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  "path": "/uk/2026/06/02/reform-councillor-blackface/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T19:34:58.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.thecanary.co",
  "tags": [
    "Analysis",
    "UK",
    "racism",
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    "Willem Moore"
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  "textContent": "Geoff Shaw is one of the new crop of Reform UK councillors who were elected to office in May 2026. And like many of his new colleagues, Shaw is already attracting all the wrong sort of attention: Reform UK’s Councillor Geoff Shaw, black face with ‘rasta wig’. Theydon Bois, Epping Forest District Council. Any comment […]\n\nBy Willem Moore",
  "title": "Reform councillor pictured in Blackface and Rasta hat"
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