Mothin Ali, is a councillor on Leeds City Council and also the Deputy Leader of the Green Party in the UK. During the unrest in 2024 in Harehills he tried to help the Police by appealing to people for calm and was praised for his efforts by all parties.
However, his actions were maliciously portrayed on the Social Media Platform X by both a TV Presenter and a social media commentator . Councillor Ali sued the two people involved for defamation and has won substantial damages.
Unfortunately though he feels the damage has been done and he was very upset at the questioning of his honesty.
Zack Polanski , the Leader of the Green’s praised the actions of his Deputy and said that he had behaved heroically and had worked to heal division.
