Anthony Slaughter

Um, two things, my two takeaways.

One is that Zionism is racism motion is fascinating, and we've seen over the last few days, Jo, uh, both the deputy leader of the Welsh Greens standing away and saying, "Look, you know, I can't play my part, uh, with the party that's doing this." And also Anthony Slaughter, who obviously we know has been unwell, uh, over the summer, sort of intervening for the first time proper, uh, since, uh, going, uh, under that, uh, health treatment over the summer and saying, "Look, you know, I'm not happy with this either." And what's so interesting is that previously, before the May election, there was talk from, um, the Green leadership that actually if the Greens did well and wanted to split away and be the Welsh party on their own, um, like the Scottish Party, they could.

Uh, but we're still at a place where mostly, you know, that policy comes under the branch of England and Wales, and it's, it's gonna cause some trouble for the Greens, isn't it? It, it, it really is-

Yeah.

They think a refocus on that would be, would be useful.

And actually, it's a distraction above all else.

I mean, you think, you know, Anthony Slaughter and the, the Welsh Green Party leadership are trying to, you know, get their stuff over the line on water companies and, you know, the beaches in Wales and, you know, all of that sort of stuff.

And actually, it, it, it-- you end up talking about something entirely different, which is, which is really difficult.

In Wales, the Greens have not responded as warmly.

Leader of the Greens in the Senedd, Anthony Slaughter, has said he would not have voted for the motion.

And today, the Welsh Greens lost one of their deputy leaders after Phil Davies quit the party, in part, over the motion.

Earlier today, I spoke to Phil, and I began by asking him why he decided to leave what, at the moment, seems like a successful political movement.

Sorry.

One thing I did want to mention is just a quick shout out to a friend of the pod, Anthony Slaughter, leader of the Welsh Green Party, who's undergoing some treatment for cancer at the moment.

So wish you well, Anthony.

Yeah.