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Green Party activists plotting to oust Caroline Lucas amid fallout over 'Zionism is racism' vote

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Place, T. (2026, October 13). Green Party activists plotting to oust Caroline Lucas amid fallout over 'Zionism is racism' vote. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/green-party-caroline-lucas-zionism-racism-vote-israel-zack-polanski-b1300694.html

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Green Party members are planning to submit complaints against MP Caroline Lucas following her support of a controversial "Zionism is racism" motion at the party conference earlier this month. The vote passed with 1,022 votes in favor and 813 against, despite representing less than 1% of the party’s total membership, which has grown from around 60,000 to over 230,000 within a year. Activists are using WhatsApp messages to coordinate their efforts to have Lucas expelled or sidelined due to her divisive comments and alleged links to extremism.

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Caroline Lucas, the first Green Party MP elected in 2010, faces potential expulsion from her party amid internal tensions over recent controversial votes. According to reports by The Telegraph, some members accuse Ms Lucas of being "toxic, divisive," and a supporter of apartheid and genocide. The controversy stems from a vote at the party’s conference earlier this month where 1,022 members supported labeling Zionism as racism against 813, despite having backing from less than 1% of the Green Party's membership. Since last September, the party's membership has more than tripled to around 230,000. Ms Lucas expressed regret that party leader Sian Polanski missed the vote and warned about Jewish Greens feeling unsafe due to such polarized views within the party.

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Party members have accused Ms Lucas, who was the party’s first MP when elected in 2010, of being “toxic, divisive and a shill for apartheid and genocide”, reports The Telegraph. asserted

Telegraph → accuse → apartheid

It is alleged that WhatsApp messages sent between members contain advice on how to submit complaints to the party’s disciplinary panel about Ms Lucas, with the hope that enough complaints could encourage the party to act against her. uncertain

complaints → allege → her

It was passed at the party’s conference earlier this month by 1,022 votes to 813, and thus became policy despite having the backing of less than 1% of the Greens’ membership. asserted

It → pass → membership

The Green party’s membership has more than trebled over the past year - from around 60,000 last September to around 230,000 now. asserted

membership → treble → 230,000

Ms Lucas said it had been a mistake for Mr Polanski to miss the vote, adding that the party was “woefully exposed” to entryism. asserted

party → say → entryism

She also called for Lubna Speitan, the policy’s author, to be suspended due to her links to an al-Qaeda terrorist who plotted to bomb passengers landing at Heathrow from Israel. asserted

who → call → Israel

At the party conference, Ms Lucas warned that a “refusal to accept complexities” about the region had led to many Jewish Greens feeling unsafe and unwelcome. asserted

Greens → warn → region

In WhatsApp messages seen by the Telegraph, activists described Ms Lucas’s comments as “despicable”, with one writing: “Lucas needs to be removed. asserted

Lucas → see → comments

She’s toxic, divisive and a shill for apartheid and genocide. asserted

She → ’ → apartheid

Members argued that Ms Lucas should be expelled for bringing the party into disrepute, with others disputing whether she still had a formal role within the party. asserted

she → argue → party

Under party rules, the Greens can not “significantly” amend the Zionism is Racism policy until 2028, unless Mr Polanski intervenes. asserted

Polanski → amend → 2028

Green Party activists plotting to oust Caroline Lucas amid fallout over 'Zionism is racism' vote

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