A Green candidate in the local elections has failed to delete numerous videos on his social media despite the party promising they would be removed. The party has also kept him on as a candidate despite being alerted to his posts by the press days before close of nominations last Thursday…
Mark Adderley, a Green candidate in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood in the Croydon elections, regularly posts about Israel to his 118,000 followers on Instagram. Often alongside his wife the Loose Women panellist Nadia Sawalha…
The Jewish Chronicle first contacted the Green Party about a selection of the videos – including one which appeared to blame Netanyahu for the Hatzola ambulance attack – on 7 April. The party said “there are some examples here that don’t represent the views of the Green Party and we have had conversations with those involved and the relevant posts are being deleted.” Guido can confirm at least one video has been deleted – implying these still-live ones represent the views of the Green Party:
The Greens told the Times on 13 April – this week – that after “conversations with those involved… relevant posts are being deleted.” The above are a small selection and all remain up and Mark Adderley remains the Green candidate in the upcoming election…
Lucy Powell on LBC, asked by Tom Swarbrick for her reaction to Labour MP Samantha Niblett’s call for a ‘summer of sex’ debate in Parliament: “I personally don’t own any sex toys, but each to their own… I’m not really sure that’s the right place for it, no.”