Handforth Parish Council goes global: actors line up for 'biopic' and merchandise goes on sale

direct to your inboxThe parish council Jackie Weaver famously struggled to bring to order could be abolished, it has emerged.The senior council official became an internet hit earlier this month after she hosted a chaotic Zoom meeting of Handforth Parish Council where councillors traded insults and were kicked out.An astonishing clip of the meeting has been viewed millions of times around the world and made an unlikely star of Ms Weaver, who struggled to maintain order in her role as chief

Jackie Weaver, who took part in the council meeting which went viral after descending into chaos, has said she was hoping for better behaviour.Meeting co-ordinator Jackie, originally from Motherwell, became an internet sensation last month when footage of her booting Handforth Parish Council members who had lost their cool off of a Zoom call surfaced online.The council met for the first time since the fiery episode, at 7pm on Wednesday, but Jackie said she would not be attending as the council's

direct to your inboxA mayor who took part in the infamous Handforth Parish Council Zoom meeting is set to face a vote of no-confidence. A recording of the meeting, which saw councillors trade insults before it descended into chaos as a number of members were kicked out, has been watched by millions after it became an unlikely internet sensation last week.

reimagined as a musical, an indie song and a drill record, and now Webber, together with singer-songwriter and actor Carrie Hope Fletcher, has dedicated a newly penned, piano parody to protagonist Jackie Weaver.“A song for Jackie Weaver, we all love you!” Webber wrote alongside the almost two-minute clip he posted to Instagram, which sees him playing the piano from his home while Fletcher sings from her home.“Music and lyrics by Academy Award winning Andrew Lloyd Webber & Don Black.

pic.twitter.com/I75zi1fIK5— janine (@janinemas0n) February 4, 2021Appearing on The Project yesterday (February 9) to discuss her newfound internet fame, Weaver was asked by host Carrie Bickmore which actress she would like to play her in a film.“Oh! Helen Mirren. I think definitely Helen,” Weaver said.Bickmore responded saying “I would have gone with Jacki Weaver!” referring to the Australian actress who shares the British woman’s name.

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reimagined as a musical and an indie song, and Chawawa has now brought its protagonist Jackie Weaver into the world of drill.“24 hours after breaking the internet, Jackie Weaver has now taken over drill,” Chawawa wrote alongside the 30-second clip he posted to Twitter, which sees him rapping a verse alongside images from the notorious zoom call.Watch the performance below.24 hours after breaking the internet, Jackie Weaver has now taken over drill.

pic.twitter.com/I75zi1fIK5— janine (@janinemas0n) February 4, 2021In response to the new viral craze, Twitter user Michael Fry has given the meeting an indie makeover.“The Handforth Parish Council Zoom Meeting but it’s performed by an Indie band,” his tweet read, with the video seeing him reading out particular lines from the hilarious meeting.See the video below,” which one user described as “actually just Hot Chip”.The Handforth Parish Council Zoom Meeting but it’s performed by an Indie band

virtual meeting has been viewed nearly three million times after being posted on social media.Taken from a planning and environment meeting in December, it showed several people involved in heated argument - and ultimately getting booted off the call.Jackie Weaver, who has now become an unlikely internet hit, assumed the role of clerk in the meeting and is the person tasked with controlling the increasingly angry situation.She is accused of having "no authority" by chair Brian Tolver before she

Jackie Weaver has won many celebrity fans thanks to the Handforth Parish Council meeting that went viral. Weaver became an overnight sensation after the Zoom town council meeting she was leading circulated on social media on Thursday (4 February).

direct to your inboxAn official whose name went viral after clips of a chaotic parish council meeting were shared online says she is glad she stood up for herself and said there was an issue with 'bullying' in local government.Jackie Weaver was invited to Handforth Parish Council’s December meeting to provide guidance and support in her role as chief officer of Cheshire Association of Local Councils.

direct to your inbox“You have no authority here Jackie Weaver” - it’s the pithy statement that sparked an almighty row.Parish council meetings are normally fairly innocuous affairs with the parochial agendas unlikely to cause much outrage.Not so at Handforth Parish Council, where councillors traded insults, laughed hysterically and were ultimately booted off the Zoom call during a recent extraordinary meeting.A video recording of the meeting has now become an unlikely internet sensation after it