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The IndependentSaturday, 10 October 2026
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Polanski facing calls to quit after by-election defeat
Senior party figures say leader’s position is ‘untenable’ after loss to Labour in Holborn and St Pancras – and storm over missing a conference motion that declared Zionism to be a form of racism
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