A 15-minute drive from the fancier neighbourhood of Frinton, Clacton was built to be a Victorian pleasure palace for Londoners by the sea, until cheap flights abroad gutted the economic heart of the town. “I don’t know anyone else standing and we just want to block Farage,” one Binface supporter says, “he’s (Farage) only ever in Clacton for a photo-stop.” It desperately needs what Andy Burnham calls ‘place-based politics’ – a bespoke regeneration strategy that pulls together business and the community backed with government support. Listening to voters, there was a real openness to Andy Burnham as the new prime minister. Andy Burnham, with a genuine commitment to regenerate places like Clacton, offers hope.