Matt Goodwin named as Reform UK candidate in Gorton and Denton by-election

The right-wing commentator claimed the by-election was a ‘referendum on Keir Starmer’.

Matt Goodwin has been named as the Reform UK candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election.

The right-wing commentator and former university academic said the forthcoming parliamentary contest was a “referendum on Keir Starmer,” who he claimed was “out of touch” with the British public.

Appearing at a press conference to announce his candidacy, he said: “This by-election is actually a referendum. It’s a referendum on Keir Starmer.

“It’s a chance for hard-working, law-abiding people, tax-paying people from this seat to have their say on Keir Starmer and to make political history.”