Norwich Greens expel councillor over Zionism row attack on leader

Summarised from 2 outlets · 3 reports · Updated 3 Nov, 09:04 · Archive

Norwich Green councillors have voted to expel Bliss Wylie after she called for the council leader to resign over the party's controversial Zionism motion.

Norwich Green councillors voted 13-5 to expel Bliss Wylie after she demanded that council leader Lucy Galvin resign over Ms Galvin's statement opposing the party's national Zionism motion. The vote was called after Cllr Wylie attacked the leader and her cabinet, claiming Ms Galvin had 'steamrolled' her statement through without consulting colleagues and likening them to 'the Confederates in the American Civil War'.

Cllr Wylie, who represents Thorpe Hamlet, has been a vocal defender of the motion, which was passed at the party's Brighton conference by 1,022 votes to 813. When Ms Galvin came out against it, Cllr Wylie defended the motion, telling the Eastern Daily Press it had 'very little to do with Jewish people, particularly Jewish people in the United Kingdom'. The Jewish Leadership Council branded her comments 'ignorant' and described them as 'an absurd and dangerous erasure of Jewish experience and identity'.

The motion declaring Zionism to be racism has been widely condemned, with critics saying it risks fuelling antisemitism. Meanwhile, Labour has ended coalition deals with Green groups at 11 councils in protest at the motion. However, the ruling partnership at Broadland Council in Norfolk will continue after the local Green group publicly rejected the motion.

How it is being reported

• Norfolk coalition spared as Labour dumps Greens in 11 councils over Zionism rowBroadland’s coalition has survived after Greens rejected the ‘Zionism is racism’ motion, as Labour ends Green deals in 10 councils including West Suffolk.Eastern Daily Press · 3 Nov, 08:25
• Greens vote to expel councillor who told Norwich leader to resign in Zionism rowBliss Wylie, who demanded Norwich council leader Lucy Galvin resign over the Zionism row, is set to be kicked out of the City Hall Green groupEastern Daily Press · 2 Nov, 16:15
• Greens vote to expel councillor who told Norwich leader to resign in Zionism rowBliss Wylie, who demanded Norwich council leader Lucy Galvin resign over the Zionism row, is set to be kicked out of the City Hall Green groupNorwich Evening News · 2 Nov, 16:15

In this story: Bliss Wylie · Lucy Galvin · Norwich City Council · Green Party · Jewish Leadership Council · Norwich

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