London Councillor Defects to Greens From ‘Fascistic’ Labour | Novara Media
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Exclusive: A socialist councillor has joined the Green party from Labour after accusing the government of ‘betraying its historic mission’. Harriet Williamson reports.

A London councillor has defected to the Green party after having the whip withdrawn by “fascistic” Labour.

Sam Foster, the former chair of Southwark’s Housing Scrutiny Commission, will now represent the Greens as a councillor in central London’s Faraday ward. He is the second member of Southwark council to defect to Zack Polanski’s party in the past month.