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- Zack Polanski lost the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, crushing the Greens.
- The result showed only a slight swing against Labour under Andy Burnham.
- Polanski’s absence at the conference when the “Zionism is racism” motion passed drew rebuke from former leader Caroline Lucas.
- Labour’s leftward shift and new Israel policies by Burnham and Ed Miliband weakened Greens’ appeal.