A cabinet minister has called on Zack Polanski to sack “racist” Green Party candidates standing at next month’s local elections. Housing secretary Steve Reed hit out after a string of reports highlighting comments made by a number of the party’s activists. Advertisement Hau-Yu Tam, deputy leader of the Green group on Lewisham Council, called David Lammy and Priti Patel “coconuts”. Mark Adderley, who is standing for the Greens in Croydon, south London, appeared to blame Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the recent attack on Jewish ambulances in Golders Green. Aziz Hakimi, a Green Party candidate for Camden Council, also...