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Green Candidate Resigns Over Golders Green Arson Posts

5/22/2026

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Summary

Story summary

Chris Kennedy resigned as the Green Party’s Makerfield candidate nine hours after posting controversial material on Golders Green ambulance arson.
He posted a video calling the arrests “total bulls*** to keep the false flag flying.”
He also shared a post from a “proud ethno-nationalist” about the attack’s response.
Kennedy apologized and deleted the posts.
The Green Party said the material does not reflect its views and will reopen nominations on Monday.

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Historical Context

After Jeremy Corbyn’s 2015 leadership sparked a surge of antisemitism complaints, Labour adopted the IHRA definition in 2018 and expelled 45 members in 2019, including fifteen over Holocaust-denial posts chaired by Diane Abbott. The episode mirrors the Green Party’s 2024 withdrawal of candidate Chris Kennedy over extremist online content, reflecting parties’ tightening of digital conduct rules.

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Story summary

Chris Kennedy resigned as the Green Party’s Makerfield candidate nine hours after posting controversial material on Golders Green ambulance arson.
He posted a video calling the arrests “total bulls*** to keep the false flag flying.”
He also shared a post from a “proud ethno-nationalist” about the attack’s response.
Kennedy apologized and deleted the posts.
The Green Party said the material does not reflect its views and will reopen nominations on Monday.

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