It is a bizarre experience as a journalist to witness an event which then spins off into a myriad of conspiracy theories. I wrote on Saturday how a feminist campaigner was punched at Speakers’ Corner by a trans rights activist. A video online confirms what I saw with my own eyes.

To recap: a woman taking photos had her camera snatched and, while wrestling with the snatcher, was smacked in the head by a tall, male-bodied person in make-up. (I can’t confirm if the assailant was male or a trans woman as s/he legged it before we could discuss pronouns.)

This was a simple, prosaic, spontaneous fracas. But since it is dire publicity for trans activists, affirming the long-held feminist view that their cause is