Why candidates dress up and run in major UK elections
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Source: BBC News
Published: 2026-06-20 09:39 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Politics, Science, Europe, Elections, Space, World News
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Andy Burnham - a man who hopes to be the next prime minister - stood shoulder-to-shoulder with a man in a fox costume and an "intergalactic space warrior" with a bin for a face when he was announced as the winner of the Makerfield by-election.
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