Greens must avoid ‘capture by extremists and racists’, says party MP pred 10 urami in 28 minutami Ellie Chowns says vote for ‘Zionism is racism’ policy by 0.4% of members shows party processes are not workingA Green Party MP has said she wants to make sure her party is not “vulnerable to capture by extremists and racists” amid the continuing fallout from the “Zionism is racism” vote.The party faces a political maelstrom over its policy decision last week to treat Zionism, the movement for a Jewish state, as any other form of racism, and to back a single Palestinian state over a two-state solution. The motion was passed at the annual party conference with just over 1,000 votes, approximately 0.4% of the total membership. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Rail disruption after overhead line fault pred 10 urami in 53 minutami A fault with overhead wires near Penkridge is causing disruption between Stafford and Wolverhampton.(BBC News)
‘Cockroach’ leader among thousands detained in Delhi protest crackdown pred 10 urami in 56 minutami Authorities impose strict lockdown in capital to try to stop rally against removal of 130m names from electoral rollIndian authorities have placed Delhi under a severe lockdown and detained tens of thousands of people, including the leader of the youth-led “Cockroach” movement, in an attempt to stop an anti-government protest.Thousands of people from across India were blocked from attending the demonstration, which had been called by the “Cockroach Janata party” (CJP) to protest against an exercise that has stripped 130m names from India’s electoral roll. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
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