Green Party leader Caroline Lucas has urged campaigners not to give up on radical voting reform, as inquests into the recent AV referendum defeat continue.
The SNP are on the threshold of a historic majority in Holyrood, with the Lib Dems collapsing and voters delivering differential poll results across Britain.
A Green Party local election broadcast to be shown on BBC and ITV is set in a comedy club in Little Venice - but its contents are no joke, say the producers.
This short film by Oonagh Cousins highlights, in accessible terms, what 'the alternative' to the current recessionary government trajectory looks like - and introduces some of the key players - including political economist Ann Pettifor (who is involved in the 'Green New Deal' group, and writes for Ekklesia among others), UK Uncut, the Robin Hood Tax Campaign initiative, False Economy, and others.
Scottish Greens have voted to reject the "deeply regressive cuts agenda", and to propose radical alternatives to the public at the Holyrood elections in May 2011.
Green Party leader Caroline Lucas has attacked the new Labour leader Ed Miliband, suggesting he is failing to live up to his reputation as an environmentalist.