It Isn't Easy Being Green

We all know that it isn't easy being green, but maybe the time has come. There is a proud statement on the Green Party website saying that since Spring 2009 membership is up by 50%, so it would seem that a lot of people out there are beginning to think that the Green Party has a lot to offer.


Let's face it - many of us, me included, are totally disillusioned with the mainstream parties. Before the advent of the coalition there was a groundswell of support for the Liberal Democrats, who were less obviously tainted by the muck and mess of politics than Labour and the Tories. And Nick Clegg certainly performed admirably in the leaders' debates. But, since the days of power-sharing have dawned, even the most ardent Liberal Democrats have found it increasingly difficult to justify the ongoing retrenchment from previously inalienable policies and beliefs.


So, can the Greens save the planet? Or even the sinking whirlpool of British democratic politics? Experience would caution us not to expect too much. However, it is impressive that their manifesto takes on and powerfully rebuts the ongoing accusation of it being a one-issue party. It's also very hard to disagree with the Green Party statement that climate change is a far bigger threat than WMD. We all know about the controversy of the climate change experts' emails, but none of that can hide the fact that our planet is warming as a result of human activity. We need to do something about it for the sake of our children and our children's children. I for one am at least going to start looking more closely at the Green Party's credentials. We live in unusual times and maybe it really is time for radical change.