built properly - a point that becomes clear if you watch that social media gif of him running through a conference hall. Tom Cruise he is not.

"It’s like his arms are where his legs should be and vice versa and as a result, he has the stupidest running style I’ve ever seen."

Turning to Mr Polanski’s comments on the incident, Clarkson said: "And then there’s what he says. This week, he castigated those policemen who tackled the knife-wielding thug in London, saying he’d seen them 'repeatedly and violently kicking a mentally ill man in the head'."

The Prime Video star went on: "Yup. He’s so right-on and so down with the ’Gram as he pursues the teenage vote that he’s going to side with a violent antisemitic thug rather than the policemanists who arrested him."

He concluded: "And he thinks that normal people with fully formed adult brains will vote for him. Not a chance."

The criticism comes amid wider debate over the police response to the attack in north London, in which multiple people were injured. The suspect, Essa Suleiman, 45, has been charged with attempted murder following the incident and has been remanded in custody.