You can really see how Caroline Lucas so deserved to be elected to Westminster. She is a very convincing speaker and engages with people so well. Definitely the highlight of the conference this weekend. Full text of her speech is here.
But conferences are not all about speeches so some good solid work honing policies and putting in place structures to manage the situation if the Greens are part of the equation for government at Holyrood next May. There are good grounds for believing that Greens will be represented across Scotland next May - certainly we are the only Party likely to be challenging cuts in our public services and a new economics rather than the expensive repair of the old.
And ultimately, the Greens will be talking a message of hope. Not hope for a return to a discredited system of greed and consumption. But hope for a more human scaled world where we recognise our interdependence and work together to make our lives better. Happiness can't be measured just in cash.
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