Green Party

Muddled plenaries and a guessing-game agenda left members at this autumn’s conference all but shut out of policymaking. Liam Jones sets out how the party can give every member a real voice.

Since the ‘Zionism is racism’ motion passed in Brighton, Green party members have been branded extremists, entryists and infiltrators. El Donnellon argues that the labels say more about the accusers than the accused.

The Greens have inherited the space Corbynism left behind. They’re at risk of inheriting its central failure too, says Andrew Hedges.

Defeat in Holborn and St Pancras caps a damaging week for Zack Polanski. But a 22-point rise and Labour’s slimmest-ever majority there show the forces behind the Green advance remain.

Green party members voted by 1,022 to 813 to declare Zionism a form of racism and back a single democratic state, rejecting three amendments that would have softened the motion.

The Greens like to present themselves as more democratic than their rivals. Look past conference and the picture is far messier, says Andrew Hedges.

A resurgent Labour, a record membership and their leader fighting Keir Starmer’s old seat. This weekend will test whether the Greens can modernise without losing their edge.

The Green Socialist, Russel Warfield’s account of the rise of the Green Party and Zack Polanski, is strong on reportage and weak on judgement.

The Green Party leader’s bid for Holborn and St Pancras could become the first real verdict on whether Andy Burnham’s early poll bounce survives contact with actual voters.