Handforth Parish Council meeting - hilarious zoom video

[brogdale]

I can't be the only one reminded of old CLP meetings by the clip?

Fucking STANDING ORDERS!

 

[oryx]

Great video.

Should be used in training for 'how not to hold a meeting'.

 

[BigMoaner]

still unsure of the mysterous figure with his back turned, blair witch style, at the beginning. Perhaps that's what happens when you have The Authority taken away. or he's having a quick wank.

 

[Argonia]

still unsure of the mysterous figure with his back turned, blair witch style, at the beginning. Perhaps that's what happens when you have The Authority taken away. or he's having a quick wank.

Maybe it was Jeffrey Toobin.

Journalist suspended after colleagues saw him masturbating on Zoom call

Jeffrey Toobin says he made an 'embarrassingly stupid mistake'.

metro.co.uk

 

[BigMoaner]

'Proper Officer' sounds like a great insult. Do one you fucking great Proper Officer.

 

[Serge Forward]

Or Luke 'Ming' Flanagan:

 

[Steel Icarus]

Comedy gold

 

[Buddy Bradley]

What do Parish Council's actually have authority over? Bit worrying if everyone on them is over 70, can't imagine it provides for much diversity of thought.

 

[oryx]

My favourite bit is where the guy clearly says 'Fuck off' at the beginning.

Given his subsequent behaviour I'm not sure whether he was unaware he was being recorded, or whether that's par for the course for him!

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Seems to be an excellent example of Sayre's law in action.

In any political dispute, the intensity of feeling is inversely proportional to the value of the issues at stake.

 

[Thora]

Just imagine how obnoxious and aggressive those men would have been to Jackie Weaver if it had been a face to face meeting and she couldn't have kicked them out.

 

[ska invita]

Since it seems to be Jackie’s Zoom account, she can boot out whoever she wants.

What an outrageous statement. Never in all my years have I heard such POPPYCOCK

 

[Puddy_Tat]

What do Parish Council's actually have authority over? Bit worrying if everyone on them is over 70, can't imagine it provides for much diversity of thought.

mine runs the local park / community centre and allotments, and gives small scale grants for small scale things locally, and possibly maintains a couple of bus shelters.

parish councils get consulted on planning matters and that sort of thing, but i'm not entirely sure just how much influence they really have, and whether that influence is quite in the same scale that parish councillors think it is.

not sure i've had to vote in a parish council election since i've been here, which suggests it's mostly 'elected unopposed' or co-opted members.

 

[platinumsage]

Jackie gives an account of herself on Sky News:

 

[ska invita]

Biggie.

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any chance of finding a photo Cllr Saunders?

 

[littlebabyjesus]

not sure i've had to vote in a parish council election since i've been here, which suggests it's mostly 'elected unopposed' or co-opted members.

Yep. Mostly. I believe Jonathan Bishop was a parish councillor.

 

[cupid_stunt]

What do Parish Council's actually have authority over? Bit worrying if everyone on them is over 70, can't imagine it provides for much diversity of thought.

As a tier 3 local authority not a lot, things like looking after the village hall, open spaces, play areas, allotments, bus shelters, dog poo bins, and the likes. They can vote on things they have no power over, such as planning applications, which has to be considered by the the higher tier councils, such as tier 2 district & tier 1 county councils, that actually rule on such matters.

 

[Argonia]

Or Luke 'Ming' Flanagan:

Ming the Merciless

 

[T & P]

Next wave of the memes starting to land... Behold the YouTube remixes

 

[oryx]

Jackie gives an account of herself on Sky News:

While framed tactfully, her comments about gender are interesting.

Someone on YouTube said:

Old man clearly hates women and thinks she's just the girl to take the mins

which I think sums it up.

 

[ska invita]

Next wave of the memes starting to land... Behold the YouTube remixes

oh my god that has killed me
cant remember the last time i laughed so much

 

[brogdale]

any chance of finding a photo Cllr Saunders?

Small, but it doesn't disappoint (I think?)...seen here with her pal, the Yaxley-Lennon fan Andrew Bowles.

 

[danny la rouge]

What an outrageous statement. Never in all my years have I heard such POPPYCOCK

I’m going to write you a very strongly worded PM.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Next wave of the memes starting to land... Behold the YouTube remixes

READ THEM AND UNDERSTAND THEM!/I TAKE CHARGE!

 

[platinumsage]

While framed tactfully, her comments about gender are interesting.

Someone on YouTube said: which I think sums it up.

That may be the case but I thought the Sky interviewer was pretty soft on her tbh, not even asking her to demonstrate that she understood the standing orders or that the meeting did in fact proceed legally.

 

[steeplejack]

I don't get why this is so funny or why the internet is losing its shit over it

It's just some boomers being pathetic in an online meeting

sorry

 

[ska invita]

Next wave of the memes starting to land... Behold the YouTube remixes

Barry Burkhills wobbly euurh is one the high points of this whole episode that hasnt received enough attention. Nice to see it highlighted here

 

[brogdale]

I don't get why this is so funny or why the internet is losing its shit over it

It's just some boomers being pathetic in an online meeting

sorry

You fucking misery-guts!

 

[Boris Sprinkler]

 

[danny la rouge]

I don't get why this is so funny or why the internet is losing its shit over it

It's just some boomers being pathetic in an online meeting

sorry

Watch it. WATCH IT AND UNDERSTAND IT!