Link: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/25/reform-uk-matt-goodwin-sanction-byelection-leaflet-error

Matt Goodwin, Reform UK’s candidate in the Gorton and Denton byelection, will not face a sanction for leaflets that omitted the party’s imprint, after a high court judge accepted this was due to an inadvertent printing error.

Reform admitted that it sent about 81,000 leaflets to the constituency’s voters from a “concerned neighbour”, which did not state they had been funded and distributed by the party.

Haven't they pulled this stunt before?

Sounds like there's a judge who needs sacking.

Reading the article, it sounds like the document they sent to the printing company had the legally required asset, but the printing company changed the font which caused it not to print.

I'm assuming that they had someone from the printing company give evidence showing that it was their error and that the judge didn't just take Reforms lawyer for their word... I hope.

Sure, because printing companies change the font after you proofed the document all the time.

The article doesn't say what evidence the judge actually saw to support Reform's claim.

And we're supposed to believe that Goodwin's team checked it multiple times before printing, but didn't notice or care that the printed version had a different font?