Andy Burnham Rules Out UK Labour Alliance with Greens Over Zionism Motion

Andy Burnham has announced he will not support any cooperation between the Labour Party and the Green Party in the United Kingdom following a controversial motion passed by the Greens declaring that "Zionism is racism".

The remarks were made in response to a question from Conservative Member of Parliament Harriett Baldwin, who asked him to clarify whether he would rule out a political agreement between the parties. Burnham unequivocally condemned the motion and made it clear that his party would not cooperate with a party that has adopted such a stance.

"I can unequivocally condemn the decision that was taken. It is wrong. It is antisemitic, and this side of the House will have nothing to do with it," he stated. However, his comments suggest that the possibility of future cooperation is not entirely ruled out should the Green Party rescind the motion.

The motion, passed at the Green Party conference, defined Zionism as a "political ideology that called for the establishment and now, its existence, of an ethno-national Jewish state in historic Palestine, through the exclusion and/or control of the non-Jewish population". Meanwhile, other figures, including the Jewish community in the United Kingdom, define Zionism as the right of the Jewish people to a homeland.