Green mayoral candidate row over Met Police letter after Golders Green attacks

Green candidate under fire for ‘blocking’ letter praising Golders Green police

Councillor Zoë Garbett, who co-leads the Green Party in Hackney, raised objections to the proposed missive

Portrait of the week: Golders Green attacked, borrowing costs soar and rat virus hits cruise ship

Home Two Jewish men aged 76 and 34 were stabbed in Golders Green, north London. Essa Suleiman, 45, a British man born in Somalia, was charged with their attempted murder and, earlier on the same day, that of Ishmail Hussein (whom he had known for about 20 years) in Southwark. The Golders Green attack was declared a terrorist incident. Sir Mark Rowley, the commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, condemned Zack Polanski, the leader of the Green p…

Green mayoral candidate row over Met Police letter after Golders Green attacks

The Green Party’s candidate for Hackney mayor is facing criticism for refusing to sign a letter

Green mayoral candidate accused of ‘blocking’ letter praising police for Golders Green response to knife attacks – Hackney Citizen

Cllr Zoë Garbett raised objections to a proposed missive from the London Assembly’s police and crime committee

Green Party mayor candidate criticised over refusal to back Met after Golders Green attacks

The Green Party’s candidate for Hackney mayor is facing criticism for refusing to sign a letter praising the Metropolitan Police in the wake of the Golders Green knife attacks last month. Cllr Zoë Garbett, who co-leads the Green Party in Hackney, raised objections to a proposed missive from the London Assembly’s police and crime committee which lauded police officers for their “swift response” to the anti-Semitic attacks on April 29. As first re…