Green Gauge: Greens Back?

Across the nation, from Brighton Beach to Brighton Pavilion, the Greens are back as a political force, sweeping all before them and separating their enemies into food waste and recyclables. They are surging in the polls, growing their revenue base at a rate that would make a turbo-capitalist blush and they are ready for prime time.

In the discussion of which Parliamentary seats they have an outside chance of winning, Lewisham Deptford doesn't get a mention, with that result already a foregone conclusion. But this little patch was once a Green stronghold and it seems the right time to ask BCers - are you a Green supporter re-energised? Or a lapsed supporter, returned to the fold?

Is this a long-term shift in the political landscape which could help the Greens reassert themselves as a local political force, or will they wither as soon as people get wind of what's in their manifesto. Who's up for some degrowth?