The right-wingers in charge of the Labour Party have been cynically weaponising antisemitism allegations against the Green Party, but it turns out their past antisemitism smears against their party did lasting damage.
Why? Because rather than thinking the Greens have an ‘antisemitism problem’, British voters actually think it’s Labour that has the biggest problem (alongside Reform):
BREAKING | Voters say the Greens do NOT have an “antisemitism” problem. But they think Labour does.
Net ratings { Negative = anti-semitic }
Lib +29
Con +28
Grn +11
Ref -1
Lab -2
Source: @YouGov, 4-5 May 2026 pic.twitter.com/VWhuUqieqn
— Stats for Lefties
(@LeftieStats) May 7, 2026
Endless, intensifying propaganda has, of course, managed to convince a lot of people that the only major party with an actual Jewish leader is somehow antisemitic. And the barrage has managed to affect Zack Polanski’s popularity ratings just in time for the local elections.
But if the Labour right wants to keep playing the game of using antisemitism as a political football, it might want to focus on cleaning up the terrible image it painted of its own party just a few years ago.
A particularly absurd part of all this, meanwhile, is the fact that people somehow think the Conservative Party isn’t actually that racist. This is despite its longstanding racism problem, particularly with Islamophobia but also with antisemitism.
In the past, it was obvious to most that actual antisemitism came largely from the far right. But today, Tory (and now Reform) voters – who are by far the most likely to consume far-right propaganda from racist outlets like the Telegraph, the Spectator, GB News, and the Mail and be unbothered by the frothing bigotry of Reform politicians – are those most likely to believe the Greens are somehow the racist ones.
The mental gymnastics is Olympic-grade.
Green Party is astonished that a national newspaper has published a cartoon of the only Jewish political leader in UK using antisemitic tropes
Via @skwawkbox https://t.co/aTlzL8dTlU
— Canary (@TheCanaryUK) May 3, 2026
Racism is a big problem, but not in the Green Party
The same poll on antisemitism revealed that 47% of people think Reform has an Islamophobia problem, with the Tories next on 27%.
Indeed, it’s little surprise that Islamophobia in the UK has been increasing significantly just as obscenely wealthy individuals have been powering Reform’s rise to prominence. Nor is it a surprise when mainstream politicians and media outlets have been shamefully painting people protesting against the genocide in Gaza as “terrorists”.
The public knows this is a massive issue. And young people in particular think prejudice against Muslims is a more significant problem than other forms of prejudice.
The poll also shows that Green supporters are particularly aware of the suffering of all marginalised groups in society, including working-class communities. It’s the Tories and Reform, on the other hand, who significantly prioritise Jewish concerns far above those of all other marginalised communities.
Racism is a big problem, but not in the Green Party. And Labour right-wingers should stop playing political football with the issue if they have any humanity left inside. Because they’re weakening the people most opposed to racism, and empowering the biggest racists of all.
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By Ed Sykes
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