Chaos erupted at a Christmas market on Sunday afternoon as two Travellers were involved in a fight. Christmas shoppers looked on in shock when the two men with a longstanding fued clashed.

The violence erupted in Exchange Square in Manchester city centre outside Selfridges at 4.35pm when newly released from jail Dougie Joyce and his bitter rival Simon ‘Simey’ McGinley were involved in a scrap outside the high-end department store. The opening moments of the altercation, filmed and circulated widely online, showed the duo fighting before tumbling to the pavement. Following the braul, Openshaw-born businessman Joyce - an unexpected ally of Liz Truss - and McGinley both declared themselves the winner and traded insults at each other, reports the Manchester Evening News .

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