📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: https://bit.ly/3Qdkd5y UnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets professor Rob Ford, journalist Joshi Herrmann, Reform UK councillor Allan Hopwood and Worker’s Party of Britain councillor Shahbaz Sarwar, to break down the Gorton & Denton by-election. Watch it on the UnHerd website: https://unherd.com/watch-listen/can-reform-win-in-manchester/ Listen to the podcast: https://plnk.to/unherd?to=page Advertise on UnHerd @ zoe.white@unherd.com UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers explores the upcoming high-stakes by-election of Gorton and Denton with a deep dive into the constituency and its localised microcosm of global populist trends. He is joined by Professor of Political Science at the University of Manchester, Rob Ford, founder and editor of the Manchester Mill, Joshi Herrmann, and councillors Allan Hopwood (Reform) and Shahbaz Sarwar (Workers Party) to analyse whether the Labour stronghold will crumble under pressure from a surging Green Party or a high-profile Reform UK campaign led by Matt Goodwin within a new landscape of sectarian identity politics and deepening public frustration with the UK’s traditional two-party system. Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unherd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unherd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unherd/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unherdtv //TIMECODES// 00:00 - 04:00 - Intro & why this by‑election matters 04:00 - 11:54 - Rob Ford: constituency map, demographics & voting blocs 11:54 - 20:46 - Rob Ford: Muslim vote, sectarian politics & left fragmentation 20:46 - 27:18 - Rob Ford: Reform’s strategy, paths to victory & risks 27:18 - 36:37 - Yoshi Herron: local dynamics, Labour loyalty & Green prospects 36:37 - 44:50 - Alan Hopwood: Reform on the ground, change vs Labour & immigration 44:50 - 54:28 - Shabazz Sawa: Workers Party decision, Muslim voters & what a Reform win means #UnHerd #MattGoodwin #ReformUK