Matt Goodwin is a conservative British political commentator and anti-transgender activist.
References
Ozkirimli, Umut (January 2, 2019). White is the new black: populism and the academic alt-right. openDemocracy https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/white-is-new-black-populism-and-academic-alt-right/
Anti-trans coverage
Chapman, Ben (November 13, 2024). âThe woke have LOST!â Matt Goodwin heralds the âbeginning of the endâ of radical gender ideology. GB News https://www.gbnews.com/news/matt-goodwin-donald-trump-gender-ideology-woke
Selected writing by Goodwin
Goodwin, Matthew (September 3, 2025). The UK’s Spiralling Free Speech Crisis: Another day, another shocking case. Matt Goodwin https://www.mattgoodwin.org/p/the-uks-spiralling-free-speech-crisis
Goodwin, Matthew (May 1, 2025). We have doctors infected with a woke mind virus, says Matthew Goodwin. GB News https://www.gbnews.com/opinion/doctors-infected-with-a-woke-mind-virus-says-matthew-goodwin
Goodwin, Matt (October 13, 2025). Inside The Regime: Shocking new data on what the people who run Britain really think. Matt Goodwin https://www.mattgoodwin.org/p/inside-the-regime
Goodwin, Matt (June 24, 2025). The UKâs free speech crisis: Labourâs pushing forward with the same thing that enabled the rape gangs. Matt Goodwin https://www.mattgoodwin.org/p/the-uks-free-speech-crisis
Goodwin, Matt (March 22, 2024). What they did to children: Inside the battle to protect kids from puberty blockers. Matt Goodwin https://www.mattgoodwin.org/p/what-they-did-to-children
Goodwin, Matt (June 13, 2023). Stop Dragging Our Kids into the Culture War: How Britain’s schools are increasingly embracing dangerous ideas. Matt Goodwin https://www.mattgoodwin.org/p/stop-dragging-our-kids-into-the-culture
Goodwin, Matt (December 29, 2022). Scotland’s progressives are out of touch: What the debate over gender tells us about modern Britain. Matt Goodwin https://www.mattgoodwin.org/p/scotlands-progressives-are-out-of
Selected guest posts on Goodwin’s Substack
Esses, James (February 17, 2025). What Britain should do if it was serious about taking on gender ideology. Matt Goodwin https://www.mattgoodwin.org/p/what-britain-should-do-if-it-was
Esses, James (January 27, 2025). I was right –America’s children are safer under Donald Trump. Matt Goodwin https://www.mattgoodwin.org/p/i-was-right-americas-children-are
Esses, James (October 14, 2024). How the Civil Service has been CAPTURED by radical ideology by James Esses: A whistleblower reveals all on the woke Civil Service. Matt Goodwin https://www.mattgoodwin.org/p/how-the-civil-service-has-been-captured
Esses, James (August 26, 2024). James Esses: NO. Labour CANNOT be trusted on sex and gender. Matt Goodwin https://www.mattgoodwin.org/p/james-esses-no-labour-cannot-be-trusted
Esses, James (October 28, 2024). How charities impose radical gender ideology on our children. The SHOCKING case of Mermaids. Matt Goodwin https://www.mattgoodwin.org/p/how-charities-impose-radical-gender
Esses, James (September 09, 2024). The BBC has been CAPTURED by radical gender ideology. Part II in our trilogy on the institutions. Matt Goodwin https://www.mattgoodwin.org/p/the-bbc-has-been-captured-by-radical
Kaufmann, Eric (July 11, 2024). Yes. Labour will go Woke. Matt Goodwin https://www.mattgoodwin.org/p/yes-labour-will-go-woke
Esses, James (February 10, 2025). Trump the ‘misogynist’ is doing more than liberals ever did to safeguard the rights of women and girls. Matt Goodwin https://www.mattgoodwin.org/p/trump-the-misogynist-is-doing-more
Books
- Goodwin, Matthew (2025). Bad Education: Why Our Universities Are Broken and How We Can Fix Them. Penguin Books, ISBN 9781787635241
- Goodwin, Matthew (2023). Values, Voice and Virtue: The New British Politics. Penguin Books, ISBN 9780141999098
- Eatwell, Roger; Goodwin, Matthew (2018). National Populism: The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy. Pelican Books, ISBN 9780241312001
- Clarke, Harold D.; Goodwin, Matthew; Whiteley, Paul (2017). Brexit: Why Britain Voted to Leave the European Union. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9781316605042
- Goodwin, Matthew; Milazzo, Caitlin (2015). UKIP: Inside the Campaign to Redraw the Map of British Politics. Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780198736110
- Ford, Robert; Goodwin, Matthew (2014). Revolt on the Right: Explaining Support for the Radical Right in Britain. Routledge, ISBN 9780415661508
- Goodwin, Matthew (2011). New British Fascism: The Rise of the British National Party. Routledge, ISBN 978-0415465007
Media
GBNews with Matt Goodwin and James Schneider (November 12, 2024). ‘Your movement has gone NOWHERE’ | Matt Goodwin SEETHES at lefty for ‘downplaying’ woke ideologies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXZ1-3qyLlU
Matt Goodwin / GBNews (July 4, 2024). MATT GOODWIN: LABOUR will DESTROY Women’s RIGHTS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh8n3HAeZGo
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