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  "path": "/opinion/2026/06/04/count-binface-makerfield/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-04T22:44:03.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.thecanary.co",
  "tags": [
    "Opinion",
    "UK",
    "Democracy",
    "Labour Party",
    "John Ranson"
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  "textContent": "Count Binface is among the candidates for the Makerfield by-election. So voters will have at least one coherent manifesto to ponder. UK politics has a long and rich tradition of electoral candidates who apparently exist in a different universe from everyone else. It’s how we ended up with Boris Johnson and Liz Truss as successive […]\n\nBy John Ranson",
  "title": "Count Binface Makerfield manifesto would stitch up Burnham"
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