Reform candidate Goodwin took fat salary from Hungarian far-right

“We want are country back” may be the regular refrain of the British far right, but it seems their candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election in Manchester, Matthew Goodwin, isn’t afraid of a bit of foreign cash.

Or a lot of foreign cash.

British far-right, courts Hungarian far-right

According to a new exposé by the Goodlaw Project, Goodwin has been taking as much as ten grand a month from a Hungarian far right institution that serves as a propaganda machine for fascist Hungarian premier Viktor Orbán.

Even worse, from a British ‘fash’ point of view, it’s not even ten grand in ‘fine English pounds’ — but 10,000 euros. The horror.

Of course, the UK far right is no stranger to a bit of hypocrisy, either. Just ask the various child abusers behind the ‘grooming gang’ moral panic – or the immigrant-smugglers protesting outside asylum-seeker hotels. But they don’t like being outed and put on the spot about it.

Poaching wealthy donors

Goodwin’s not the only one taking wads from Hungary’s so-called ‘Mathias Corvinus Collegium’ (MCC). MCC has been ladling moolah onto the British far-right, but Mr G seems to have been a leading beneficiary.

Some residents of Gorton and Denton may not have been put off voting Reform by Goodwin being a posh southern academic who wants girls to get pregnant younger. But they might just be put off by him taking cash from Johnny foreigner.

In Euros, to boot, Goodwin’s cashflow speaks volumes.

Featured image via the Canary