EHRC writes to Green Party over Zionism as racism policy
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has written to the Green Party about its policy describing Zionism as racism, to assess its practical implications and potential impact.
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The Equality and Human Rights Commission has written to the Green Party about its policy describing Zionism as racism. The commission said the letter is to assess the policy's practical input implications and potential impact.
The development follows a vote at the Green Party's conference a couple of weeks ago. Members voted that Zionism is racism. The vote took place before the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, which Polanski did not win.
The policy has also become a point of political dispute. At Prime Minister's Questions this week, Andy Burnham said he could not go into a coalition with the Greens because of the policy the party had voted for.
Key points - The EHRC has written to the Green Party over its Zionism policy. - The letter is intended to assess the policy's practical input implications and potential impact. - The policy was passed at the party's conference and was followed by the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, which Polanski did not win. - Andy Burnham said the policy would prevent him from going into coalition with the Greens.
The EHRC's letter is the latest step in scrutiny of the Green Party's position. The commission has not set out any further action in the coverage, and the Green Party has not yet responded in the material available.
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| Andy Burnham said he could not enter a coalition with the Greens because of the party's policy. | |
| The Equality and Human Rights Commission wrote to the Green Party about its policy to assess practical implications and potential impact. | |
| The Green Party conference voted weeks earlier that Zionism is racism. | |
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Sky News gave the story a short political segment. It linked the EHRC letter to the Green Party's conference vote on Zionism, the Holborn and St Pancras by-election and Andy Burnham's comments at Prime Minister's Questions about a coalition. The tone was neutral and descriptive, with no response from the Green Party or EHRC detail beyond the stated purpose of the letter.
- “this is about the Green Party”
- “the Equality and Human Rights Commission has written to the Green Party about its policy”
- “they say this is to assess its practical input implications and potential impact”
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