Labour threatens to end Green power-sharing over 'Zionism is racism' motion

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 15 Oct, 16:33 · Archive

Labour has threatened to end power-sharing agreements with the Green Party over a 'Zionism is Racism' policy adopted at Green Party conference.

Labour has instructed all its council groups in power-sharing arrangements with the Greens to demand they reject the 'Zionism is Racism' motion passed at Green Party conference, which has been widely condemned as antisemitic. Labour Party chairwoman Bridget Phillipson said the party expects Green counterparts to 'make clear that they reject this position' and to call on their national leadership to reconsider the policy.

In West Oxfordshire, the threat has immediate consequences. The Lib Dem-led alliance comprises 20 Liberal Democrats, eight Labour councillors and four Greens, giving it 32 seats on the 49-member council and a seven-seat majority above the 25 needed to govern. If Labour withdraws its support, the alliance would fall to 24 seats, one short of control.

Labour has given the Greens seven days to provide reassurances. Phillipson said: 'Where they are unable to provide that assurance, Labour will bring any such local arrangement to an end.' She added that the issue was 'about doing what is right and upholding the values anyone holding public office should share'.

How it is being reported

• Lib Dem-led alliance under threat over 'Zionism is racism' rowWest Oxfordshire's Lib Dem-led cabinet could be under threat over a "Zionism is racism" row.Oxfordshire Guardian · 15 Oct, 16:00
• Lib Dem-led alliance under threat over 'Zionism is racism' rowWest Oxfordshire's Lib Dem-led cabinet could be under threat over a "Zionism is racism" row.Oxford Mail · 15 Oct, 16:00

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