Voters of Clacton head to the polls to choose between 33 attention seekers and a bin | NewsThump
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The good people of Clacton face the impossible democratic choice between 33 desperate fame-hungry candidates and a literal wheelie bin standing for election. The joke writes itself: in a field that crowded, the bin is arguably the most dignified option on the ballot.
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SPAG88
Coherent82
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Concise85
Graded by NewzGrade AI AI on August 13, 2026 at 03:53 PM
75C
| SPAG | Coherent | Objective | Sourced | Concise |
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| 88 | 82 | 78 | 40 | 85 |
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Coherent
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Objective
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Honestly, the bin is polling ahead on a platform of actually collecting rubbish, which is more than most candidates can say.
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