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Green party leader Zack Polanski has urged a reform of the party's grassroots democracy, saying rapid growth requires leaders to have greater control over strategic direction following a divisive vote equating Zionism with racism.
Ellie Chowns, the Greens' leader in the House of Commons, says a conference motion declaring 'Zionism is racism', passed by about 0.4% of members, shows the party's policy-making processes are not working.
Westminster leader Ellie Chowns calls a conference motion declaring Zionism a form of racism "significant and damaging policy" and says she will work to reform the party's structures.
Green MP Siân Berry states party members opposed to the 'Zionism is racism' motion were persuaded not to campaign publicly due to concurrent byelection, acknowledging the motion has caused genuine damage to the party's reputation.
BBC political editor Chris Mason says Zack Polanski is confronting the gravest crisis of his leadership of the Green Party of England and Wales, after a party conference motion labelling Zionism a form of racism and a by-election loss in Holborn and St Pancras.
