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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Mark Brown North of England correspondent

SHOCKING: Jackie weaver had no authority after all investigation finds - You Need To See This

Jackie Weaver screen grab from Zoom call
The reports showed sympathy for Jackie Weaver given the unusual circumstances. Photograph: PA

Jackie Weaver – if you recall the dialogue from the jaw-droppingly chaotic parish council meeting – had “no authority” to remove councillors from the meeting. “No authority at all.”

More than a year on, newly published independent investigation reports have revealed the complainants were correct: the muting of microphones and removal of individual councillors “was without authority”. Weaver, it seems, did not have the authority to do what she did.

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