Paul Mason
The most remarkable thing about my third place in the
Coverage of environmental issues has slid off the media agenda, as austerity, recession and jobs have taken over the front pages. Yet the
So we Greens are not that single-issue party that commentators used to dismiss so easily. I also enjoyed four glorious years when
My third place came as a big blow to the Liberal Democrats within the coalition. After promising to scrap tuition fees and oppose austerity, the fact that they have done the opposite has shattered many Londoners' trust in their party.
By contrast,
What I find so exciting about the current situation is that the Greens have a real opportunity to attract disaffected voters, especially Lib Dems, and to convince them that we have the best ideas on civil liberties, the environment and creating healthy local economies, those issues which make for a better quality of life for us all.
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