Councillor Jim Robbins went to Calais to meet refugees, he working with Swindon Calais solidarity group to bring aid to the people..Pic - Jim Robbins.Date 19/11/15.Pic By Dave Cox. COUNCILLOR Jim Robbins does – as it turns out – have the authority. Having said at the start of Monday night s online scrutiny committee meeting that he didn’t want any Handforth Parish Council vibes”, the chairman and Labour councillor went on to lay down the law. His comment followed coverage of a parish meeting in Cheshire which went viral last week and made an overnight star of its clerk, Jackie Weaver.