The Green Party was last night accused of endangering national security after members put forward a motion for a policy to leave Nato.
Zack Polanski’s party will decide whether to debate the motion – which says the defensive alliance ‘drives arms races’ – at its spring conference next month.
Meanwhile, on its membership forum, the Greens have permitted many comments expressing anti-Nato and pro-Russian sentiments.
The revelations raise questions about the party’s stance on Vladimir Putin and Russia‘s war with Ukraine.
Labour led criticism of the move last night, with the party branding any suggestion of pulling out of Nato ‘at a time of such global instability’ as ‘deeply irresponsible.’
A spokesman added: ‘It would put our national security at risk. The fact the Greens are debating this, while allowing their members to spew pro-Putin propaganda on party forums, shows they would be a danger to national security.
‘It is disgraceful the Green Party are allowing these comments on official forums. They should now make clear this dangerous rhetoric is not welcome in their party.’
It comes as world leaders gather at the Munich Security Conference to discuss critical global threats.
Last night, the Green Party was accused of endangering national security after members put forward a motion for a policy to leave Nato. Pictured is Green Party leader, Zack Polanski
The Green’s anti-Nato comments have raised questions about the party’s stance on Vladimir Putin (pictured) and Russia’s war with Ukraine
Mr Polanski has recently stepped up criticism of the defence pact, saying ‘the age of Nato is now fully over.’
At its conference on March 28, one of the motions submitted – which has been approved though not yet selected for debate by the party – proposes leaving Nato.
The Greens allow members to decide policy by debating motions, and a number of options submitted criticise the defensive alliance and call for the UK to leave it – making it likely the subject will be debated.
One motion accepted by the Standing Orders Committee is called ‘Leave Nato for Common Security.’ It argues that Nato ‘drives arms races and international strategic tension’, while any increase in defence spending will necessarily increase fossil carbon use.’
Many members have left supportive comments arguing that the alliance has ‘consistently worked to prevent peace’ in Ukraine and has ‘actively looked to extend the war.’
They said leaving Nato would mean ‘far fewer Ukrainian and Russian deaths.’ Several members have even argued Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine in 2022 was provoked.
One member denounced the ‘continued and indefinite support for a war of attrition that Ukraine cannot win’. Another said the Kremlin’s ‘hostility’ to the UK was due to ‘extraordinarily bad decisions by our and other European governments’, and criticised an ‘inability to treat Russian security concerns seriously.’
Yet another said: ‘Nato has become a club steering us all into a global ECOCIDE situation.’ And another member wrote that Nato is ‘cranking up the anti-Russian rhetoric to hysterical levels.’
A recent meeting of official party sub-groups called Greens Against Nato and Global Majority Greens also featured a guest speaker who said that ‘Europe’s future depends on mending ties with Russia.’
A Green Party spokesman said last night: ‘Our policies are determined by members who submit motions to conference to set policy. Each motion goes into a prioritisation ballot to decide which will be voted on. That process has not yet been completed.’