The anti-Semitism smear that ruined Corbyn’s Labour now targets the Greens
Key takeaways
- Zack Polanski must not repeat Jeremy Corbyn’s mistakes.
- Tony Greenstein is a Jewish anti-Zionist and a founding member of Palestine Solidarity Campaign.
- But the party’s fortunes began to change rapidly in the Starmer era.
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Zack Polanski must not repeat Jeremy Corbyn’s mistakes.
Tony Greenstein is a Jewish anti-Zionist and a founding member of Palestine Solidarity Campaign.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Green Party leader Zack Polanski (r) chats with Ben Jamal, Director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, on the second day of the Green Party Conference at the Bournemouth International Centre, on October 04, 2025 in Bournemouth, England [Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images]Until recently, the Green Party was on the fringe of British politics. Between 2010 and 2024, it had just one member of parliament. In the July 2024 election, which saw the implosion of the Conservatives and Labour’s rise to power under Keir Starmer, it managed to secure just four seats in parliament.