Did the Greens’ racist candidates cost them a majority in one of their top targets? The London borough of Lambeth could have been designed by a committee of sociologists (a profession well represented locally) as near-perfect territory for Team Polanski. But while the nose-ring count is high, the councillor count wasn’t quite high enough.

The other fascinating thing about the Greens’ results in London is the almost total east-west split. They utterly dominate Hackney and Lewisham

The other fascinating thing about the Greens’ results in London is the almost total east-west split. They utterly dominate Hackney and Lewisham

After an excruciating counting process, lasting well into Saturday, the final tally in the would-be People’s Republic is Greens 28 – four below the number needed for outright control; Labour 26; Lib Dems 8. The Greens’ number on the council website is 29, but one of those new councillors, Saiqa Ali, is suspended by the party after her arrest last week for allegedly stirring up racial hatred following an investigation by The........

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