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Jackie Weaver: Top reactions to row as she is surprised at newfound fame

After days of rowing about patriotism & flags, can we agree that Jackie Weaver & that zoom makes us proud to be British.

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2021-02-05 14:00
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A woman who went viral for her calm handling of a chaotic parish council meeting has expressed surprise at her newfound fame.

Jackie Weaver hosted a meeting of Handforth Parish Council in which councillors lost their cool and traded insults, leading to her kicking chairman Brian Tolver off the Zoom call.

A clip of the December 10 meeting, which was put on Twitter on Thursday afternoon, had been viewed more than three million times by Friday morning, much to the shock of Ms Weaver.

She told BBC Radio Four’s Woman’s Hour: “I suppose the surprise comes in large part because actually 99.99% – that’s an actual fact I’m sure – of council meetings are just not like that.

No authority

“They are often less exciting than we might hope they were.”

The meeting of the parish council in Cheshire marked the second time Mr Tolver had been removed, having previously been evicted from the earlier 7pm planning and environment committee call.

In the 7.30pm extraordinary meeting, Mr Tolver told Ms Weaver, chief officer of the Cheshire Association of Local Councils (ChALC), to “stop talking”, and added: “You have no authority here.”

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In response, Ms Weaver removed Mr Tolver from the Zoom call and placed him in a virtual waiting room.

Mr Tolver told the PA news agency: “I cannot think of any other council meeting anywhere, that was taken over by an unqualified member of the public like this.

“Removing half the councillors from the meeting denied half of the voters of the village from being represented – it was an appalling attack on their democratic rights.

i’ve never missed in person meetings more than i did watching this parish council meeting descend into chaos pic.twitter.com/I75zi1fIK5

— janine (@janinemas0n) February 4, 2021

“This made tensions rise, and that is why voices were raised in the second meeting.”

Ms Weaver said she hosted the meeting as part of her role with ChALC, which provides “advice, guidance and support to town and parish councils across Cheshire”.

“Of that meeting, I’m not absolutely sure who was in charge,” she told Woman’s Hour.

“But if you want the boring details, we have two councillors who have legitimately called a meeting… and at that point my job in supporting them to hold that meeting was to make sure they were able to hold that meeting.”

Following Mr Tolver’s eviction, vice-chairman Aled Brewerton, joined by an older unnamed man, proceeded to yell at Ms Weaver to “read the standing orders”.

Laughter

When fellow councillor Susan Moore called for civility, the meeting erupted into semi-hysterical laughter and two further councillors, Mr Brewerton and Barry Burkill, were removed.

Ms Weaver said she had had “nothing but really lovely, positive support” since the clip had gone viral.

She said that it was important to try to eradicate “bad behaviour” from local councils.

She added: “A lot of us are working very hard – and that includes central government – to try to do something about that, because we’re passionate about the fact that local government is the mechanism by which people can really engage with their communities.”

Mr Tolver said Ms Weaver was just present as a member of the public and “had no status to speak other than when invited”.

“If you look at the first meeting you will see I have reason to be angry,” he said.

Mr Tolver, who previously described the clips shared on YouTube as “corrupt copies”, said they were “hooky videos” and added: “Whether they are completely genuine or not, I don’t know.”

Best reactions

1.

Why I still love Twitter. Where else can you find an expert legal analysis of whether Jackie Weaver really did have authority and other related issues? https://t.co/1A2jrWPDOz

— David Schneider (@davidschneider) February 5, 2021

2.

Loving that Jackie Weaver, Handford Parish Council and READ THEM AND UNDERSTAND THEM are all still trending.

— Stephen Mangan (@StephenMangan) February 5, 2021

3.

Jackie Weaver's crushing of dissent recalls Oliver Cromwell's dismissal of the Long Parliament, and the support for her on Twitter reflects the enduring power of the good old cause. In this essay, I will…

— Stephen Bush (@stephenkb) February 5, 2021

4.

Jackie Weaver has asked whether she can sit in my courtroom when I’m off. pic.twitter.com/clwWsZRiWG

— Robert Rinder (@RobbieRinder) February 5, 2021

5.

"We're still fighting for this Parish Council, and Jackie Weaver's got to go to Aled's iPad and get something, and…and…I'll tell you, honestly, I will love it if we get some authority. Love it." pic.twitter.com/2pNbzu20ws

— Alexander Fox (@AlexanderFoxEtc) February 5, 2021

6.

"I was once booted off a Parish Council Zoom meeting by Jackie Weaver, for telling her she had no authority". pic.twitter.com/WpIAPNcxIG

— Stewart Armitage (@StewartA90) February 4, 2021

7.

Parish the Thought with the cast of Handforth Parish Council.

Will Jackie Weaver return in next weeks episode? pic.twitter.com/fgPedM8UKv

— Alex Groves (@alexgroves) February 4, 2021

8.

YOU HAVE NO AUTHORITY HERE JACKIE WEAVER.

Please set aside 20mins today to watch the best bits of the Handforth Parish Council Planning and Environment Committee.

The best British comedy in decades. https://t.co/gN9gEGE77n pic.twitter.com/V4kW0FVmDS

— Greg James (@gregjames) February 5, 2021

9.

some of you still don’t know who Jackie Weaver is, to which all I can say is, what a sad little life you lead

— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) February 5, 2021

10.

Chair: You have no authority here Jackie Weaver
Jackie Weaver: pic.twitter.com/9mLDHuUyg7

— William Tench 🧡🇺🇦 (@WPTench) February 4, 2021

11.

Really hoping Netflix sign up Jackie Weaver and co for a feature length series.

"Parish council wars – the battle for authority" pic.twitter.com/fmAavbqKoe

— Stewart Lee (@stewartelee) February 5, 2021

12.

Bafta 2021 predictions:

🏆 Best Comedy: Handforth Parish Council Planning & Environment Committee
🏆 Best Female Comedy Performance: Jackie Weaver
🏆 Best Male Comedy Performance: Aled's iPad

— Nick Mitchell (@NickMitchell) February 4, 2021

13.

After days of rowing about patriotism & flags, can we agree that Jackie Weaver & that zoom makes us proud to be British.

— Ayesha Hazarika (@ayeshahazarika) February 4, 2021

14.

Am busily writing Jackie Weaver into the next Thursday Murder Club novel.

— Richard Osman (@richardosman) February 4, 2021

Related: Jackie Weaver row: Council video star sticks to his guns, ‘I have reason to be angry’

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