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| Greens predict election success | Greens predict election success |
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| One of the Scottish Green Party's senior politicians believes its MSP tally could reach double figures at next May's Holyrood elections | |
| Party co-convener Robin Harper will make the claim at the party's annual conference in Edinburgh on Saturday. | Party co-convener Robin Harper will make the claim at the party's annual conference in Edinburgh on Saturday. |
| He will tell the gathering: "We will not just get support from those who want serious action on environmental issues." | He will tell the gathering: "We will not just get support from those who want serious action on environmental issues." |
| The party currently has seven MSPs in the Scottish Parliament. | The party currently has seven MSPs in the Scottish Parliament. |
| Mr Harper will say: "People are becoming more aware than ever that the Green party stands for so much more. | Mr Harper will say: "People are becoming more aware than ever that the Green party stands for so much more. |
| Green policies | Green policies |
| "With our seven MSPs we have given our vision and practical policies across the country - we want a sustainable healthy economy, we stand for fair trade, for a fairer democracy that involves people in decisions that affect them." | "With our seven MSPs we have given our vision and practical policies across the country - we want a sustainable healthy economy, we stand for fair trade, for a fairer democracy that involves people in decisions that affect them." |
| The conference will be addressed by president of the German Greens, Claudia Roth, who will tell of her country's experience of Greens in government. | The conference will be addressed by president of the German Greens, Claudia Roth, who will tell of her country's experience of Greens in government. |
| It will also see a debate on the party's approach to the prospect of being a serious player in government after the May election. | It will also see a debate on the party's approach to the prospect of being a serious player in government after the May election. |
| The Greens do not rule out a coalition but are studying the detail of a scheme used by other green parties in some parts of the world. | The Greens do not rule out a coalition but are studying the detail of a scheme used by other green parties in some parts of the world. |
| This would involve the Greens supporting another party - in return for concessions to green policies - in the election of a first minister and pledging not to vote against that party in any no-confidence vote. | This would involve the Greens supporting another party - in return for concessions to green policies - in the election of a first minister and pledging not to vote against that party in any no-confidence vote. |