Editing Scottish Greens (section)

=== Factions ===

==== Eco-socialism ====
There are internal factions which seek to transform the party's ideology to be [[eco-socialist]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Space |first=Common |date=2020-04-09 |title=A party of eco-socialists? New group aims to push Scottish Greens to the left ahead of party elections |url=https://sourcenews.scot/a-party-of-eco-socialists-new-group-aims-to-push-scottish-greens-to-the-left-ahead-of-party-elections/ |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=Source |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christie |first=Niall |date=2023-07-13 |title=Grassroots democracy will be central to the Scottish Green Party's future success |url=http://bright-green.org/2023/07/13/grassroots-democracy-will-be-central-to-the-scottish-green-partys-future-success/ |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=Bright Green |language=en-GB}}</ref> In the party's 2019 internal elections, the Green Futures Group ran a slate of candidates on a platform of a Green New Deal, eco-socialism and independence.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-30 |title=Greens grassroots mount challenge to Harvie's role |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/17738989.greens-grassroots-mount-challenge-harvies-role/ |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> The group's candidates were all elected and hold key positions in the party as of 2019.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1157249105401450496 |user=GreenFutureSGP |title=Just in case you missed it yesterday, all seven of our candidates were successful in the internal elections! We're excited to get to work with all the other amazing folk elected and with ordinary members to deliver a refreshed, election-ready party. |date=2 August 2019 |access-date=31 December 2023}}</ref> In 2015, future MSP and then co-convenor [[Maggie Chapman]], former MSP [[Mark Ballard]] and influential member [[Peter McColl]] were reported to be part of a "leftist grouping inside the Greens".<ref name=":11" /> McColl argued that Chapman's election and subsequent role as lead candidate in the [[2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|2014 European Parliament election]] marked an increased socialist influence on the party.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McColl |first=Peter |date=2015 |title=The Scottish Greens After The Referendum – Scottish Left Review |url=https://scottishleftreview.scot/the-scottish-greens-after-the-referendum/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129024150/https://scottishleftreview.scot/the-scottish-greens-after-the-referendum/ |archive-date=2022-01-29 |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=Scottish Left Review |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, the Scottish Green Party Trade Union Group called the party's parliamentary group a "group of ecosocialist MSPs in their own right."<ref name="thenational.scot">{{Cite web |date=2023-02-28 |title=Scottish Greens members call for special meeting to debate Bute House deal with SNP |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23352216.snp-leadership-greens-members-call-meeting-debate-bute-house-deal/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref>

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In 2021, the party's conference backed a motion calling for the party to work "towards building a democratic ecosocialist system", which was taken by some internal groups, such as the [[Scottish Young Greens]] as the party backing eco-socialism.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1447209748768645125 |user=scotyounggreens |title=The Scottish Green Party have just voted to support ecosocialism at #sgpconf 🍉The just, sustainable society we need to build is not possible under capitalism. Radically reshaping society for the common good is the only way to build a future that works for people and planet 🌍 Image ALT text: Graphic with green background. Text says "ecosocialism. We consider capitalism to be incompatible with a sustainable planet and society and will work towards building a democratic ecosocialist system which will allow people, power and resources to be organised for the common good.". White banner at the bottom has SYG logo and green text says "the Scottish Green Party have backed ecosocialism at #sgpconf" |date=10 October 2021 |access-date=31 December 2023}}</ref><ref name=":10">{{Cite web |title=The Scottish Greens: The SNP's Gardening Wing |url=https://tribunemag.co.uk/2022/04/scottish-green-party-snp-climate-crisis |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=tribunemag.co.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref> The party's critics on the [[Labour left]] like Coll McCail and Finn Smyth claim that it has taken a [[neo-liberal]] turn in office and is simply maintaining the status-quo by reneging on commitments like the establishment of a government owned energy company.<ref name=":10" /> [[Radical Independence Campaign]] co-founder [[Cat Boyd]] noted that while the party had been "a consistent ally of the radical left" she was concerned that may end as the party got closer to power due to "the temptations of 'pragmatic' coalition government".<ref>{{Cite web |title=How red can the greens be? – Scottish Left Review |url=https://scottishleftreview.scot/how-red-can-the-greens-be/ |access-date=2023-12-31 |language=en-US}}</ref>

McCail and Smyth's criticism was engaged with by the party. Green MSP [[Ross Greer]] who co-authored the party's [[Scottish National Party–Scottish Greens agreement|power-sharing agreement]] with the [[Scottish National Party|SNP]] [[Scottish Government]] argued that they had identified the wrong problem, and that the Government's lacking capital borrowing powers was what forced the end of the policies they discussed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Greer MSP |first=Ross |date=2022-06-14 |title=The Scottish Greens in Government |url=https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2022/06/14/the-scottish-greens-in-government/ |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=Bella Caledonia |language=en-GB}}</ref>

After the [[2021 Scottish Parliament election]], in which she was elected as an MSP, Chapman argued that the left had "won the Scottish Green Party".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chapman MSP |first=Maggie |date=May 2021 |title=How the left won the Scottish Green Party and how that will change Scottish politics – Scottish Left Review |url=https://scottishleftreview.scot/scottish-green-party/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614234622/https://scottishleftreview.scot/scottish-green-party/ |archive-date=2021-06-14 |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=Scottish Left Review |language=en-GB}}</ref> She argued the election was the first which the party "run a campaign on the basis of policies rather than personalities or tactical voting messages" and that those policies emphasised [[social justice]] and [[climate justice]].