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.
Internet sensation Jackie Weaver to speak at UCC online lecture series
Taken from video of a Zoom meeting dated 10/12/20 showing parish clerk Jackie Weaver during a meeting of Handforth Parish Council which has become an unlikely internet sensation after it descended into chaos.
Amy Nolan
INTERNET sensation Jackie Weaver has been announced as one of the speakers of the sixth annual public lecture series hosted by UCC’s Centre for Local and Regional Governance (CLRG).
The public lecture series will take place virtually this year on Thursday, April 15.
Ms Weaver, who is the Chief Officer at the Cheshire Association of Local Councils, shot to fame when footage of a fiery Handforth Parish Council meeting held via Zoom in December emerged.
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Internet sensation Jackie Weaver joined students and staff at East Norfolk Sixth Form College from her living room to answer questions about local politics in the wake of the Handford Parish Council recorded Zoom meeting that has made her famous.
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While she might not have the authority - she does have the power to engage internet-savvy students won over by her meme status.
Zoom legend Jackie Weaver, whose handling of a chaotic meeting of Handforth Parish Council won her millions of fans and ignited an interest in parish pump politics, has met with students at East Norfolk Sixth Form College.
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