The extremism of some in the Green party is increasingly being compared to Labour in Jeremy Corbyn’s time. But there is a critical difference. Most of the haters in Corbyn Labour were ordinary activists. In the Greens, they are likely to become holders of public office with real power.

Earlier this week, we brought you Ifhat Shaheen, a Green council candidate in the highly-winnable ward of Stoke Newington, who defended the October 7th attacks, suggested that Israel is harvesting organs from Palestinians ‘to help alter [the] DNA of Zionists to claim land,’ and asked whether ‘Zionist funding’ was behind the racist Tommy Robinson marches.

Today we reveal the views of Saiqa Ali, a Green council candidate in Streatham St Leonards, the party’s strongest ward on Lambeth council, south London, where all three of the councillors are currently Green.

On 23 September 2024, Ali’s Instagram account posted a picture of a masked fighter, holding a rifle and a string of bullets and wearing what appears to be a Hamas headband. ‘Long live the Resistance,’ writes Ali. ‘Free Palestine!’

If it is a Hamas headband, this post is likely to be a criminal offence under the 2000 Terrorism Act, which makes it illegal to express an opinion or belief that is supportive of a proscribed organisation; to invite support for it, even if........

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