Handforth Parish Council meeting 😂 had to share

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Thought I’d share in case anyone else fancies a laugh! A chaotic zoom parish council meeting - short version on this Twitter version and longer clips in the YouTube link! Apologies if only me finds this funny twitter.com/janinemas0n/status/1357371421442396162?s=21

And the longer version

excellent!! “You have no authority here Jackie Weaver” will be added to my list of phrases. I sense the blood pressure was high in Handforth!

Did the Clerk block them on the website?

Oh God. That looks horrendous. I'd love to know the background. I loved the bit where the Councillor who hadn't spoken all meeting piped up to warn about the meeting going viral.

As I understand it, Ms. Weaver is not a member of Handsworth Parish Council. She was sent along by the Cheshire Association of Local Councils because of past difficulties with the parish council meetings and would appear to be acting as the council clerk. I don't know what authority she has in law, but she is certainly not an elected representative of the people of the parish of Handforth. My first reaction is that Mr, Tolver who apparently is the elected chair, is correct and she has no legal status to remove him. She could certainly not do it physically without the police if this was in the council chamber. To eject a cllr from a meeting would normally need a vote from the cllrs., not an arbitrary decision from the clerk.

Having posted above, my impression is that there are clearly problems with the council which would seem to be well demonstrated by this meeting.

🤣🤣🤣

"You're muted Ian!"

How entertaining to be part of that zoom call 😆

"I'm back from the naughty step"

I listened to it on my drive home from work and my jaw dropped and I couldn't stop giggling. I aim to be Jackie Weaver when I grow up

I found it very uncomfortable viewing. Normally I'm keen to have a laugh at people acting like twits, but this felt rather like ganging up to bully the woman who was trying to keep order. Fair play to her for keeping her cool, but I actually couldn't watch more than a few minutes

Aleds ipad is now blocked.

READ THEM AND UNDERSTAND THEM!

We're having a zoom meeting you fools

Please refer to me as Britney Spears from now on - actually laughed out loud.

I'm getting a badge made with "I'm the clerk of the parish council" written on it

I wonder if the Chair has dementia or similar. He is awful. The vice-chair is worse. A bully and a twat.
Apparently the background is that the Chair wouldn't agree to any meetings being called (he feared they wanted to oust him, I guess). Two councillors legitimately called this meeting and brought in an independent person to help manage it. Go Jackie Weaver! I really want to know about her work background. So assured and calm. She should have a Judge Judy style TV show. 😄

Excellent isn’t it

Same thing has happened with the Frodsham
Council and the towns people are going nuts. A petition has been set up to remove the chairwoman

I love funny/bizarre random things on the internet; but I have to admit that this just left me very meh. I've only seen the shorter clips, but assuming they're some of the best bits (unless maybe they were chosen for suitability for daytime TV/radio - although that surely wouldn't apply to The Last Leg), I can't say I'll bother watching the whole thing. I really wanted to find it funny from all the reports, but so far am sadly unconvinced.

From what I've seen, it's no Chelsea fan-bore being pushed off a tube train!

....this one!

Brilliant! Not quite what I imagined a parish council meeting to be like! It sounds like there is more than one council that needs a Jackie Weaver in their lives whether she has legal authority or not! A tiny bit of power and look what can happen

As an aside is the vice chair related to the other chap he's sat next to? I wondered if they were father and son?

The vice chair has serious anger management issues to put it mildly. What must he be like when something really serious happens to him or has this just tipped him over the edge after a rough year?!

Someone's made a spoof film trailer of it and it's brilliant 😆
"The Political Thriller of the Decade"...
twitter.com/spoofed_uk/status/1357729816355741704

[quote WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll]....this one!

[/quote] I can't believe you think that's funny @WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll (the video you posted).

It's nasty & dangerous.

(Re the parish council recording, there's a lengthy thread on this already)

Other thread:

Are your Zoom meetings ever like this? Parish Council meeting descends into chaos www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/4156623-Are-your-Zoom-meetings-ever-like-this-Parish-Council-meeting-descends-into-chaos

I don't find it funny either.

It’s good to see pompous, silly men getting their comeuppance from a confident woman. The patronising hectoring from the men makes me very uncomfortable but Jackie and the other woman came out of it so well! I’m glad it went viral.

@WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll

That’s not really funny at all

@GreenClock

It’s good to see pompous, silly men getting their comeuppance from a confident woman. The patronising hectoring from the men makes me very uncomfortable but Jackie and the other woman came out of it so well! I’m glad it went viral.

Absolutely this.

She did have the authority to remove them from the meeting by the way.

What an impressive woman, and what a bunch of nasty bullying men.

[quote CandidaAlbicans2]Someone's made a spoof film trailer of it and it's brilliant 😆
"The Political Thriller of the Decade"...
twitter.com/spoofed_uk/status/1357729816355741704[/quote]
😂😂😂😂😂

Yes, she remained calm and in control. Very impressive