Handforth beats woke comedy hands down
Handforth s has struck a chord not just because of our boredom - it is an exposition of the national character at its most petty
20 February 2021 • 5:04pm
Wednesday nights just ain’t what they used to be. Last week, I along with thousands of others, tuned in to a long-awaited public spectacle. Not a coronavirus press conference, bullfight or football match, but the latest instalment in the Handforth Parish Council saga.
The original video is beyond parody: suffice to say that I ended up pulling an abdominal muscle from hysterical laughter. It offered the full English of slapstick and audio-visual farce – low quality cameras, spluttering mics, random background noises. Within hours of its emergence, it was trending and – like a Cheshire version of Kim Kardashian’s bottom – it was threatening to “break the internet”.
Handforth Parish Council s latest Zoom meeting dogged by arguments and public interruptions
The council, which rose to stardom after a chaotic Zoom call went viral, met again for the first time in two months
18 February 2021 • 1:32am
The return of a parish council which became an internet sensation was watched by thousands on Wednesday night and dogged by repeated interruptions by members of the public.
Handforth Parish Council, which rose to stardom earlier this month after a chaotic Zoom call on December 10 went viral, met again for the first time in two months on Wednesday evening.
The reunion, which did not include former star Jackie Weaver because the council s usual clerk, Ashley Dawson, returned, was watched live by more than 3,000 people on YouTube - with many more also joining the conference call directly.
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The councillor was accused of language worthy of Handforth Parish Council An opposition councillor has been slammed and accused of “language worthy of Handforth Parish Council” for his criticism of the council’s spending plans on local projects. Speaking at Reading Borough Council’s (RBC) Policy committee on Monday (February 15), Green councillor Rob White raised concern about the council’s spending plans on local projects using Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funding from developments. The committee approved the £1.5 million of spending on projects across the town including pedestrian crossings, repairing a cycle path and play area works, but Cllr White suggested the way the schemes have been prioritised “reinforces the impression this money is being used as a Labour councillor slush fund”.