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Green’s London Assembly leader denies party is antisemitic in response to tough questions at JC hustings

Caroline Russell in debate along with panelists from Labour, Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Reform UK

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Panellists from five main nationwide parties took part in JC event on Wednesday

Green Party candidate Mark Adderley with his wife, Loose Women star Nadia Sawalha (Screenshot via YouTube - The Sawalha-Adderleys)

Local Greens tell voters to support candidate suspended over antisemitism

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer meets first responders from Shomrim North West during a visit to Golders Green on April 30, 2026 (Getty Images)

UK security services doing ‘huge amount’ to protect British Jews, Starmer tells JC

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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage meets members of Shomrim in Golders Green on April 30, 2026 (Getty Images)

Reform would expel Iranian ambassador, Farage tells JC

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Mapped: the 1,300 councillors who ‘exploit sectarianism’ by signing Israel boycott pledge

Palestine Solidarity Campaign letter urges divestment despite government warning it may be unlawful

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April 30, 2026 16:01

Mapped: the 1,300 councillors who ‘exploit sectarianism’ by signing Israel boycott pledge

Golders Green attack: Keir Starmer says there have been too many similar incidents

The Conservatives said the Jewish community was not being ‘properly protected’

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April 29, 2026 13:44

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (Image: Parliament TV).

EXCLUSIVE: If Zack Polanski gets into power I may move to Israel, says relative

Warning over Green leader’s ‘dangerous’ rhetoric comes as party expected to make huge gains in May 7 local elections

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April 29, 2026 10:20

Leader of the Green Party Zack Polanski (Image: Getty)

Exclusive: Slough attack victim tells Nigel Farage antisemitism ‘more frequent’ since October 7

The victim told the Reform leader said that he’d been contacted by friends saying they’d experienced similar incidents that weren’t recorded

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April 27, 2026 12:36

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage on the phone to Moshe (Image: Reform UK)

Tories drop ‘Zio’ post candidate after pressure from JC

The Jewish Leadership Council said the Conservatives needed to explain how Ishfaq Hussain was selected

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April 24, 2026 10:38

Tories drop ‘Zio’ post candidate after pressure from JC

Zack Polanski criticised for remarks about Jewish community’s ‘perception of unsafety’

The Green Party’s leader also accused the Labour Party of ‘weaponising’ antisemitism

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April 22, 2026 16:41

Green Party leader Zack Polanski, who is Jewish, said he does not claim to represent the entire community (Photo: Getty)

Former senior Green politician denounces ‘Corbynite takeover’ of party

Darren Johnson said Zack Polanski’s rapidly changing politics reminded him of Boris Johnson

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April 22, 2026 15:43

Gone from Greens: The party's former London Assembly member Darren Johnson, who has now joined Labour (Image: Darren Johnson/X).

Labour ‘pandering’ to extremism to win votes in Birmingham, insiders say

Party is failing to act against ‘conspiratorial’ thinking about Israel among ‘hardline’ members

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April 22, 2026 11:55

Labour faces a huge challenge for control of the city council in Birmingham (Photo: Getty)

Labour failing to tackle roots of hatred, say cross-party MPs

As police make arrests after shul attacks, political leaders call anti-Israel bias and antisemitism a ‘national emergency’

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April 22, 2026 09:43

Forensic police officers setup a tent beside an office formerly used by the business "Jewish futures" in Hendon, north London on April 18 (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP via Getty Images)

Exclusive: MPs and peers condemn ‘disproportionate’ punishment of student who called keffiyeh ‘tea towel’

Pro-Israel undergraduate Brodie Mitchell was suspended by Royal Holloway in what parliamentarians claim was ‘double standards’

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April 17, 2026 08:49

Royal Holloway, University of London (Image: Royal Holloway)

Reform candidate shared image of infamous mural branded ‘blatantly anti-Jewish’ by Farage

Another of the party’s candidates shared images of ‘Zionists’ pulling the strings of world leaders and questioned whether the King had converted to Islam

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April 16, 2026 15:16

Reform candidate shared image of infamous mural branded ‘blatantly anti-Jewish’ by Farage

Foreign antisemites should be deported, says Badenoch

The Tory leader also argued that antisemites in “public institutions” needed to be removed from their positions

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April 16, 2026 11:19

Kemi Badenoch speaking at the Conservative Party's annual conference in Manchester (Image: Getty).

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Green’s London Assembly leader denies party is antisemitic in response to tough questions at JC hustings

Local Greens tell voters to support candidate suspended over antisemitism

UK security services doing ‘huge amount’ to protect British Jews, Starmer tells JC

Reform would expel Iranian ambassador, Farage tells JC

More from Lorin Bell-Cross

Mapped: the 1,300 councillors who ‘exploit sectarianism’ by signing Israel boycott pledge

Golders Green attack: Keir Starmer says there have been too many similar incidents

EXCLUSIVE: If Zack Polanski gets into power I may move to Israel, says relative

Exclusive: Slough attack victim tells Nigel Farage antisemitism ‘more frequent’ since October 7

Tories drop ‘Zio’ post candidate after pressure from JC

Zack Polanski criticised for remarks about Jewish community’s ‘perception of unsafety’

Former senior Green politician denounces ‘Corbynite takeover’ of party

Labour ‘pandering’ to extremism to win votes in Birmingham, insiders say

Labour failing to tackle roots of hatred, say cross-party MPs

Exclusive: MPs and peers condemn ‘disproportionate’ punishment of student who called keffiyeh ‘tea towel’

Reform candidate shared image of infamous mural branded ‘blatantly anti-Jewish’ by Farage

Foreign antisemites should be deported, says Badenoch