The fact that the leader of the Green Party, speaking at its conference in Brighton, says that voters are looking for “new answers” from the Greens and Ukip just about sums them up as raving populists as far as I am concerned.

In Brighton and Hove, they have shown themselves as divided, inexperienced and impractical – resorting to selling off our assets while paying scant regard to safety, health and the environment, such as at Seven Dials and the surrounding areas.

I am old enough to remember the Green Party’s former leader David Icke, who had some rather bizarre and unusual views which, thankfully, were never put into practice.

The Green Party can expect the occasional protest vote but it is certainly not ready for any responsibility or real power.

Being a long-standing Brightonian, I am tolerant of its views but many of its actions are somewhat “un-Brighton-and-Hovian” in principle and in practice.

It is a party which is “out of keeping” with our proud history and traditions, with ideas that don’t make practical sense.

Rob Heale, Chatham Place, Brighton

After reading with great interests your article headed, “What have the Greens done?” there was no mention of the pay modernisation taking place for the employees of adult social care at Brighton and Hove City Council.

The lowest paid employees, (3% of staff) will see a pay cut from October 1 caused by a reduction in the enhancements they receive for working on a Sunday. These people will, on average, lose two days’ pay a month – a loss of £150.

A compensation offer has been made covering three years of the loss, which will only be paid after agreeing to the new terms and conditions of the new contract they are being asked to sign.

The staff feel they are being totally undervalued and un-supported in this matter.

That’s the real Green Party – reducing the wages of the lower-paid employees.

I hope the money being saved in this pay cut isn’t going towards paying the mediators being called in at high cost to sort out the Green Party’s in-house squabblings.

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I am not a local Brighton resident so I rely on information seen on the television.

It would seem the Green Party is in a sad state.

May I remind its members and indeed councillors that the Liberal Democrats are the greenest of the three main political parties, although since the coalition with the Conservatives this has been partly overlooked.

My suspicion is that Caroline Lucas is unlikely to retain her seat in the 2015 general election, which would be a shame because she is without doubt an experienced politician.

Brighton has a mixed culture, and is more suited to the Liberal Democrats than, say, the Conservatives or Labour.

If the people of Brighton want a green agenda and better representation in Westminster, they should form a new and strong Liberal Democrat group in Brighton.

Richard Grant, Ringwood, Hampshire

There’s nothing wrong with claiming credit for positive results and, among the Green council’s list, there are certainly some.

But why claim credit for others’ achievements?

The £4 million of funding for Lewes Road improvements was secured under the previous administration – it was not brought in by the Green council.

Planning permission for the first council house building for 20 years was approved in April 2011, before the Green Party took minority control.

And public consultations on lottery-funded improvements to The Level were under way well before the local elections.

However, this does not stop the Green Party devoting the whole of the front page of its latest citywide newsletter to The Level. It is a pity it seems so unwilling to be judged on its own initiatives rather than projects which were in train before the Greens took over.

Tracey Hill, Hollingdean Terrace, Brighton