From council meetings to Celebrity Mastermind, Jackie Weaver reflects on being thrust into the limelight.
Jackie Weaver started 2021 as the chief officer of an association supporting local councils, a role she never expected would lead her to a celebrity life of premieres, guest appearances and Christmas lights switch-ons."I can't believe it - you're trending on Twitter at number one," it read.
Unbeknownst to her, an edited version of a Handforth Parish Council meeting had been circulated on the social media site and her name was being widely shared."I made some pleasant comment back and thanked her for letting me know." At the time, she did not have a Twitter account and had no idea what it meant to be trending, so she messaged her son, who she said told her not to worry, as "it will be a mistake".
"Off I went to bed and never gave it another thought and then - in a nice way - all hell broke loose the following day," she said.Two months earlier, Ms Weaver, from Whitchurch in Shropshire, had been called in to support the council's planning and environment meeting as part of her role at the Cheshire Association of Local Councils.
Unexpectedly, the meeting, which was held remotely over Zoom, spiralled out of control with shouting, a disruptive phone call and parish councillors being ejected and it saw chairman Brian Tolver telling her, in a phrase that has since become infamous: "You have no authority here, Jackie Weaver."
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