Green MP Says Party Must Guard Against ‘Capture by Extremists and Racists’

Ellie Chowns takes on Zack Polanski in Green Party Zionism row

A Green Party MP has called for changes to the party’s policy-making process.

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

Green Party wants to make sure it is 'not vulnerable to extremists'

The party's Westminster leader Ellie Chowns made the comments after ex-leader Caroline Lucas said some members had joined to vote in the Zionism motion.

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.

Green Party wants to make sure it is ‘not vulnerable to extremists’

The Green's Westminster leader Ellie Chowns has said she wants to make sure her party is not "vulnerable to capture by extremists and racists" after the party's members voted for a motion that claimed Zionism was racism.The motion put forward by activists, which became formal...