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GREENS' CAMPAIGN:AN UNUSUAL flaw has emerged in the Green Party’s environmentally friendly batch of election posters.

Around half of the party’s 100 local election candidates opted for eco-friendly election posters, but the wood used has turned out to be below the standard required and the posters have split and disintegrated during inclement weather over the weekend.