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The Liberals, following their Coalition Government with the Conservatives, crash to their lowest number of votes for two generations, and lose every single one of their Parliamentary seats in the process. Meanwhile, the Greens do pretty well, achieving almost double the number of votes that the LIberals got.   Fantasy? Nope - this is reality: in Germany. This is what has just happened in the German General Election: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24197994   Does it carry any messages for the Liberals (and for the Greens - and for the voting public) in this country? Possibly. As the Liberals here lurch ever downward in the opinion polls ( http://petercranie.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/kick-out-legs-from-under-coalition.html  ), and as European Elections loom in which they may well finish behind the Green Party (as they did in last year's historic London Mayoral and Assembly elections http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_mayoral_elec...

UK's first Green MP welcomes Labour to Brighton with digital billboard ad Labour Party members attending their conference in Brighton this weekend, in the constituency of the UK's first Green MP, will be welcomed by a billboard making the case that it is Caroline Lucas who is offering the real opposition in parliament. The digital advert will be on display prominently on Queen's Road – one of Brighton's main thoroughfares.  The street is the main route down which Labour delegates and lobbyists who arrive by train will travel to reach the conference at the sea-front Metropole Hotel.* The ad starts with a check list, against a red backdrop, reading: "Saving the NHS, Fighting Austerity, Railways in Public Hands, Scrapping Trident."  As the screen turns green, the billboard says "Brought to you by the Green Party."   The final screen displays a photo of Caroline Lucas MP and reads: "Welcome to Brighton – Home of the True Op...

Check out the Norwich Green Party response to the pre-application consultation on the NDR... This vital issue is still running and running! Important excellent work from Andrew Boswell et al, here:   Norwich Northern Distributor Road                                                                            20 th September 2013 Department of Environment, Transport and Development Norfolk County Council County Hall Martineau Lane Norwich NR1 2DH Dear ETD, Public Consultation July – September 2013 – NDR NSIP Pre-application Please find below the Consultation Response from Norwic...