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This photo of a student house might be the worst possible advert for the Green Party.

It's a picture of a neglected front yard in Brighton- the only city in the country with both a Green council and MP.

The space outside the house's front door is covered in rubbish - boxes, plastic bags and drinks cartons - and in the window is a sign that says: "Vote Green".

Brighton's Green council drew heavy criticism after a dispute with rubbish collectors led to industrial action last year.

Rubbish piled up in the streets when bin collectors went on strike for a week over pay cuts.

The photo originally surfaced on Facebook, posted by next door neighbour Ben Marshall .

His post said: "This is the home of the lazy student twerps who live next door to me.

"They advise that you Vote Green, which indeed you should if you would like the whole of Brighton to look like their house and plan to get the hell out of Dodge just after you've finished your finals."

It's since gone viral on social media - gaining more than 1000 likes and shares on Facebook and hundreds of retweets on Twitter.

Twitter user Tom Hulme posted it with the simple comment: "If irony were a picture."

The Brighton and Hove Green Party were approached for comment but had not responded at the time of publication.