Greens must avoid ‘capture by extremists and racists’, says party MP Ellie Chowns says vote for ‘Zionism is racism’ policy by 0.4% of members shows party processes are not working The Guardian - UK · 5h ago
Green MP calls out Zack Polanski's ‘lack of leadership’ on Zionism motion The controversial ‘Zionism is racism’ motion was passed by members at the Green conference last weekend The Independent UK · 7h ago
Green MP says party must guard against ‘capture by extremists and racists’ Ellie Chowns also said there had been a ‘lack of leadership’ from Zack Polanski on the ‘Zionism is racism’ motion at the party’s conference. Evening Standard · 7h ago
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
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
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
Andy Burnham facing calls to rule out coalition deal with Greens after ‘Zionism is racism’ motion Exclusive: PM told motion should disqualify party from major public office The Independent UK · Oct 5
Chair of Jewish Greens considering leaving party over ‘Zionism is racism’ motion Sir Ephraim Mirvis said the motion labelling Zionism as racism was ‘poisonous antisemitism’ The Independent UK · Oct 5
Chief rabbi condemns Green anti-Zionist motion as ‘poisonous antisemitism’ Sir Ephraim Mirvis said the motion labelling Zionism, the support for a Jewish homeland, as racist was ‘a threat to British Jews’. Evening Standard · Oct 5
Holocaust survivor hails Green 'Zionism is racism' motion A HOLOCAUST survivor has welcomed the English and Welsh Greens’ decision to class Zionism as racism. The National (Scotland) · Oct 4
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 Independent UK · May 20 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 Conversation · Feb 27 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 Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2025 ‘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 Independent UK · Oct 13, 2025 Cracking down on repeat protest means ‘giving succour to haters’ – MP Shabana Mahmood was not proposing the ‘removal of the right to protest’, she told the Commons.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2025 Wednesday briefing: How Zack Polanski’s populist takeover could change the Green party forever In today’s newsletter: The leftwing candidate crushed rivals Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns. Will his leadership take the party to new heights – or risk alienating hard-won moderates?
The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2025 New Green leader Polanski distances party from electoral pact with Corbyn Leftist would need to see ‘very strong arguments’ before agreeing a deal with party launched by ex-Labour leader
The Guardian - UK · Sep 2, 2025 Man of the people Zack Polanski hauls play-safe Greens into the spotlight The new party leader is not afraid to say what he thinks, and that is pretty much anything to get attention
Evening Standard · Sep 2, 2025 New Green Party leader wants to ‘reclaim’ populism after landslide win Zack Polanski warned Labour: ‘We are here to replace you.’
The Conversation · Sep 2, 2025 Zack Polanski becomes Green party leader – what happens next? Zack Polanski is the new leader of the Green party in England and Wales after winning a leadership election promising a programme of “eco-populism”. Polanski beat incumbent leader Adrian Ramsay and his partner on the ticket, Ellie Chowns.
Evening Standard · Sep 2, 2025 Green Party to shift leftwards after landslide win by new leader Zack Polanski Mr Polanski could offer a fresh headache to Sir Keir Starmer’s Government from the political left.
Evening Standard · Sep 2, 2025 New Green Party leader Zack Polanski 'open to future talks with Jeremy Corbyn' The party’s radical deputy leader won in a landslide against co-leader Adrian Ramsay and co-runner Ellie Chowns