The previous year a senior figure at the mosque sat on the appointment panel for Craig Guildford, the West Midlands chief constable who is fighting for his job after a review found that “exaggerated and untrue” evidence was used to justify the Maccabi Tel Aviv ban. Guildford has refused to resign despite Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, announcing that she had lost confidence in him. Foster, a supporter of Jeremy Corbyn, is the only person with the power to sack Guildford but has not done so, saying he wants to “follow the process”. West Midlands police’s links to the Green...