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Social media has today exploded with memes about the now world-famous Handforth Parish Council Zoom that descened into chaos.  Members of the council were likened to Conan the Barbarian and Lord of the Rings wizard Gandalf as Twitter users poked fun at explosive video that apearred on line, and was quickly shared to be seen by 2million people world wide. One Twitter user compared the moment a councillor screams 'READ THE STANDING ORDERS, READ THEM AND UNDERSTAND THEM' during the conference call to the famous 'THIS, IS, SPARTA' scene in the Hollywood blockbuster '300'.  Another, using the sa...

Handforth Parish Council goes global: actors line up for 'biopic' and merchandise goes on sale Millions of people around the world have watched the infamous meeting amid bitter rows over 'power grabs' and 'bullying' 5 February 2021 • 8:30pm Jackie Weaver who was attending the meeting to provide support in place of the clerk Credit: Adam Hughes/SWNS Most people would struggle to cope with becoming an overnight internet celebrity, with actors lining up to play you in a biopic and authors announcing that they were writing you into their next novel. But Jackie Weaver, the calm convenor of the n...

The video, taken from the council’s December 2020 planning and environment committee meeting went viral on social media overnight.

Jackie Weaver, one of the protagonists of the viral Handforth Parish Council Zoom meeting. Pic: PA AFTER a Zoom meeting of a parish council went viral after descending into chaos last night, we have looked through the archives to find five times council meetings in Bradford suffered a similar fate. The meeting of Handforth Parish Council - which has made internet celebrities of chair Brian Tolver, official Jackie Weaver and the rest of the village's councillors - went viral online last night after arguing and shouting saw the council's chair and vice-chair booted out of the meeting by Ms ...

Ms Weaver kicked Handforth Parish Council chairman Brian Tolver off the Zoom call during a chaotic online meeting.