from moose's post:AFAICS the greens achieved actually nothing the last time they were in power. Nothing that wouldn't have happened anyway.
"In almost four years in Government, from 2007 to 2011, the Green Party contributed to the passage of civil partnership for same-sex couples,[32] the introduction of major planning reform,[33] a major increase in renewable energy output,[34] progressive budgets,[35] and a nationwide scheme of home insulation retrofitting "