THE Scottish Greens outlined their hopes today for an “amazing breakthrough” as they said their opponents offered nothing in the way of change.

The party in Scotland has never had Westminster representation and, fresh from the collapse of its coalition with the SNP, still languishes at 3 per cent in the polls.

But party activists rallied outside the Scotland Office in Edinburgh today in a call for change.

Referring to her attempts to introduce a deposit return scheme and the blocking of Holyrood’s controversial gender recognition legislation, co-leader Lorna Slater warned the British government had made a “cynical power grab and abused its position to overrule Scotland.”

Her co-leader Patrick Harvie accused erstwhile coalition partners in the SNP of watering down environmental policy since their partnership collapsed and Labour and Tories of offering no change.

Mr Harvie said: “A Scottish Green MP at Westminster would be obviously an amazing breakthrough for our party, but it would also be a clear voice for change.

“I think it’s a really serious worry that we’re going to see a change of name plate, a change of party rosette, a change of government — but not a change of politics.”