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A parish council meeting that descended into chaos has become something of an internet sensation overnight, with clips of councillors trading foul-mouthed insults over a zoom call. Handforth Parish Council has become the subject of countless memes, and Jackie Weaver began trending on Twitter on Thursday evening as clips of the meeting were posted to social media.
The internet reacted with glee as the clips became viral.
A parody account of the meeting’s star Jackie Weaver was created by an unknown user, and countless classic meme formats have been used in response to the meeting.
The meeting on December 10 was the second time chair Brian Tolver had been removed, having previously been evicted from the earlier 7pm Planning and Environment Committee.
The meeting began at 7.30pm on December 10 with an unseen council member saying “f*** off” under their breath.
Mr Tolver refused to accept the legitimacy of both meetings.
He said to meeting clerk Jackie Weaver, from the Cheshire Association of Local Councils, to “stop talking” and “you have no authority here”.
In response, Jackie Weaver removed Mr Tolver from the Zoom call and placed him in a virtual waiting room.
Following Mr Tolver’s eviction from the meeting, vice-chair Aled Brewerton, joined by an older unnamed gentleman, proceeded to shout at Ms Weaver to “read the standing orders”.
When fellow councillor Susan Moore made a plea for civility to the unruly councillors, the meeting erupted into semi-hysterical laughter and another two councillors, Mr Brewerton and Barry Burkill were removed.
There was then confusion over Mr Tolver’s Zoom username, in which he had labelled himself the “clerk”.