‘We defeated the parties of billionaire donors’: Hannah Spencer’s victory speech

By Guardian Staff•The Guardian - UK News

‘We don’t have to fight dirty to fight for change,’ says Green party’s new MP after Gorton and Denton byelection winUK politics live – latest updatesHannah Spencer, a local plumber and Green party councillor, has been elected as the party’s first MP in northern England after overturning Labour’s 13,000-vote majority in the Gorton and Denton byelection. Here is her victory speech:I didn’t grow up wanting to be a politician. I’m a plumber. And two weeks ago, during all this, I also qualified as a plasterer. Because even in chaos, even under pressure, I get things done. I am no different to every single person here in this constituency. I work hard. That’s what we do. Continue reading...

‘We don’t have to fight dirty to fight for change,’ says Green party’s new MP after Gorton and Denton byelection win

UK politics live – latest updates

Hannah Spencer, a local plumber and Green party councillor, has been elected as the party’s first MP in northern England after overturning Labour’s 13,000-vote majority in the Gorton and Denton byelection. Here is her victory speech:

I didn’t grow up wanting to be a politician. I’m a plumber. And two weeks ago, during all this, I also qualified as a plasterer. Because even in chaos, even under pressure, I get things done. I am no different to every single person here in this constituency. I work hard. That’s what we do.

Read original article

Back to all news