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He apologised for losing my cool but insisted he was right.
However he has since been isolated as his main allies on the council have not attended meetings after they were accused of acting disgracefully,. towards Mrs Weaver.
Mr Tolver, 74, announced his resignation at the latest council meeting in Handforth, Cheshire.
He said: I am intending to resign as chairman of the council. I intend to resign as chair at the end of this meeting.
Parish clerk Jackie Weaver during a meeting of Handforth Parish Council which become an unlikely internet sensation after it descended into chaos
Mr Tolver, 74, (pictured) announced his resignation at the latest council meeting in Handforth, Cheshire
For 11 centuries between the unification of England in 927
AD and the present day, very little happened in Handforth. A hamlet near Manchester, it hosted a large prisoner-of-war camp during the first world war and a Royal Air Force depot during the second world war. This was the sum total of its imprint on the English national story. In the 1960s, several new housing estates transformed this tiny village into a small town. Then, in the 1990s, the government completed a bypass. As a result, even less happened than had been happening before.
That is until a few months ago, when Handforth became the most talked-about place in Britain after a video of a chaotic meeting of the parish council went viral. The meeting, which you can watch in full on YouTube, is a calamitous pantomime of righteous fury and unmuted mics. It takes place in two acts.
For 11 centuries between the unification of England in 927
AD and the present day, very little happened in Handforth. A hamlet near Manchester, it hosted a large prisoner-of-war camp during the first world war and a Royal Air Force depot during the second world war. This was the sum total of its imprint on the English national story. In the 1960s, several new housing estates transformed this tiny village into a small town. Then, in the 1990s, the government completed a bypass. As a result, even less happened than had been happening before.
That is until a few months ago, when Handforth became the most talked-about place in Britain after a video of a chaotic meeting of the parish council went viral. The meeting, which you can watch in full on YouTube, is a calamitous pantomime of righteous fury and unmuted mics. It takes place in two acts.