The upcoming by-election in the Greater Manchester constituency of Gorton and Denton is being touted as a referendum on Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Earlier this week the Labour party's ruling national executive committee blocked the Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, widely seen as a potential challenger to Starmer's prime ministerial position, from standing for the seat.
The Green party is yet to announce its candidate. Nigel Farage's anti-immigration Reform UK was widely mocked this week when Reform MP Lee Anderson posted a photo of himself campaigning in the wrong constituency.
But on Tuesday Reform announced its candidate for the election: GB News presenter Matt Goodwin.
Goodwin is a prominent right-wing commentator with a long record of making controversial comments about ethnicity, Islam and Muslims.
