"After her speech, Spencer was making her way across Piccadilly Gardens in the city centre and was confronted by anti-trans activists who questioned her views, before a scuffle broke out between groups. Video footage taken at the screen and subsequently shared on social media shows Spencer being chased by two men, one which was wearing a placard that read 'There's No Such Thing As A Transgender Child' and the other wearing one that said 'Keep Men Out Of Women's Spaces'."
"Volunteers in hi-vis and anti-trans activists came to blows as Spencer walked away from the event, while one of the men also got in a confrontation with a woman who attempted to remove his transphobic placard. Officers from Greater Manchester Police separated the two groups from each other, issuing verbal warnings to those getting physical."
"The pro-LGBTQ+ Gorton and Denton MP, who gave Zack Polanski's party their first ever by-election victory last month, beat out Reform's Matt Goodwin and Labour's Angeliki Stogia with just under 41 per cent of the vote. The by-election was a disaster for Keir Starmer's Labour, which came third despite consistently holding the seat since at least 1931."
Hannah Spencer, the newly-elected Green MP for Gorton and Denton who won the seat with just under 41 percent of the vote, spoke at an anti-far right event in Manchester's Piccadilly Gardens on International Women's Day to launch Together Alliance. After her speech, anti-trans activists confronted Spencer with placards and questions about transgender issues. A scuffle erupted between the activists and event volunteers, with video footage showing Spencer being chased. Greater Manchester Police separated the groups and issued verbal warnings. Spencer was subsequently ushered into a police car and escorted from the scene.
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