We are just a couple of days away from the election now, and was delighted to see over so many activists out over bank holiday weekend for the final push here in Brighton.

I'm also enjoying having the Green battlebus pass through the constituency, which is running on recycled vegetable oil.

It was lovely to see the Children's Parade on Saturday and some of the children's costumes were just fantastic - a huge tribute to the enormous time and energy that clearly went into making them.

Earlier on in the week, I took part in two hustings, one on LGBT issues, the other at the Calvary church.

The Calvary church was packed - standing room only - which I hadn't expected as it clashed with the Leader's debates.

It was great to see that people had chosen to see their prospective MPs speaking, ie. those they would be voting for, rather than watching the personality clash of the leaders.

Am still frustrated that I was not able to take part in the leader's debates.

During the debate on international issues, for example, not once was tackling global poverty mentioned. Nor was climate change seriously tackled, and many of the commentators afterwards seemed more interested in the leaders ties or how many times they smiled, rather than the policies discussed.

The LGBT hustings were interesting, and I was pleased to be able to set out Green Party policies on equality.

The timing of this couldn't be more vital as we see gaffe after gaffe from the Conservative party - as well as sitting with homophobes in the European Parliament, the comments of Chis Grayling about gay people and B&Bs and the recent allegations that prospective MP Phillipa Stroud tried to 'cure' gay people do not exactly hearten voters that the Conservatives are 'caring' when it comes to equality.

We've been saying from the beginning of this campaign that in Brighton Pavilion, a vote for the Greens will count, in terms of electing a fresh, independent MP with a strong voice, and in terms of keeping the Conservatives out of what looks ever increasingly likely to be a hung parliament.

I was delighted to see that the Independent recognise this: that voting Green is the only was to keep the Tories out of Brighton, as you can read here.