As we’ve reported, the Reform candidate in Gorton & Denton is the academic and establishment-insider Matt Goodwin. Goodwin is now attracting controversy because he wants to tell young women when to breed:
Reform by-election candidate calls for ‘young girls’ to be given ‘biological reality’ check
Matt Goodwin argued ‘young girls’ should be explained ‘the biological reality’ that ‘many women in Britain are having children much too late in life’https://t.co/bz0y5apGEA
— Reform Party UK Exposed
(@reformexposed) February 12, 2026
Lets be honest, this is creepy af from Matt Goodwin
Last week, Matt Goodwin stuck his foot in it when he suggested people who don’t have kids should be taxed more. As you can imagine, that went down like a lead balloon with infertile women. As Rachel Charlton-Dailey reported for the Canary:
I can’t imagine the pain that this would cause to those who are struggling with fertility. On top of the emotional and physical toll this puts on you will be financial pressures. For those of us who are infertile, it sends one message. You are not good enough and deserve to be punished for failing as a woman.
I had an elective hysterectomy in 2017 after over a decade of pain. I chose my own health over a condition that was making me want to die, for the sake of one day having a baby. Many would call my decision selfish, but I frankly don’t give a fuck what people who would rather I were in pain think of me.
As much as I loathe a Handmaid’s Tale comparison, this is very apt here. In the novel, working-class women who are infertile are cast out of society. As they have no purpose in a society that values families over all else.
Goodwin was also criticised for the following:
Reform’s by-election candidate suggested people who don’t have children should pay more tax.
He wants the govt to “remove personal income tax for women who have two or more children”.
Do they think women are baby producing machines?
Insane policies.https://t.co/KWmx5xfuXh
— Prem Sikka (@premnsikka) February 7, 2026
Fertility
Matt Goodwin has looked at the birth rate problem and decided that the solution is to lecture young girls on when to breed.
I myself have chosen not to have kids because of the absolute state of everything. I know for a fact I cannot afford a child, and even if I could, what fucking world would I be bringing them into?
And that’s the issue.
Reform’s policies will do nothing to improve affordability, and without that change, people won’t be able to afford to have children.
Reform also want to reintroduce the two child benefit cap to save people 4p per pint. Nothing screams stimulating breeding in the UK more than a policy that caps state support.
Nigel Farage has done a U-turn. He and reform will vote against the bill to lift the two-child cap.
In May 2025, he was calling for the lifting of the two-child benefit cap. pic.twitter.com/pAVcqmgoBu
— Mukhtar (@I_amMukhtar) January 7, 2026
Reform leader Nigel Farage has also voiced creepy opinions on this topic. Back in 2014, when Farage was ranting about how women who take maternity leave are less valuable, he commented:
Maybe it’s because I’ve gotten so many women pregnant over the years that I have a different view.
That gives this new push by Matt Goodwin an even creepier spin.
Support women, get more babies
It’s becoming very clear that Reform have no policies in place to actually stimulate population growth.
Rather than weirdly going into schools and telling young girls to procreate, why don’t they actually give them a reason to? Stop supporting the two child benefit cap – which is keeping so many kids in poverty – sort out public services, and fix the fucking education system.
But no, just creepy platitudes and uninformed comments from another Reform misogynist, Matt Goodwin.
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