Zack Polanski: “I am confident but not complacent about my chances.”

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.

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

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.