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.
A parish council that went viral after a Zoom meeting descended into chaos could soon be abolished, it emerged today.
A clip of a Handforth Parish Council meeting in which numerous insults were thrown around and members were kicked out went viral earlier this month.
Jackie Weaver, the acting clerk, shot to fame after chairman Brian Tolver said she had no authority at all and ordered her to stop talking .
But Handforth Parish Council could soon disappear if an ongoing boundary review sees Handforth merge with nearby Wilmslow council.
A source close to the council told MailOnline they fully supported the merge because the authority was unworkable in its current form .
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When asked by Josh Widdicombe what the last 24 hours have been like, Jackie said over another Zoom call on the show: ‘I think the main thing is I don’t really know what Twitter is and I’m not sure what trending is.
“My son tells me it’s really good. I think that has helped a lot.”
Dozens of people online enjoyed Jackie’s brief appearance on the comedy show, hosted by Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker.
One said on Twitter: ‘Jackie Weaver saying she doesn’t really know what Twitter is, bless her.’
Another said: “Jackie Weaver on Last Leg right now, what a wonderful lady.’