Matt Goodwin turns comments back on following allegations

On 20 February, we reported that a GB News employee accused Reform’s Matt Goodwin of sexual harassment. In response, Goodwin turned his comments off on Twitter/X.

Now his comments are back on, you can see why he turned them off:

Matt Goodwin — The allegations

As Skwawkbox reported for the Canary on 20 February:

Reform parachuted-in Gorton and Denton candidate Matthew Goodwin has been accused by a female GB News staffer of sexually harassing her. And Reform boss Nigel Farage is thought to have known about the allegation before he named Goodwin as the party’s candidate in the by-election.

This has created a problem for Reform, because they’re trying to paint themselves as a party that stands against abusers:

The idea that Reform or Farage stand against abusers has always been a nonsense. As we reported, survivors of grooming gangs demanded an apology from Farage after he smeared them as being the wrong sort of victims. We additionally reported on his ties to a sexual abuser, a rapist, and an alleged human trafficker.

Providing more details on Goodwin’s case, Skwawkbox reported:

The junior TV staffer complained to the channel’s HR department that Goodwin had made inappropriate comments, including on her appearance. The victim of the alleged harassment was deeply disturbed by it, with a colleague saying that:

“She was very upset at the time, and her colleagues were upset on her behalf that she was so distressed by the situation.”

Reform dismissed the revelations as a “desperate, last-minute smear” by the Guardian. Goodwin is said to have denied the allegations, while his lawyers admitted the complaint was made

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Goodwin clearly panicked after all this came out, which is why he turned his replies off. Now they’re back on, the criticisms are flooding in:

One person noted the following:

And Zoe Gardner added all this:

People also pointed out that Goodwin — a longtime establishment insider — is a flashboy Alan Patridge-a-like:

Desperate

We should actually say something about Goodwin’s tweet at the top while we’re here. Reading between the lines, you’ll note Goodwin and the Daily Mail are attacking the Green’s Hannah Spencer for owning property and going on holiday.

People can have whatever opinions they like on all this, but clearly Reform don’t have much to attack her with if that’s what they’ve gone with.

Oh, and lest we forget, Matt Goodwin is the guy who vowed to fight a positive campaign until the shit hit the fan:

There’s a lot of shit too; good job the Green Party have sent in a plumber.

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