{"id":3089,"date":"2026-01-29T15:02:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T15:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=3089"},"modified":"2026-01-29T15:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T15:02:20","slug":"police-dismiss-reforms-complaint-over-labours-misleading-matt-goodwin-clip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=3089","title":{"rendered":"Police dismiss Reform’s complaint over Labour’s ‘misleading’ Matt Goodwin clip"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The police said no offence had been identified. <\/p>\n

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Police have dismissed a complaint from Reform UK over a clip of Matt Goodwin shared on the Labour Party\u2019s social media. <\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Reform reported Labour to the police over a video featuring Gorton and Denton by-election candidate Goodwin, which they claimed was \u201cmisleading.\u201d<\/p>\n


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Reform said the clip was a \u201cfalse statement of fact\u201d and had breached the Representation of the People\u2019s Act 1983.<\/p>\n

However, Greater Manchester Police have now said they will not be investigating the post. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe can confirm we have received a report and after assessment, informed the complainant there is no offence identified,\u201d the force said.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udea8 UPDATE: Greater Manchester Police will not investigate Reform UK\u2019s report about Labour\u2019s \u201cmisleading\u201d video about Matt Goodwin <\/p>\n

\u201cWe can confirm we have received a report and after assessment, informed the complainant there is no offence identified\u201d<\/p>\n

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The video in question showed Goodwin saying: \u201cI was lucky enough or unfortunate enough to be in Manchester a few days ago and the energy in this room is 10 times what it was in Manchester so congratulations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Labour took this clip to criticise the Reform candidate for subsequently running in a Manchester constituency, captioning the video \u201cthis is what Reform\u2019s latest candidate thinks about where he\u2019s standing to represent.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Goodwin and Reform had argued he was in fact talking about the Tory party conference in Manchester as opposed to the actual city itself. <\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Goodwin, GB News host and hard-right academic, was unveiled as Reform\u2019s candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election, expected to take place on February 26.<\/p>\n

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Following Labour\u2019s\u00a0controversial decision\u00a0to block Andy Burnham from running as their candidate, many believe the seat is now a straight race between Reform UK and the Greens.<\/p>\n

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