MATT JABS

Reform candidate has swipes at his own party He mocked Jenrick for use of weight-loss drug Said Farage’s group was becoming 'Tóry tribute act'

- BY ALEXANDER BROWN Assistant Political Editor

Robert Jenrick & Reform chief Nigel Farage

REFORM'S candidate in the crunch Gorton and Denton by-election mocked Robert Jenrick's use of weight-loss drugs in a series of jibes against his own party.

Controversial Matt Goodwin also warned Nigel Farage’s party risks becoming a Tory tribute act amid a raft of high-profile defections.

Mr Goodwin, who aims to beat Labour's Angeliki Stogia in the Gtr Manchester poll next week, mocked ex-top Tory Jenrick for using Ozempic.

Mr Jenrick, who joined Reform last month, has previously spoken of how he used the medication to slim down.

Last May, Mr Goodwin joked on the Peter McCormack podcast: "The thing with Jenrick though is, like somebody once said, you can take an injection for weight loss but you can't take an injection for personality."