Reform UK has accused the Labour Party of sharing a “misleading” video showing its candidate for the upcoming Gorton and Denton by-election, Matt Goodwin, saying he was “unfortunate enough to be in Manchester a few days ago”. The clip of Mr Goodwin speaking at Reform UK’s 2023 conference was shared to the Labour party’s social media channels this week, and has since had over 1.5 million views. Mr Goodwin does not appear to have explicitly mentioned the conference in his 2023 speech—we’ve set out the words he used regarding Manchester in full below. We’ve also asked Mr Goodwin and Reform UK why he has described the video as “selectively edited” and whether they have any further evidence he was talking about the conference, but again have had no reply. That means that beyond what he said at the time, we have to rely on what Mr Goodwin has said he meant, what Reform UK and Labour have said publicly and what we know about the wider context, including the timing, of his remarks.