councillor chrisy morris. as the meeting gets under way, councillor morris presents his own version of megaphone democracy. point of order! members, are you prepared to continue? point of order! now, officially, a point of order could be a request to rule on an alleged irregularity in procedure. mr morris feels he has a point to make. no, i won t cease this behaviour! you have no authority on me. the meeting chairman feels proceedings are being disrupted. you re the coward! you won t even answer a phone call! you re the coward! all officers to leave the meeting. point of order. well, this stand off between mr morris and the other councillors goes on for a good 12 minutes before police arrive to try to calm things down. sorry, guys, could youjust identify yourselves, please? that didn t seem to work, so they gave councillor morris a warning. in my view, you re in breach of the peace by not letting this continue.
you this story. so, we all remember jackie weaver, the infamous hanforth parish council meeting. parish council meeting. never forgotten- parish council meeting. never forgotten. absolutely - parish council meeting. never forgotten. absolutely shy - parish council meeting. neverj forgotten. absolutely shy new parish council meeting. never- forgotten. absolutely shy new light on local democracy forgotten. absolutely shy new light on local democracy and forgotten. absolutely shy new light on local democracy and how - forgotten. absolutely shy new light on local democracy and how it - on local democracy and how it happens. it happens. it is important, right? it has happened again, but this time, you will remember that one was all over zoom or teams or whatever. this will happen in person, it got really heated. it happen in person, it got really heated. ., , , ., ., heated. it didn t happen hanforth this time, though. heated. it didn t happen hanforth this time, though. a heat
i m happy for you to remain in it, as long as. i am letting this continue. i ve not broken any law. i m not breaching the peace because i am democratically elected to represent the people that voted me in. when everyone returns, it s clear that the meeting is only going one way, and it s abandoned. after a unanimous vote by fellow councillors, chrisy morris will now be banned from all council committees until may 2023. they ve all gone. i m the last one here. which makes me captain of this here ship. alex dunlop, bbc news. you know, it is not nice, obviously, when people don t agree. obviously. and when there is disruption in the meeting. but it is funny. it is cuite meeting. but it is funny. it is quite compelling meeting. but it is funny. it is quite compelling to - meeting. but it is funny. it 3 quite compelling to watch, isn t it? good telly. quite compelling to watch, isn t it? good tell . ., , , , good telly. compelling is exactly the riaht good telly. compelling is exactly the