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Guardian leads on a legal risk, Novara calls it a first: two readings of the Greens' 1,022-to-813 vote on Zionism

Five reports give the same count. They disagree on what the vote was. The Guardian leads on MPs who oppose it and a likely court challenge. Novara Media calls it a milestone. The Independent leads on the leader who missed it. The Morning Star carries the party's own words.

Greens Pass ‘Zionism Is Racism’ Motion at Party Conference
Greens Pass ‘Zionism Is Racism’ Motion at Party Conference as published by Novara Media · seen at Novara Media
Anglosphere United Kingdom

The count is agreed. All five reports give 1,022 votes to 813 at the Green Party conference in Brighton. The motion declares the party "anti-zionist". The Morning Star reports that zionism will be "treated as any other form of racism."

What the vote means is not agreed.

Outlet What it leads with Mentions the single-state demand?
The Guardian Most Green MPs oppose it; a challenge under equality law is expected Yes
The Independent (bulletin) Leader Zack Polanski "skips vote" Yes
Novara Media "the first explicitly anti-Zionist mainstream political party in the UK" Text we hold breaks off
Morning Star The party's statement No
The Independent (short report) The result only No

Who is heard. The Morning Star quotes a party spokesperson at length, who calls it "a serious and deeply felt debate". The Independent says four of the party's five MPs rejected the motion, including Adrian Ramsay and Carla Denyer. It also says Jewish community leaders condemned it as "an overtly antisemitic platform", but it names none of them. The Guardian cites one KC, also unnamed. No report quotes a member who voted for the motion.

What is not settled. - Whether anyone will bring a challenge under equality law, and whether it would succeed. - Who the KC is. - Whether the vote is a "first". Only Novara says so, and it gives no source. - What the MPs will do now. No report quotes one of them.

What this is about. Members of the Green Party of England and Wales voted to call Zionism a form of racism. The party now has MPs in the House of Commons, so the vote matters beyond the party.

How it got here. Zionism is the movement that sought a Jewish state. The State of Israel was founded in 1948. The claim that "Zionism is racism" is old. The UN General Assembly adopted it in Resolution 3379 in 1975 and revoked it in 1991. Israel and Palestine have argued over land, borders and statehood ever since. The war in Gaza that followed the Hamas-led attacks of 7 October 2023 brought that argument back into British politics, and it has divided every major party. The Greens, long a party of one MP, won four seats at the July 2024 general election. Zack Polanski became leader in 2025. The Independent reports that the party now has five MPs.

Who is involved. - Party members set policy by voting at conference. That is how this motion passed. - The MPs speak for the party in Parliament. The Independent says four of the five oppose the motion. - The leader, Zack Polanski, was not in the hall. The Independent says he had left to campaign in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election. - Jewish community leaders condemned the motion, the Independent reports.

What is at stake. The Equality Act 2010 bars associations, political parties among them, from discriminating against members on grounds that include race and religion. In 2020 the Equality and Human Rights Commission found that Labour had broken the law over antisemitism. The Guardian reports that some Green members are expected to challenge this policy under the same law. Whether that would succeed is a legal question that is still open.

Where it stands. The motion is now party policy. The text also calls for a single Palestinian state, so the party's position on Israel's existence is now part of the dispute.

What is being argued about

  • Members passed the motion 1,022 to 813, against the stated view of four of the party's five MPs
  • Whether the policy could be challenged under the Equality Act
  • Whether the vote makes the Greens the first anti-Zionist mainstream UK party, as Novara Media says
  • The leader's absence from the vote
One count, four different storiesSide by side
OutletWhat it leads withWhose words it carriesSingle-state demand
The GuardianOpposed by most Green MPs; a challenge expectedOne unnamed KCYes
The Independent (bulletin)"as Polanski skips vote"Jewish community leaders, paraphrased and unnamedYes
Novara Media"the first explicitly anti-Zionist mainstream political party in the UK"No oneText breaks off
Morning StarMembers passed the motionA party spokesperson, at lengthNo
The Independent (short report)The resultNo oneNo
Every report gives the same tally, 1,022 to 813.
Sources The Guardian
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Guardian 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent Green party votes to adopt policy that equates Zionism with racism Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Guardian → What we have measured Actor named Denial in the passive voice, with no one named as the person who dismissed it ×1Actor named names Israel as acting and states the death toll flat, with no source ×1Actor named Ireland named as the side that ended the conference ×1Allegation omitted the police statement is cut with an ellipsis where the other two reports carry the controlling or coercive behaviour allegation ×1 from 10510 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Greens make ‘Zionism is racism’ policy as Polanski skips vote Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20215 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → N Novara Media
Left estimate · not a score
Novara Media 🇬🇧UK · digital · Greens Pass ‘Zionism Is Racism’ Motion at Party Conference Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Novara Media → What we have measured Asserted versus attributed States the 'first' claim as fact, with no source given ×1Crowd size Gives a specific number, 'almost 200'. ×1Crowd size almost 200 ×1"first" claim stated flat the claim to be first is not attributed to anyone ×1 from 195 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → M Morning Star
Left estimate · not a score
Morning Star 🇬🇧UK · digital · Green Party members pass motion defining zionism as racism Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Morning Star → What we have measured Anyone hurt counted the only report that carries a civilian death; the person is counted, not named ×1Anyone hurt counted Moscow region dead given by age and sex, attributed to the regional governor ×1A speaker's epithet carried in the reporter's "sugar daddies" used to describe the donors outside the quotation ×1Asserted flat, not attributed a contested political claim written as an established fact ×1 from 872 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Green Party members pass ‘Zionism is racism’ motion Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20215 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
What the five reports carryChart
Novara Media's text, as we hold it, breaks off where it may describe the single-state demand.
Sources The Guardian
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Guardian 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent Green party votes to adopt policy that equates Zionism with racism Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Guardian → What we have measured Actor named Denial in the passive voice, with no one named as the person who dismissed it ×1Actor named names Israel as acting and states the death toll flat, with no source ×1Actor named Ireland named as the side that ended the conference ×1Allegation omitted the police statement is cut with an ellipsis where the other two reports carry the controlling or coercive behaviour allegation ×1 from 10510 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Greens make ‘Zionism is racism’ policy as Polanski skips vote Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20215 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Green Party members pass ‘Zionism is racism’ motion Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20215 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → N Novara Media
Left estimate · not a score
Novara Media 🇬🇧UK · digital · Greens Pass ‘Zionism Is Racism’ Motion at Party Conference Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Novara Media → What we have measured Asserted versus attributed States the 'first' claim as fact, with no source given ×1Crowd size Gives a specific number, 'almost 200'. ×1Crowd size almost 200 ×1"first" claim stated flat the claim to be first is not attributed to anyone ×1 from 195 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → M Morning Star
Left estimate · not a score
Morning Star 🇬🇧UK · digital · Green Party members pass motion defining zionism as racism Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Morning Star → What we have measured Anyone hurt counted the only report that carries a civilian death; the person is counted, not named ×1Anyone hurt counted Moscow region dead given by age and sex, attributed to the regional governor ×1A speaker's epithet carried in the reporter's "sugar daddies" used to describe the donors outside the quotation ×1Asserted flat, not attributed a contested political claim written as an established fact ×1 from 872 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

One vote, three different stories

Every report gives the same tally. What changes is the lead: a legal risk, a split among MPs, or a historic first. Only one report sets out what could happen in court, and the expert it cites is not named.

2 reports leading on the party split or the legal risk 1 reports calling the party the first anti-Zionist one, without attribution

Who gets quoted

The party's own spokesperson is the only voice quoted directly. Jewish community leaders appear in one report, paraphrased and unnamed. No dissenting MP is quoted in any report we hold.

1 reports quoting the party directly 0 reports quoting a named critic 1 reports mentioning Jewish community objections
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources The Guardian
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Guardian 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent Green party votes to adopt policy that equates Zionism with racism Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Guardian → What we have measured Actor named Denial in the passive voice, with no one named as the person who dismissed it ×1Actor named names Israel as acting and states the death toll flat, with no source ×1Actor named Ireland named as the side that ended the conference ×1Allegation omitted the police statement is cut with an ellipsis where the other two reports carry the controlling or coercive behaviour allegation ×1 from 10510 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Greens make ‘Zionism is racism’ policy as Polanski skips vote Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20215 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Green Party members pass ‘Zionism is racism’ motion Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20215 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → N Novara Media
Left estimate · not a score
Novara Media 🇬🇧UK · digital · Greens Pass ‘Zionism Is Racism’ Motion at Party Conference Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Novara Media → What we have measured Asserted versus attributed States the 'first' claim as fact, with no source given ×1Crowd size Gives a specific number, 'almost 200'. ×1Crowd size almost 200 ×1"first" claim stated flat the claim to be first is not attributed to anyone ×1 from 195 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → M Morning Star
Left estimate · not a score
Morning Star 🇬🇧UK · digital · Green Party members pass motion defining zionism as racism Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Morning Star → What we have measured Anyone hurt counted the only report that carries a civilian death; the person is counted, not named ×1Anyone hurt counted Moscow region dead given by age and sex, attributed to the regional governor ×1A speaker's epithet carried in the reporter's "sugar daddies" used to describe the donors outside the quotation ×1Asserted flat, not attributed a contested political claim written as an established fact ×1 from 872 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

true Green Party members passed the 'Zionism is racism' motion by 1,022 votes to 813.
The Guardian, The Independent (two reports), Novara Media and the Morning Star all give the same count, 1,022 to 813. None of the reports we hold gives a different figure.
Checked against 5 sources:
The Guardian
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Guardian 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent Green party votes to adopt policy that equates Zionism with racism Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Guardian → What we have measured Actor named Denial in the passive voice, with no one named as the person who dismissed it ×1Actor named names Israel as acting and states the death toll flat, with no source ×1Actor named Ireland named as the side that ended the conference ×1Allegation omitted the police statement is cut with an ellipsis where the other two reports carry the controlling or coercive behaviour allegation ×1 from 10510 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Greens make ‘Zionism is racism’ policy as Polanski skips vote Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20215 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Green Party members pass ‘Zionism is racism’ motion Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20215 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → N Novara Media
Left estimate · not a score
Novara Media 🇬🇧UK · digital · Greens Pass ‘Zionism Is Racism’ Motion at Party Conference Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Novara Media → What we have measured Asserted versus attributed States the 'first' claim as fact, with no source given ×1Crowd size Gives a specific number, 'almost 200'. ×1Crowd size almost 200 ×1"first" claim stated flat the claim to be first is not attributed to anyone ×1 from 195 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → M Morning Star
Left estimate · not a score
Morning Star 🇬🇧UK · digital · Green Party members pass motion defining zionism as racism Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Morning Star → What we have measured Anyone hurt counted the only report that carries a civilian death; the person is counted, not named ×1Anyone hurt counted Moscow region dead given by age and sex, attributed to the regional governor ×1A speaker's epithet carried in the reporter's "sugar daddies" used to describe the donors outside the quotation ×1Asserted flat, not attributed a contested political claim written as an established fact ×1 from 872 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
true Most of the Green Party's MPs oppose the motion.
The Guardian says most Green MPs oppose the motion. The Independent, drawing on Reuters, says four of the five MPs rejected it publicly, including Adrian Ramsay and Carla Denyer; the exact count of four comes from that one report alone.
Checked against 2 sources:
The Guardian
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Guardian 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent Green party votes to adopt policy that equates Zionism with racism Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Guardian → What we have measured Actor named Denial in the passive voice, with no one named as the person who dismissed it ×1Actor named names Israel as acting and states the death toll flat, with no source ×1Actor named Ireland named as the side that ended the conference ×1Allegation omitted the police statement is cut with an ellipsis where the other two reports carry the controlling or coercive behaviour allegation ×1 from 10510 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Greens make ‘Zionism is racism’ policy as Polanski skips vote Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20215 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified The vote makes the Greens the first explicitly anti-Zionist mainstream political party in the UK.
Only Novara Media makes this claim. The Guardian, The Independent and the Morning Star report the vote but none of them calls it a first.
Checked against 4 sources:
N Novara Media
Left estimate · not a score
Novara Media 🇬🇧UK · digital · Greens Pass ‘Zionism Is Racism’ Motion at Party Conference Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Novara Media → What we have measured Asserted versus attributed States the 'first' claim as fact, with no source given ×1Crowd size Gives a specific number, 'almost 200'. ×1Crowd size almost 200 ×1"first" claim stated flat the claim to be first is not attributed to anyone ×1 from 195 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Guardian
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Guardian 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent Green party votes to adopt policy that equates Zionism with racism Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Guardian → What we have measured Actor named Denial in the passive voice, with no one named as the person who dismissed it ×1Actor named names Israel as acting and states the death toll flat, with no source ×1Actor named Ireland named as the side that ended the conference ×1Allegation omitted the police statement is cut with an ellipsis where the other two reports carry the controlling or coercive behaviour allegation ×1 from 10510 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Greens make ‘Zionism is racism’ policy as Polanski skips vote Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20215 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → M Morning Star
Left estimate · not a score
Morning Star 🇬🇧UK · digital · Green Party members pass motion defining zionism as racism Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Morning Star → What we have measured Anyone hurt counted the only report that carries a civilian death; the person is counted, not named ×1Anyone hurt counted Moscow region dead given by age and sex, attributed to the regional governor ×1A speaker's epithet carried in the reporter's "sugar daddies" used to describe the donors outside the quotation ×1Asserted flat, not attributed a contested political claim written as an established fact ×1 from 872 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

P Peter Walker The Guardian
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Complicating fact This is the only report that says one of the arrested men called police himself.×1
Detail only here The only report saying that one of the arrested men called the police himself.×1
Legal risk framed by an unnamed expert a single unnamed KC carries the legal-challenge angle×1
Measure chosen the sum sized against all major parties' 2024 election spending×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 misleading4 unverified5 true
From 57 reports we hold under this byline, at The Guardian. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
B Bryony Gooch The Independent · 2 reports on this story
What the bias passes found in their reporting
A figure carried unchecked a death toll of 1,700 rail staff is carried inside a quote with no second source×1
Cause stated flat the coming rise attributed to the Iran war without a source×1
Critics unnamed and not quoted objectors paraphrased, with no name and no quotation×1
Headline claims what the body hedges headline states the cut as a decision; the first line of the body makes it conditional×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 false1 misleading1 disputed7 unverified5 true
From 147 reports we hold under this byline, at The Independent. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
C Clare Hymer Novara Media
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Asserted versus attributed States the 'first' claim as fact, with no source given×1
"first" claim stated flat the claim to be first is not attributed to anyone×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 unverified1 true
From 6 reports we hold under this byline, at Novara Media. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
C Ceren Sagir Morning Star
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Assertion vs attribution states flat, with no source, the claim that contradicts Trump's surveillance account×1
Attribution verb the critic 'claimed' while the party spokesperson 'said': the verbs are uneven×1
Background on the activist the only report that gives his criminal record×1
Background on the actor the only report that gives the activist's prison record×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
3 disputed3 unverified4 true
From 95 reports we hold under this byline, at Morning Star. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
The bylines on the reports this story is built from. Hover one for what our passes have measured on their reporting.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

The Guardian
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Guardian 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent Green party votes to adopt policy that equates Zionism with racism Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Guardian → What we have measured Actor named Denial in the passive voice, with no one named as the person who dismissed it ×1Actor named names Israel as acting and states the death toll flat, with no source ×1Actor named Ireland named as the side that ended the conference ×1Allegation omitted the police statement is cut with an ellipsis where the other two reports carry the controlling or coercive behaviour allegation ×1 from 10510 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The Guardian is the only report to raise a legal challenge. It cites a leading KC, unnamed, who says such a case would have "a good chance of succeeding".
The Greens in England and Wales have formally adopted a policy that equates Zionism with racism and calls for Israel to be replaced by a single Palestinian state. The move is expected to be challenged by some party members under equality laws, with one leading KC saying such a case would have a good chance of succeeding.
Legal risk framed by an unnamed expert: a single unnamed KC carries the legal-challenge angle — “with one leading KC saying such a case would have a good chance of succeeding”
Split put in the first line: MPs' opposition comes before the vote count — “which is opposed by most Green MPs and expected to be challenged”
Whose voice frames the vote: Opens with opposition and legal challenge before the result; an unnamed KC gives the legal view — “with one leading KC saying such a case would have a good chance of succeeding”
Read it at The Guardian → https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/04/green-party-votes-adop…
The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Greens make ‘Zionism is racism’ policy as Polanski skips vote Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20215 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The Independent's bulletin gives the only count of MPs: four of five rejected the motion, Adrian Ramsay and Carla Denyer among them. It also says Polanski left early to campaign in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election.
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Critics unnamed and not quoted: objectors paraphrased, with no name and no quotation — “Jewish community leaders strongly condemned the decision”
Leader's absence made the headline: Polanski's absence is the headline frame — “Greens make ‘Zionism is racism’ policy as Polanski skips vote”
Whose voice is quoted: Gives critics' reaction in strong verbs; no supporter of the motion is quoted — “Jewish community leaders strongly condemned the decision, warning that the motion creates an overtly antisemitic platform”
Who is named as acting: Names the MPs who rejected the motion; names none of the members who backed it — “Four of the party's five MPs, including former co-leaders Adrian Ramsay and Carla Denyer, publicly rejected the motion”
Read it at The Independent → https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/green-party-zionism-racism-…
N Novara Media
Left estimate · not a score
Novara Media 🇬🇧UK · digital · Greens Pass ‘Zionism Is Racism’ Motion at Party Conference Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Novara Media → What we have measured Asserted versus attributed States the 'first' claim as fact, with no source given ×1Crowd size Gives a specific number, 'almost 200'. ×1Crowd size almost 200 ×1"first" claim stated flat the claim to be first is not attributed to anyone ×1 from 195 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
Novara Media alone calls the Greens "the first explicitly anti-Zionist mainstream political party in the UK". It states this as fact and names no source.
Green party members have voted to back a motion stating that Zionism is racism, making the Greens the first explicitly anti-Zionist mainstream political party in the UK. The motion, which was heard at the party’s largest ever conference in Brighton and passed by 1,022 votes to 813, also called on the party to back a […]
"first" claim stated flat: the claim to be first is not attributed to anyone — “making the Greens the first explicitly anti-Zionist mainstream political party in the UK”
Asserted versus attributed: States the 'first' claim as fact, with no source given — “making the Greens the first explicitly anti-Zionist mainstream political party in the UK”
Read it at Novara Media → https://novaramedia.com/2026/10/04/greens-pass-zionism-is-racism-motion…
M Morning Star
Left estimate · not a score
Morning Star 🇬🇧UK · digital · Green Party members pass motion defining zionism as racism Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Morning Star → What we have measured Anyone hurt counted the only report that carries a civilian death; the person is counted, not named ×1Anyone hurt counted Moscow region dead given by age and sex, attributed to the regional governor ×1A speaker's epithet carried in the reporter's "sugar daddies" used to describe the donors outside the quotation ×1Asserted flat, not attributed a contested political claim written as an established fact ×1 from 872 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
The Morning Star is the only report that quotes the party, at length, and the only one to give the policy's wording that zionism will be "treated as any other form of racism".
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Only one side quoted: the party spokesperson is quoted at length and no critic is quoted — “This has been a serious and deeply felt debate within our membership.”
Whose voice is quoted: Quotes the party spokesperson at length; quotes no critic, MP or Jewish organisation — “A party spokesperson said: “This has been a serious and deeply felt debate within our membership.”
Read it at Morning Star → https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/green-party-members-pass-motion…
The Independent
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The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Green Party members pass ‘Zionism is racism’ motion Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20215 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
News UK UK Politics Green Party members pass ‘Zionism is racism’ motion The motion passed by 1022 votes, with 813 against on Sunday in a move that sets out the party is anti-Zionist Bryony Gooch Sunday 04 October 2026 15:22 BST Bookmark Comments Go to comments Bookmark popover Removed from bookmarks Close popover Zack Polanski, who did not vote in the motion, addresses the Green Party annual conference in Brighton (PA) Become an Independent member to bookmark this article Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. J
Whose voice is quoted: Gives the result and the party's new position, with no voice on either side — “in a move that sets out the party is anti-Zionist”
Read it at The Independent → https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/green-party-zionism-raci…
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The Irish Times 🇮🇪IE · digital · No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor framing The release is framed as a joint agreement, with no pressure mentioned ×1Actor named Names the residents as the ones who blocked the road ×1Actor named killers named as 'loyalist gunmen'; verb 'shot dead' ×1With no actor named construction no actor named for the theft or the driving in the standfirst ×1 from 1354 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RNZ
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RNZ 🇳🇿NZ · digital · PUBLIC No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Headline against body headline claims a 20-year decline reversed; the first line of the body reports a new low in reading ×1Headline against body headline claims a turnaround; the text carries a record low and puts it on boys ×1 from 2328 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
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RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2353 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → ABC News (Australia)
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ABC News (Australia) 🇦🇺AU · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor label and hedge The same man is called 'far-right' and named by his legal name. The act is hedged with 'allegedly', where the longer report states it flat. ×1A different count, stated flat one dead and 140 missing, unattributed, earliest of the four ×1Affected counted The only report to count the local people affected ×1Are the dead named one of the dead named, through a relative at the hospital ×1 from 4664 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → C CBC News
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CBC News 🇨🇦CA · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted vs attributed the measure is attributed to the three governments; the territory is called occupied in the outlet's own voice ×1Attribution kept in the headline the sourcing travels with the claim into the headline ×1Figure rounded in the headline more than 600 in the headline; the body sources it to a flight-tracking site ×1How the sourcing is hedged the claim is hedged to an unnamed newspaper in both headline and body; the reporting is not held by this report ×1 from 2713 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Silence is recorded, not inferred — each of these was read when we built this story and carried nothing on this event.
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BBC News
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BBC News 🇬🇧UK · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Dating and attribution 'It was not until Tuesday' is a judgement about delay, not a date. No other report we hold comments on how long the German finding took. ×1How hard the claim is stated Headline says the UN voted to adopt and replace; the last sentence of the report says the vote is non-binding ×1How hard the claim is stated The qualification arrives in the last sentence and is immediately overridden by an effect the report gives no source for. ×1Which figure is used States the replacement as done — the Assembly voted to replace the map — where the resolution urges states to use a different projection. ×1 from 473 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Daily Telegraph
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The Daily Telegraph 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Times
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The Times 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times →
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