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Jackie Weaver has revealed how her time in the spotlight this year "continues to feel like something that will not be here tomorrow" after going viral with a council meeting video. The 63-year-old became one of the most popular social media memes of the year after Handforth Parish Council's infamous Zoom meeting went viral in February .

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Jackie Weaver quickly became an overnight sensation last year for her calm handling of a parish council meeting which descended into chaos forcing Jackie to remove chairman Brian Tolver from the Zoom.The 62 year old, who hails from Whitchurch in Shropshire, acted as a stand-in clerk for the Handforth Parish Council on 10 December 2020, was famously told she had “no authority” and to “read the standing orders” by her fellow councillors. After the Zoom call was shared on social media it quickly went viral and Jackie Weaver found fame as a result.

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A police probe has been launched after a troll sent a vile message to Jackie Weaver telling her she "doesn't deserve to be let out of a burning building".

virtual meeting has been viewed nearly three million times after being posted on social media.Taken from a planning and environment meeting in December, it showed several people involved in heated argument - and ultimately getting booted off the call.Jackie Weaver, who has now become an unlikely internet hit, assumed the role of clerk in the meeting and is the person tasked with controlling the increasingly angry situation.She is accused of having "no authority" by chair Brian Tolver before she removes him - and later kicks out two others for their behaviour.Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour this morning, Ms Weaver said she was "surprised" by the sudden fame after trending on Twitter and appreciates the support she had received.She

The utterly chaotic Zoom call went viral last night, as millions of people watched Jackie Weaver attempt to gain authority over extremely angry councillorsIf for some reason you haven’t watched it – and if not, you are really missing out – the gist is that a council meeting descended into chaos and insult-trading, with Jackie Weaver – the meeting’s clerk – removing the council chair Brian Tolver from the call and placing him in a virtual waiting room. The video has led to Jackie Weaver and ‘READ THEM AND UNDERSTAND THEM’ trending on Twitter all day, and celebrities are just as enthralled with the local drama as the rest of us.Pointless star and The Thursday Murder Club author Richard Osman even seems to have got inspiration for the sequel,

Social media has erupted with comments after footage of an unruly parish council meeting went viral - with celebrities even sharing their views on local government.

direct to your inbox“You have no authority here Jackie Weaver” - it’s the pithy statement that sparked an almighty row.Parish council meetings are normally fairly innocuous affairs with the parochial agendas unlikely to cause much outrage.Not so at Handforth Parish Council, where councillors traded insults, laughed hysterically and were ultimately booted off the Zoom call during a recent extraordinary meeting.A video recording of the meeting has now become an unlikely internet sensation after it was shared on Twitter.The meeting on December 10 was the second time chair Brian Tolver had been removed, having previously been evicted from the earlier 7pm Planning and Environment Committee.The 7.30pm extraordinary meeting began with an unseen