This is The Guardian.

I am not a career politician.

I am not a Tory.

I am not part of the establishment.

I am not part of the Westminster blob. That in case you didn't know,

is Reform UK's candidate for the most hotly contested by-election in years. What does Matt Goodwin's

arrival in Gorton and Denton mean for the people there and the future of British politics?

Plus, there were times when I tried to take Brianna's phone off her and we'd end up

with holes in the walls. I've been speaking to Brianna Gai's mum Esther about the idea of a social

media band for under 16th. I'm John Harris and you're listening to Politics. We leave for the

Guardian. Hello, my co-host, Kieran, Stacey is with me. Hi, Kieran. Hi, John. We're going to talk about Reform UK. It's not like us. A lot of Reform UK news this week. First of all, as we know, there is going to be a by-election, which briefly threatened to include an Andy Burnham story before that door was slammed shut in Gorton and Denton in Manchester.

Reform UK have announced their candidate.

Matthew Goodwin, regular face on G.B. News.

Former academic at Kent University.

A somewhat unlikely choice, which had a few people gasping incredulously, you include it.

Yeah, to a certain extent. Former Guardian columnist, I should say.

Matthew Goodwin is such an interesting character and a kind of an example of what has

happened on the right of politics in Britain.

When he came to national prominence, he wrote a book along with the other academic Rob Ford.

He did.

Called Revolt on the Right. Very good book. Brilliant did. Called Revolte on the Right.

Very good book.

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