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  "path": "/opinion/2026/02/18/labour-starmer-farage/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-18T23:39:04.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.thecanary.co",
  "tags": [
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  "textContent": "If you lose every football match because your goalkeeper keeps booting the ball into their own net, shouting at the other team is pointless. Inventing new tactics to get past the other keeper is pointless, because the ball will always go past yours. That was true about Jeremy Corbyn. It is true about Keir Starmer. […]\n\nBy Femi Oluwole",
  "title": "Removing Starmer won’t change the Labour Party enough to stop Farage"
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