Jackie Weaver first burst onto our screens when that Handforth council meeting went viral. The heated exchange caught the nation’s attention after several attendees proclaimed she ‘had no authority’.
Lauded for her handling of the irate councillors who shouted her down, Jackie became a by-word for endurance in the face of open hostility. The social media superstar has since appeared on television, opened last year's Brit Awards, switched on Christmas lights and has a bevvy of celebrity supporters.
One of them is Jeremy Vine, who leapt to her defence after an investigation into that infamous council meeting found Jackie did not have the authority., after all The report was, however, sympathetic towards her as it stated: “Faced with what were unusual and difficult circumstances, and the deep-seated issues underpinning those circumstances, we can understand why Jackie Weaver acted as she did, despite her action being without any formal footing in terms of appropriate process and procedure.”
