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  "path": "/uk/analysis/2026/05/22/reform-resurrect-racist-smear/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-22T16:04:32.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.thecanary.co",
  "tags": [
    "Analysis",
    "Democracy",
    "Reform",
    "Ed Sykes"
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  "textContent": "Reform lost the Gorton and Denton by-election in February, but the Thatcherite bigots are still trying to call this massive defeat into question. How? With racist dog-whistles, and by talking about something different that some other people reportedly did somewhere else in Greater Manchester… Farage’s not-so-subtle dog-whistle Keir Starmer’s Labour Party, no stranger to dodgy […]\n\nBy Ed Sykes",
  "title": "Reform losers resurrect racist election smear after Manchester arrests"
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