Off the peg radicals

I'm sure both William Howard ( Letters , 4 September) and Deborah Duffin ( Letters , 30 August) will make excellent cabinet members in the progressive, radical party they haven't as yet started or found a name for. However, they can stop searching, since we already have the "prêt-à-porter" party they appear to be looking for. I challenge them to look past lazy prejudices about the Green party simply being "about the environment" and look through its excellent policies covering everything from health to housing; the economy to education; pensions to population. As a small party we nevertheless beat the Lib Dems into third place in the recent London elections – if only 25,000 angry voters/abstainers joined the Greens (as I did after finally ditching Labour) they would discover a party of hope and inspiration and treble its membership and influence. The party conference this weekend in Bristol welcomes non-members for a "taster". Lucy Craig London