Zack Polanski

Sarah Helm is speaking absolute common sense and should be commended for her bravery.

His win today against right-wing smears is a win not only for him, but for all global majority politicians, whatever party they serve, in their fight against racist abuse.

He did exactly what an excellent councillor would do, working to calm down and heal division, and was praised across party lines at the time for doing so.

A couple of weeks ago, Labour said they'd got it wrong on Gaza. Now they have banned books by Sally Rooney, one of the most celebrated and influential authors of recent times.

I'm the only Jewish leader of a political party. I'm a victim of antisemitism every day and I've made it clear Jewish people are welcome in my party.

At the moment Palestinians don’t have equal rights, so I think I’m answering your question really clearly.

I believe Israelis and Palestinians should have equal rights in a democracy.

The Green party’s bold, principled ideas have never been more needed.

I will not tolerate antisemitism. No one will be made unwelcome because of their background, their faith or where they worship.

I absolutely will stay on as leader and I of course have not questioned that.

I would not have voted for the motion and instead would have voted for an amended version.

I think it has been an opportunity to present Green Party values, to talk about rent controls, tackling the climate crisis, nationalising Thames Water, it’s been amazing to speak to people in Holborn and St Pancras, I’ve really enjoyed…

What I’m experiencing, though, is an immense amount of people who are saying actually they’ve never been prouder to be a Green Party member.

But I signed up for that difficult job and I’m more than ready to continue.

That’s going to be up to the members and that’s going to be up to the leadership election that happens next summer.

What I do believe is that any state should have equal rights and that shouldn’t be based on faith or religion, that should be based on international human law and upholding equal rights for everyone.

Yes, I’ve taken a loss tonight but our movement is so much bigger than one election or one motion and we’re going to build and we’re going to grow.

The motion as amended, I would have voted for. The motion unamended, I wouldn't have voted for.

In terms of the actual substantial part of the motion... the displacement and genocide of the Palestinian people is clearly underpinned by a racist ideology. I think that's obvious.

Ultimately, I agree with the substance of the motion. Where I disagree is the idea the Green Party should be deciding what the future of the region looks like.

I would have supported the motion as amended. It wasn't amended, so no.

I don’t think that’s true at all. I’ve got a party that was 55,000, 60,000 members when I was running for leader, it’s now 220,000.

The displacement of the Palestinian people, the genocide is clearly racist.

Of course, I wanted to win. No-one runs an election to lose.