1. 'can we get people with a broad range of views on the left to work together on the political scene and bring a bit of hopeful energy?' not always doomed to failure - see scotland in the last month.
2. can that energy move south? well, the greens are doing well down here too - me and mrs ach just joined, anyway
3. not ruled from westminster? heard on the radio this morning that the uk government has informed the scottish government by phone call that the central belt area of scotland is to be approved for fracking. no consultation with the people or the parliament. where's your devolved powers noo? really, you would think that english politicians were deliberately trying to annoy the scots - and that's before the tory conference and a few days of ukip. referundum or not we are increasingly become 2 more different parties