Green Bloc (IndyScotland2025

The Green Bloc, formerly the Scottish Green Party is led by Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater like it was before the Scottish Green Party was disbanded. The Green Bloc were the first political party to form the government, alongside the Progressive Democrats, in the newly independent Scotland. They kept most of the characteristics from the Scottish Green Party when registering the Green Bloc. Due to an influx of socialists to the party, the Green Bloc took on more of an eco-socialist approach, which went down well with the electorate.

Pre-Independence
Before Scottish independence, the Greens never really took off. They peaked in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, where they won 8 out of 129 seats. As the only other independence-supporting party in parliament, they were integral to the SNP achieving another independence referendum and were very influential in policy-making. They never made it into government, but would find themselves at the forefront of pulling Scotland through the initial period of independence.

Many saw the Greens as putting independence before the climate as an independent Scotland would most likely have to turn to oil and gas to keep the country afloat, while others saw them as the only party actually fighting for climate justice.

Along with the Liberal Democrats, they were the only party in parliament whose members all supported transgender rights. The Greens have always had a good reputation when it comes to equalities.