Separately, the national Liberal Democrats condemned the Greens’ motion, and senior figures within the party have written to the Equality and Human Rights Commission to enquire whether the Greens’ new policy amounts to a breach of the Equality Act. However, they refused to explicitly instruct local parties against coalitions with the Greens. Zöe Franklin MP, the Liberal Democrat local government spokesperson, told the JC: “The Greens' policy is divisive, irresponsible and deeply insensitive at this time of rising threats of antisemitism and Islamophobia, and risks significantly increasing community tensions in the UK. “The policy conflates British Jews attending synagogues with the...