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

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.

I will be standing for Reform UK in the Gorton & Denton by-election on February 26th.

This election is a referendum on Keir Starmer as Prime Minister.

If you want him out, vote Reform. pic.twitter.com/RC4py5J2TI

“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.”