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Caroline Lucas

Caroline Lucas

British politician, Member of Parliament for the Green Party (born 1960)

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  • Oct 8

    Labour's Sagal Abdi-Wali wins Holborn and St Pancras by-election over Green leader Zack Polanski

    Sagal Abdi-Wali took 45% of the vote in Thursday's special election, against just under 33% for Green leader Zack Polanski, who now faces calls to stand down over his party's stance on Zionism.

  • Oct 4

    Green Party of England and Wales equates Zionism with racism, prompting Israeli entry ban on leader Zack Polanski

    Members at the Green Party conference in Brighton voted 1,022 to 813 to endorse a single-state policy in historic Palestine, sparking pushback from European allies and four of the party's five MPs.

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