Zack Polanski’s Green Party deputy, Mothin Ali – who defended Hamas’s October 7th attack on Israel – has been pictured at a protest in support of the Iranian regime on Saturday. The Mail has the story.

The Greens leader was last year urged to sack Ali after his deputy defended Hamas’s October 7th attack on Israel.

Commenting on Ali’s appearance at the rally, former security minister Tom Tugendhat accused the Green Party of standing “with those who murder young Iranians seeking a better life and freedom”.

Ali said: “You can’t bomb a democracy into existence – the US and its proxies should have learned that lesson by now.”

No, but you can bomb a murderous dictator out of existence. And then suggest to whomever replaces him that he consider abandoning his predecessor’s policy of making a mortal enemy out of the world’s most powerful nation.

Meanwhile, Polanski has called on Keir Starmer to condemn the strikes on Iran after branding the US and Israel “rogue states”.

Appearing on BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg, the Green Party leader said: “I need to see the Prime Minister get out on TV and condemn these illegal and unprovoked strikes.

“I need to see the Prime Minister talk about de-escalation, and I need to see a disentanglement of this country with the military, with the US, which I think is pulling us into a more dangerous position.”

The Mail‘s report – part of its series on the “rise of the Green Menace” – is worth reading in full.