Tensions exposed among Greens by 'Zionism is racism' conference vote
Yet that has resulted in the scenario of leading Green elected politicians facing scrutiny over party policy which the vast majority of them opposed.Polanski, who is not an MP, wanted changes to the motion which were rejected by the conference, and ultimately did not participate in the debate or vote. So this could presage tensions too between Polanski and the party membership, some of whom will have been inspired to join the Greens by his leadership.In practical terms, the Green MPs will be able to continue espousing a different position in parliament to the party's new policy. The Greens do not have a whipping system, meaning that MPs are free to vote as they wish.
- ▪Yet that has resulted in the scenario of leading Green elected politicians facing scrutiny over party policy which the vast majority of them opposed.Polanski, who is not an MP, wanted changes to the motion which were rejected by the confere
- ▪So this could presage tensions too between Polanski and the party membership, some of whom will have been inspired to join the Greens by his leadership.In practical terms, the Green MPs will be able to continue espousing a different positio
- ▪The Greens do not have a whipping system, meaning that MPs are free to vote as they wish.
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Tensions exposed among Greens by 'Zionism is racism' conference voteImage source, Getty ImagesByHenry ZeffmanChief political correspondentPublished1 minute agoIt is not exactly typical for a British party conference, let alone that of one of the smaller parties, to elicit international condemnation.Yet that is the position the Green Party of England and Wales is in today after Israel's foreign ministry said it was banning their leader, Zack Polanski, from entering the country.The cause was the motion proposed by party members and adopted by the conference on Sunday, declaring Zionism, which is the belief in the right to a Jewish homeland, to be racism.The Green motion describes Zionism as an ideology supporting "an ethnonationalist Jewish state", and supports instead a "single democratic…
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