People are saying the Gorton and Denton by-election will be a showdown between the Greens and Reform. He gloated over the Burnham fracas, calling it further proof that ‘the Greens are the only progressive party capable of taking on and beating Reform’. In many ways, Gorton and Denton is the ideal place for an epoch-shaping clash between the Greens and Reform. You don’t need a PhD in 21st-century politics to know where the Greens and Reform will focus their energies. We are about to find out if Reform really can position itself as the new party of the working class.