Zack Polanski just refused to scrap the Green Party's Zionism motion

Zack Polanski just confirmed it. The Green Party's motion declaring Zionism is racism is not going anywhere.

He said so this morning, on BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.

Zack Polanski is the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales. He's held the job since last September.

So what did he say? Two things.

He refused to say whether Israel has a right to exist. And he confirmed the motion stands.

Now, what actually is this motion?

Green Party members passed it at their conference in Brighton a couple of weeks ago. The vote was 1,022 to 813.

It declares Zionism to be racism. It calls for Palestinian liberation, the right of return for Palestinians, a boycott and sanctions campaign against Israel, and a full arms embargo.

Here's the twist though. Zack Polanski wasn't even in the room for that vote.

He'd left the conference to campaign in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election.

Caroline Lucas led the Green Party three times before him. She says of his absence that he should have been there and should have voted.

So think about that. He didn't shape this policy. But he's the one defending it now.

And he's doing it almost alone.

Four of the party's five MPs oppose the motion. Ellie Chowns, Sian Berry, and former leaders Adrian Ramsay and Carla Denyer have all rejected it publicly.

Vivien Lichtenstein chairs the Jewish Greens. She's called for Zack Polanski to resign, accusing him of dereliction of duty.

He hasn't resigned. And he says he has no plans to.