Submitted by daniel on Mon, 04/05/2026 - 07:00 Picture Image Description A new Labour Party letter attacking Green candidates Saiqa Ali and Sabine Mairey landed on Lambeth doormats yesterday evening, accompanied by a press release from London Labour HQ attacking Green candidate Sabine Mairey and party leader Zack Polanski. The letter (attached below), on behalf of all the Lambeth Labour Party candidates, urges residents not to vote for the Lambeth Greens on Thursday 7 May. It cites press reports of the candidates’ arrests last week on suspicion of stirring up racial hatred and refers to alleged antisemitic social media posts. The arrests were confirmed in a Met Police statement published after the story broke last Thursday: two women aged 57 and 54 on suspicion of stirring up racial hatred under Section 19 of the Public Order Act 1986. Brixton Buzz covered the developments and a subsequent statement from Jewish Voice for Liberation’ officer Mike Cushman describing the Met action as ‘disproportionate’. The Sunday afternoon press release, headed ‘Arrested candidate Sabine Mairey still campaigning and featured on new Green leaflets, despite Polanski condemnation’, accuses the Green Party of failing to act on its leader’s statements about antisemitism in the party. Greens respond Within hours Jewish Green Party candidates responded in a statement that rejected what they called Lambeth Labour’s ‘cynical misrepresentation’ of their party and pledged that a Green-led council would keep Lambeth’s Jewish community and ‘all minoritised communities’ safe. The statement was signed by Cllr Martin Abrams (Streatham Hill East), Jeremy Isaacs (St Martin’s) and Lisa Schulkind (Knight’s Hill). What the polls say With numerous polls showing Labour is likely to haemorrhage council seats across the country, yesterday’s letter and email are the latest in a series of increasingly negative Labour attack communications targeting the Greens and Lib Dems in the borough. Lambeth Council has been under Labour control for 20 years. The latest BritainVotesNow projection shows Greens taking 35 seats and control of Lambeth with like Kennington, Streatham Hill East and most of central Brixton leaving Labour. YouGov MRP polling puts the two parties within five points of each other across the borough, while the latest PollCheck projects the Greens taking 38 of 63 seats with a 92 per cent probability of overall control. Britian Votes Now YouGov PollCheck Electoral Calculus postcode checker Join the local election discussion Lambeth Borough Council Elections – Thursday 7 May 2026 Labour’s latest attack letter Article updated 04.05.26 at 08,45 Web Link Struggling Labour urges Lambeth not to vote for Green candidates as election lo… Brixton Buzz