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Promoted by Rob Callender on behalf of Newham Green Party, both at International House, 12 Constance Street, London, E16 2DQ.
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If you read the headline it implies Zoë forced the October 7th date through, but the emails and even the article are both clear that the date came from officers.
ALT Article screenshot which reads: There is no evidence to suggest that Garbett deliberately chose the date of October 7 to conclude the consultation. The date is suggested in an email between two Hackney council officers on 28 July, in which they anticipate the de-twinning decision to be passed by the Green-controlled council chamber that very night, but still agonise over the tight timescales provided by the Green Mayor.
NEW: An FOI I received revealed that the Mayor of Hackney overrode officers' objections over the choice of deadline for the Mayor of Haifa's response to Hackney Council's consultation on detwinning
An initial deadline of late-October was brought to early October, and ultimately the *7th October*, after the Green Party Mayor, Zoe Garbett, made it clear she wanted to force this through as soon as possible
Full report courtesy of @JewishChron and @lorintbc
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On 19 July 2024, I published two posts on my X account in which I made allegations about Mr Mothin Ali being involved in the Harehills riots. I have accepted these were incorrect and I have jointly made a statement in open Court in order to apologise to Mr Ali and correct the record which is below.
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Nate Higgins retweeted
Mothin Ali – apology and Correction
On 18 July 2024, I published a post on my X account in which I stated that Mr Mothin Ali, an elected official and Deputy Leader of the Green Party, was involved in the Harehills riots of July 2024 in which people attacked the police.
That statement was incorrect. In fact, Mr Ali was asked by the police to use his position of trust in the community to help bring about peace on the streets. Mr Ali attended the scene for that purpose alone. He was not involved in the disorder or violence in any way, and on the contrary he was one of the principal reasons of bringing an end to the disorder. I offer my sincere apologies to Mr Ali for my post, the harm I caused, and I have agreed to pay him compensation to vindicate his reputation.
Council tax will never be fair, it is a fundamentally unjust system, being made worse every day with significant cuts to council tax reduction schemes and increasing housing wealth inequality
But this will make a huge difference to many people’s lives. Well done @MartinSLewis 👏
When I met Angela Rayner to campaign for change to overly aggressive council tax debt collection, with its unprecedented rapid escalation to balliffs, she nodded like most politicians do.
I explained it was destructive for individuals, councils and the economy. She listened more then said she'd change it. I was sceptical. Yet a consultation was launched within weeks and delightfully the change announced within 18mths (its in place from next April) - bullet train pace for politics.
I've a rule that if I campaign for a politician (of any party) to do something, and they do it, I say thank you. Its important to recognise it. So thank you so much Angela Rayner for listening and more importantly acting. The changes coming are a great start.
Nate Higgins retweeted
This is complete and utter rubbish! Please stop spreading total fabrications. And FWIW my recent “platforms” in the media - Newsnight and Any Questions last week - were put in the diary weeks ago and had nothing to do with the vote at conference
EXCLUSIVE: Caroline Lucas and Adrian Ramsay plotting vote of no confidence against Zack Polanski.
Former Green Party leader Caroline Lucas and Green MP Adrian Ramsay are plotting a vote of no confidence against current leader Zack Polanski in the coming weeks, according to two sources close to the matter.
It is unclear whether Lucas has any interest in returning as leader herself, but she is actively supporting Ramsay’s effort to take control of the party. Sources say Lucas has been privately rallying influential figures within the Greens to back a challenge against Polanski.
There is concern among those involved that further delay could allow deputy leader Mothin Ali and his supporters to strike first. As part of the campaign to remove Polanski, Lucas is understood to have asked contacts in the media to platform her.
This is bad journalism. The driver complains there is no safe space to turn around once the signs are visible. The council says there is.
You don’t just report it as kind of “he said, she said”, you go down there and find out who’s telling the truth.
Islington council issued more than 11,000 fines on a single road in 2025 thetimes.com/uk/london/artic…
Nate Higgins retweeted
Important that @ZackPolanski wrote this.
Ironically, given the chat this week, it shows leadership & balls to admit to the problems & explain what needs to change.
Other political leaders aren’t real, normal people like Zack & that’s why they would never write a thing like this
Nate Higgins retweeted
The Telegraph have posted an Islamophobic and Antisemitic cartoon of Mothin and Zack.
We refuse to engage with their journalism until they withdraw the cartoon and apologise.
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Excellent summary of the most difficult week, and clarity on the way forward, from @ZackPolanski
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Not every member joins a political party to contribute to policy development or organisational debate.
Those who do are therefore always going to be somewhat unrepresentative, but I don't think that means we should place barriers on them doing so as delegate conferences would.
There are other mechanisms influencing what is decided & who gets heard at Conference, and how representative our national decision making is.
Reviewing these is slower and harder work, but it is the right response to our new size, while delegate conferences just shut voices out
I cannot imagine any other political leader having the clarity of thought to write something as honest and clear as this. I agree with so much of it. Thank you @ZackPolanski
ALT Opinion (Green Party). Yes, it's been a tough week for the Greens: but don't lose sight of how we're transforming British politics. Zack Polanski. We must now have unity and a discussion about party democracy. And let me be clear: as leader, I will never tolerate antisemitism
It is a significant strength of @TheGreenParty that is it member-led. I put a lot of effort into ensuring recent successful governance reforms did not weaken this, and I don't think further reforms need to weaken the voice of members either.
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Caroline did an astonishing job for the Green Party and the country for so many years.
I don’t happen to agree with @CarolineLucas in the current debate, but a lot of the criticism of her on here is pretty ignorant. Yes, Greens got fewer votes in the past because, twenty years ago, we were one of many left-of-Labour parties. Caroline gave her life to building the Greens into the growing force @ZackPolanski joined.
Nate Higgins retweeted
From 62,000 votes in 1997 to 1.8m in 2024. @CarolineLucas was at the centre of that. Whatever you think of her current position, it’s ahistorical to dismiss that.
Nate Higgins retweeted
I don’t happen to agree with @CarolineLucas in the current debate, but a lot of the criticism of her on here is pretty ignorant. Yes, Greens got fewer votes in the past because, twenty years ago, we were one of many left-of-Labour parties. Caroline gave her life to building the Greens into the growing force @ZackPolanski joined.
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Absolutely agree on this. Doesn’t matter if you right now agree with Caroline or not. The Green Party is her legacy, she’s dedicated her life to social justice and the environrment, her record on Palestine goes back decades. This debate is full of anger and it needs to end.
I don’t happen to agree with @CarolineLucas in the current debate, but a lot of the criticism of her on here is pretty ignorant. Yes, Greens got fewer votes in the past because, twenty years ago, we were one of many left-of-Labour parties. Caroline gave her life to building the Greens into the growing force @ZackPolanski joined.
You don’t have to agree with @CarolineLucas on everything to know she is a titan of the Green movement & rightly respected internationally as such. I say this as a supporter of @ZackPolanski.
@TheGreenParty just wouldn’t exist in its current form without Caroline’s contributions
.@CarolineLucas spent much of her time working to get @ZackPolanski elected as MP, and before that to get Hannah, Sian, Ellie, Carla and Adrian elected too. She spent over a decade as our only MP.
She deserves more gratitude, compassion and kindness than she is currently getting
Nobody is perfect, and expecting perfection gets you nowhere. That applies to us all.
Thank you @CarolineLucas for all you have done, and I’ll never stop feeling thankful for your leadership (with both a capital and lowercase l) of our movement over the past few decades.