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Zack Polanski issues statement amid furious row over Green Party's 'Zionism is racism' policy

A motion passed by the conference labelling Zionism as racism has been condemned as ‘poisonous antisemitism’ by chief rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

Evening Standard · Oct 5

Greens will ‘not accept any exclusion’ of people based on religion – Polanski

A motion passed by the conference labelling Zionism as racism has been condemned as ‘poisonous antisemitism’ by chief rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis.

The Independent UK · Oct 5

Green party of England and Wales facing international ostracism over ‘Zionism is racism’ vote

European Green party says motion goes against its policy, with German Green co-leader calling it ‘intolerable and unacceptable’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5

Zack Polanski banned from Israel after Green Party backs 'Zionism is racism' motion

Delegates voted 56% in favour of the controversial motion, despite opposition from several senior figures within the party

Evening Standard · Oct 4

Greens make ‘Zionism is racism’ party policy as Polanski skips vote

Members at the party conference in Brighton backed the motion with 1,022 votes in favour and 813 against.

Evening Standard · Oct 4

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage breaking British company law

REFORM UK’s leader Nigel Farage has broken UK company law, it has emerged after the MP received an undisclosed £5million gift from a crypto…

The National (Scotland) · Jun 16

Green MP insists party will still stand in Makerfield despite calls from senior members to step aside

Senior Green Party members called on the party to withdraw from the crucial by-election

The Independent UK · May 25

The UK is hosting the world’s education ministers – while abandoning the world’s children

COMMENT: The decisions the UK makes about overseas aid spending over the next five years will shape the next fifty, writes Ellie Chowns – we cannot afford for global education to fall down the priority list

The Independent UK · May 20

What Hannah Spencer’s historic win means for the Green party’s future

The byelection in Gorton and Denton this week has been huge for the Green party of England and Wales, with Hannah Spencer pushing Reform’s Matt Goodwin into second place, and Labour into third. Having one extra MP in parliament may not seem like a big milestone, but this byelection win…

The Conversation · Feb 27

‘We have to book bigger rooms’: Green membership surge causes novel problems

Party rides high with new leader Zack Polanski winning media plaudits and supporter numbers doubling to 140,000

The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2025