On Radio 4 Today and Radio 5 Live Breakfast this morning, and during her autumn conference speech, Caroline repeatedly emphasised the contrast between the Greens and the post-coalition-government Liberal Democrats.

In her conference speech, Caroline said: "We are gaining members from the Liberal Democrats too.

"Perhaps their anguish and sense of betrayal is all the more sharp, for being so unexpected.

"Could they really have imagined during the election campaign, when Nick Clegg could hardly open his mouth without saying the word "fairness", that they would be voting for a party that would become an apologist for the most brutal, savage cuts in a generation?

"Cuts which are decimating communities up and down the country.

"Cuts that affect people like the woman who came to my surgery a few weeks ago, desperate to be re-housed because she, her partner and child were all living in a single room in Brighton, and she was expecting another child very soon.

"That's why the Green Party is committed to fighting these cuts every step of the way.

"I don't criticise Nick Clegg and those around him for agreeing to work with the Conservatives.

"But I do criticise him for the terms of that deal.

"With our principles and our courage to be honest with the public about the greatest issues of our time, such as climate change, we are the natural home for Liberal Democrats who feel betrayed by their leaders.

"And so to those Liberal Democrats, I say, join us.

"Many of your former colleagues are already here.

"Don't give up on politics.

"There is a party out there of principle and integrity - and it's the Green Party. "

For more informatiom please contact Brighton and Hove Green Party on 01273 766 670.