carla denyer. welcome to political thinking.u ever been tempted to glue yourself to an old master or tie yourself onto a gantry. i have not chosen to that route myself but i do think there is a very important rule for protest in any healthy democracy and you only have to look at the democracies that do not allow and stamp down on protest to see that itjust doesn't make for a good society for good political decision—making. but my focus as the co—leader of the green party isn't on protests in the streets, it's about getting fantastic counsellors and assembly members elected at all levels of government to enact the policies that will tackle climate change. a democratic route and protesters, is it something in your younger days that you were tempted to do? do you look at them now and wish you had done that? i have partaken in the protests i think that's an important part of the mix. i think one of reasons why i'm pursuing change through party politics is that i think that is where i personally can add the most value to have a backg