Councillors in Handforth council Zoom meeting say life became "hell" after viral video | SWNS

Councillors who featured in the infamous Handforth council Zoom meeting say their lives became "hell" after the video went viral.
Aled Brewerton claims he received death threats in the aftermath of the Jackie Weaver row.
And, two years on, he says he and dad Keith Brewerton still feel uneasy in their local pubs.
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[@Hrimstal]

Say what you want about the man, but at least he read the standing orders.

[@HardyHardyHar]

But did he understand them?

[@vicalieg]

@@HardyHardyHarYes

[@salanderfication]

@@HardyHardyHarHE READ THEM AND UNDERSTANDS THEM!

[@michaelfernandez3182]

Oh my God 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@respt46]

Illegally...

[@jakubyakub]

“The now declared illegal video” this guy is something else

[@ALAXUKNUTRITIOUSLTD]

There acting like in croba meeting. On emergency meeting on war with Russia lol

[@JynxedKoma]

*"READ THE STANDING ORDERS! READ THEM AND UNDERSTAND THEM!!!"*

[@MrSnufflegruff]

The Legend

[@pixelmentia]

The pitiful tea drinking shot. The hollow stare into the camera as it tracks towards him. This man is a master of his craft.

[@Fluteboy]

_"There's not a bullying bone in me body!"_ A typical catchphrase employed by a bully. He was a shouty wanker in that original video, and there's no escaping that fact. A jumped-up little bully.

[@mythical-seven8420]

master of his craft? taking the piss that

[@jackduncan5450]

😂

[@jakubyakub]

This guy is type of person to go power crazy as a team leader in tesco

[@blackrainbow192]

😂😂😂😂

[@spelcheak]

Jackie was the power crazed one

[@jakubyakub]

@@spelcheak she had NO AUTHORITY!!!

[@BossySwan]

Every little helps

[@LazarusWilhelm]

No that's Jackie Weaver

[@Caz_2087]

If it wasn't him, you would think this a comedy skit. The old decor, the cringe posed shots, the seriousness with what hes saying, the Jack Whitehall comment. Hes the gift that keeps on giving

[@Reddevil198608]

Don't take Al for granted. Trust me, I know what's coming!!

[@Reddevil198608]

@@Caz_2087 Don't be silly. I meant what I said. I am not Al but I am one his best and closest friends. I know what is coming. Behave like an idiot if you must, but you need to mature a bit. Get my drift??

[@Caz_2087]

@@Reddevil198608 Wtf are you on. You implied this is an AI video by bringing up AI in the first place on this video that doesn't remotely have a single thing to do with AI...Give ya head a wobble, get my drift idiot?

[@ryanv3015]

He is the man, the legend of Handforth that is Mr Aled Brewerton.

[@Reddevil198608]

@@ryanv3015 I've always known Al as a legend. Captained me on sports teams and all of them extremely successful. I often wonder what would have happened if he'd have been Chair? No offence meant to Brian at all, may he rest in peace. In meetings that Al chaired there was no shouting out and no nonsense and business got done.

[@danjames4086]

A lot of them in that meeting were ridiculous. It was a perfect example of people being more interested in the mechanics of having a meeting, rather than achieving any meaningful outcome. My suspicion is that this happens in every parish council, church group, cycling club and tinpot little organisation up and down the country. One minute a man is Joe the bricklayer, but give him a job on the golf club committee and he behaves like he's holding the nuclear codes! Fair enough this fella didn't deserve death threats, but the real victims are the people who elect them to do a job, pay their taxes, then get to witness a shambles like this.

[@TM-xb3wy]

Well said

[@pillowcase2006]

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@braindead_boi]

i mean i did watch the full meeting and it seemed pretty productive they just spent the first 20 minutes arguing

[@djl5424]

Hear hear

[@riesenbonobo7846]

My brother before he was on the district council: "Haha, those useless guys, arguing over where to put a new bench." My brother after he got on the district council: "We are doing vital, important and hard work to make the district a better place!"

[@matthewa.morgan6214]

Watch this and understand him ! WATCH THIS AND UNDERSTAND HIM!!!! 😡

[@grahamyoung3433]

I TAKE CHARGE

[@andyjackson3663]

​@@grahamyoung3433You can't - you have no authority here

[@javierk2143]

​@@andyjackson3663No authority at all!

[@Melior_Traiano]

Getting death threats over this is absolutely ridiculous.

[@medb8882]

I feel like people who make death threats just sit at home all day sending them through the post, there can’t be that many unhinged people in the world 😂

[@Eoaiyer21987rhei]

"we were never given a privacy statement" you were an elected official! People need to be able to scrutinise your work to decide if they wish to vote for you in the next election!

[@BoshyG]

which is why the public have access to these meetingsas they happen

[@maximoo79]

😂 should have conducted himself in a proper manner. Nothing to do with privacy. He’s on a zoom meeting as a councillor and therefore should be professional.

[@spelcheak]

He was

[@maximoo79]

@@spelcheak Aled, is that you??

[@kanei8521]

“The now declared illegal video” so illegal that several copies are still in the public domain, freely available without any legal issue and the minutes from the meeting remain as valid on the council website. Classic Aled.

[@js0001xg]

Illegal in the context of it not being legally standing within the local councils, not that it's existence at all is illegal. Plonker

[@ricksanchez6766]

@@js0001xgso it’s not illegal?

[@js0001xg]

@@ricksanchez6766 correct

[@jtaylor9562]

Julie's iPad is still having councilling.....

[@PotatoPirate123]

I think you mean 'Julie's I pad'

[@BossySwan]

Oh hiya she’s just in a meetin at the moment

[@adventureswithaurora]

@@BossySwan🤣🤣🤣

[@markwilson4052]

@@BossySwan She'll give you a call as soon as it finishes.

[@zerjiozerjio]

This behind the scenes featurette was the reason I bought the Blu-ray

[@thenightporter]

😂

[@pokerformuppets]

Sorry, but the legality and council protocol and all that gubbins is no excuse for acting like a complete tool. He hasn't reflected on that at all in the last 2+ years, obviously.

[@danjames4086]

Bang on. I seem to recall reading that Jackie Weaver (always her full name of course) was brought in precisely because of previous bad behaviour. The proof is in the pudding. The first few minutes are chaos...but when three of them are booted out it turns into a nice civil meeting. It turns out she wasn't entitled to do this, but I reckon a lot more work got done after she did.

[@thesmithersy]

And at the following meeting, he read out a lawyers letter with advice justifying why Weaver's meetings were "unlawful" but when he was asked for a copy by the public, he refused and claimed attorney-client privilege (despite that being legally waived if you reveal the advice in public) and threatened people with a non-molestation order if they asked any further and invited them to try it. (And that video is uploaded)@@danjames4086

[@odeode4338]

⁠@@danjames4086yes but, maybe if you think about it for a second, if you are elected and take it serious (which they obviously did) and expect everyone to follow the rules and regulations, then you would understand why they were protesting and nothing got done. In the end, IIRC, the acts of booting them and the meeting were unlawful. And I take a few brass clumsy council members over those that don‘t follow the rules and regulations, because those are breaking the laws and I can‘t stand politicians who do that. None the less because it may cost you, the tax payer double. One for the thing and two for any potential lawsuit.

[@adam4757]

Death threats is never OK and is a sad reflection on the world we live in now. However, this guy was still a bully and was completely unprofessional in that infamous Zoom meeting.

[@Anonymous-kp3jf]

We need more reasonable people like @adam4757 who understand that there's more sides than who's "good" and who's "bad" /meant seriously

[@LukasOfTheLight]

The law has been broken.

[@MrSnufflegruff]

He wasn't being a bully? It was a repreieve, the woman broke the standing orders... she had not read NOR understood the standing orders of the council.

[@LukasOfTheLight]

@@MrSnufflegruff YOU FEWL

[@user-ue6ej2sg9g]

​@@MrSnufflegruffHey screamed at a woman when he wasn't getting his own way. He's a bully and a misogynist.

[@Ashleigh6775]

Lol he’s too much of a jobsworth. Mad when he turned into Gollum

[@Beatmyguest001]

I was gonna say the descending into gollum noises is pretty difficult to justify and defend

[@skyelarmurray2109]

If someone ever screamed at me like this man screamed at Jackie weaver, especially in a workplace or professional environment, I’d probably lose my shit 😂😂

[@The_Comedy_Hub]

He is everything I hoped he would be.....a first class sausage😂😂😂

[@Jsybillionaire]

If he had started with an apology for his behaviour and admit his outburst was wrong, he may have saved face. But this just proves he is a narcissistic bully

[@evanjuleen]

The less control he had over the meeting the angrier he became.

[@MrSnufflegruff]

That's how power struggles work? He had authority and was denied it, you would be upset too. Internet Child.

[@quentinlemaitre2998]

@@MrSnufflegruffwhat power

[@Kvasir-thewise1]

@@quentinlemaitre2998being vice chairman

[@zyzzsdisciples6707]

@@MrSnufflegruffWhat fkn power. That video is just a cesspool of unfulfilled geriatrics taking their frustration with their lack of achievement out on each other

[@theloniouswu5090]

@@MrSnufflegruffhello Aled Brewerton.

[@morgantorium]

Originally I thought he was someone's random family member trying to troll everyone else off screen and derail things. Can't believe he was not only being serious but considers his display a justifiable response.

[@thenightporter]

He seems inappropriately angry (STILL) after so much time has passed.

[@finefeatheredfriend9240]

This guy was the star of that video. He needs his own reality show😂😂.

[@zyzzsdisciples6707]

No one looked at them as “3 bullying men”. Everyone in the meeting acted like petulant children and as a consequence looked silly. Nothing more to it

[@spelcheak]

No if you check the comments you see people saying exactly that

[@Proudy3189]

@@spelcheakyou’re Aled aren’t you? 😂😂

[@jampoyner]

1:22 Is that an oil painting of Councillor Barry Burkhill on the wall behind him? 😂

[@JNGLST281]

The chairman of the council is the chairman of the council -Councillor Barry Burkhill 2020

[@thesmithersy]

The late Cllr Burkhill yes

[@thegamingtrainspotter4582]

No, that's Richard III

[@MAK9246]

I think it's Brian. It's quite clear Aled rightly sees Brian as his God!

[@bclh]

What are you talking about? You don't know what you're talking about!

[@BeasleyStreet]

Its a lesson in life, be on your best behaviour at all times when being filmed...

[@SupremacySinema]

Ofc I condemn the people sending him death threats and violating his privacy…however it’s insanely funny to think that it escalated to that point. Clearly the people doing that did not read the standing orders nor did they understand them

[@juliewall6195]

Bog standard behaviour for a bully. Shout people down, claim seniority and then claim victimhood and the moral high ground when they get called out on their behaviour. Sadly, such people cannot see why this is wrong. I watched this video to give the man right-to-reply..... he just put more nails in his coffin, silly man.

[@thevis5465]

i mean, none of us know the backstory

[@BossySwan]

The chairman of the council is the chairman of the council

[@jongbong1912]

Jackie was acting illegally

[@BossySwan]

@@jongbong1912 Had she: a) read the standing orders and b) understood them?

[@nickright7747]

The video was tame, I think you need to toughen up a little.

[@LeoRikimaru]

"On the now declared illegal video" Translation: "I didn't learn a thing."

[@-mynameisnobody]

“There isn’t a bullying bone in my body.”, says grown up man who shouts at women.

[@MrSnufflegruff]

Jackie was acting illegally and deserved to be stood up to. Regardless of gender... although you would make that a point of focus wouldn't you?

[@-mynameisnobody]

@@MrSnufflegruff whatever mate

[@0saintclark0]

​@@-mynameisnobodythe investigation came back and showed that she was acting beyond her remit.

[@thernfoster5360]

What a lowlife, so shouting at men is okay then? You do realise women shout at men all the time, definitely more than men shout at women, but no, of course THEY aren't bullies, only those who posses a sausage between their legs are capable of evil, all non-sausage holders are amazing and can do no wrong!

[@EnclosedPoolArea]

lmao how in tf did this video become a battle of the sexes? Really need to touch grass.

[@JavaAndroid]

? You can't have 'privacy'. You handed that over when you voluntarily asked for the responsibility within the council.

[@ryanv3015]

The man, the legend, the martyr that is the great Aled Brewerton of Handforth.

[@thesmithersy]

I just wish we had more copies of him on zoom meetings. All we have are the original 2 and the next meeting and thats all there is of him

[@BossySwan]

@@thesmithersy *WE’RE IN A TEAMS MEETING YOU FOOOOL*

[@thesmithersy]

@@BossySwan **I can't, have you got that!?**

[@declangaming24]

​@@thesmithersyComing from you from berkinhead it sounds good

[@grahamyoung3433]

Julie's iPad Rest in Power ⚰️

[@_boracic_atreus_23]

He's read the standing orders. He's read them and understood them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@capybara6996]

We're having a Teams meeting you fool. We're having a Teams meeting! You fool!

[@tomgardner2253]

Why did Baldy man with the guitars say fuck off at the start?

[@Dbdbe1]

Because he’d had a long history of listening to those three wankers

[@mattbod]

BREWERTON: "Read the standing orders! READ THEM AND UNDERSTAND THEM!!!! " PINCHCOMBE: "Dear me!" WEAVER "Appalling behaviour! It was hilarious but this guy should not have been harassed.

[@tab5870]

I had already forgotten about this. I guess Aled’s here to remind me how ridiculous and hilarious it was

[@thedocak7532]

There's one thing to read something, but another to read and actually understand it.

[@BNW_Army]

Can't tell if this is satire or legit 😂

[@calamb90]

Does Aled have any merch I can buy? Big fan.

[@MrSnufflegruff]

For real. He should become a streamer I would watch every day

[@MAK9246]

He has signed copies of the standing orders. You can buy them but it's up to you to read them and understand them. If you don't, there will be hell to pay!

[@Chris-kv4vl]

This guy's behaviour was shocking. You don't conduct yourself like that, he got caught on cam. End of story.

[@spelcheak]

Did you see the video? Jackie was the only one in the wrong. Yes they were angry, because she expected to get away with whatever and face no consequences. If you saw a man yelling at a woman for stomping on puppies, you wouldn’t act like the man was in the wring for being angry and flustered, you’d be mad at the clearly psychopathic woman doing it. Personally I think overthrowing a democracy to install yourself as dictator isn’t the kind of thing you shrug off.

[@travishillsthedarkangelbun504]

What's the big deal?

[@M.H.I.A.F.T.]

That meeting needs to be scanned into 4k definition and released in a Criterion Collection Blu Ray edition, with this interview as a bonus feature. In addition, Aled's iPad is a tool.

[@OpenDoorEnglish]

This makes me cringe. Wouldn't trust this guy to look after a plastic bag.

[@Baby-Face-Grace]

Saying there’s not a bullying bone is a body dosent make it true. Because even out of context he was acting like one with shocking behaviour for a councillor meeting. He’s just angry he got caught and the whole country saw who he is.

[@Matthew-bu7fg]

being angry and being a bully are two very different things if you used a dictionary, you would know

[@evanjuleen]

@@Matthew-bu7fg yes there is, and I felt automatically that what he was doing is not righteous anger, but a selfish will to dominate. That's why he had to make this video, society feels he crossed the line. Its important to notice the less control he had the more angry he became while everyone else remained calm.

[@AAARREUUUGHHHH]

He was getting angry at someone trying to do something illegal, not just one of those things that doesn't affect anyone else, but someone interrupting the democratic process.

[@l.n3187]

If you think he is a bully you're probably horrible.

[@samuelnicholson7905]

This is the problem with media today you saw a five minute of this man and are now assuming you everything about his personality and character. It's honestly insane

[@erm-i-like-rats]

whilst i agree privacy should be respected. this man is fckin hilarious top to bottom. even this is funny.

[@Travigameis]

Guy struggling to be seen in frame: "I TAKE CHARGE" Bane: "Do you feel in charge?"

[@joeterry1988]

He’s embarrassed that people saw his true colours

[@PaulStaveley]

Everyone in that video comes across as basically a fast show skit about provincial Britain. He doesn't come across well, at all, but death threats are pretty stupid.

[@revaphim]

he was acting absolutely evil during that meeting. got outed for his true violent nature

[@revaphim]

there was a better way to go about saying the meeting was illegal. he wasnt a victim

[@evanjuleen]

I automatically felt so bad for whoever he lives with....

[@ryanv3015]

@@evanjuleen Thats his dad Keith, also a legend!

[@CB13212]

Wtf are you on about grow up

[@Awksi]

He was extremely frustrated and acting childish. Saying he was evil is a gross mischaracterization

[@jackiecronin528]

We’re trying to have a Teams meeting you fool 😂

[@KnightoftheLord1]

any idea who he was talking to when he said that?

[@LeeJ2512]

The guy is a tool. End of.

[@JayeshPatel-ct5ps]

Here comes the subpoena!!

[@nickybutt9733]

What a complete wally

[@snotnosedlilkid]

Walking round with his hoodie on 🤣🤣 thought I couldn’t squeeze any more fun out of that zoom meeting but I was wrong

[@normietwiceremoved]

READ THE STANDING ORDERS

[@thesmithersy]

Did he read the standing orders? READ THEM AND UNDERSTOOD THEM?

[@philalexandros9]

The fact that he paid for this video, LMAO (this SWNS channel is a paid content creator).

[@declangaming24]

READ THE STANDING ORDERS READ THEM AND UNDERSTAND THEM

[@keithfoester7326]

is this for real? everything looks like a comedy skit XD

[@gowkstorm]

Was this not the one who was horrible to some poor person off screen in his home?

[@masync183]

hey, he was trying to have a teams meeting. HE WAS TRYING TO HAVE A TEAMS MEETING YOU FOOL

[@Dbdbe1]

@@masync183On Zoom. It was challenging. ;)

[@knebworth1986]

I took one look at that Handforth video and as soon as I saw them bickering about whether it was 7pm or 6.59pm I knew what was coming !

[@hystari200]

“She’s kicked Barry out im going”

[@BossySwan]

*OH HIYA IM JUST WATCHING ALED AT THE MOMENT*

[@quentinlemaitre2998]

Maybe if you behaved better you wouldn’t feel so distressed. You behaved this way because you thought it was private and you could get away with it. Hopefully you can reflect on your behaviour.

[@saladfingers.]

Does he live in his nan's

[@bcccnp]

"I take charge...!"

[@cipiatone]

The law has been broken.

[@degaulle30]

20 quid says this guy is a GB News correspondent within the year

[@Jorrane_Rei_C]

I always tend to root for the villains.

[@Hutchman98]

Tbh, I have no idea why this man received death threats. People need to just calm down. I mean I think the video was funny at the time but I don’t know why self-proclaimed saviour idiots need to try and get involved

[@jekanyika]

If you are in a meeting you should show decorum whether it is made public or not.

[@johnharling5246]

Wow talk about a total lack of self awareness

[@Airestotle09]

“READ THEM AND UNDERSTAND THEM!” should be on his tombstone

[@stped77]

I need to know though, what was "THAT" thing the "Fool" brought in which was freaking him out off camera.

[@markmessiwilliams5578]

You have no authority here aled brewereton, no authority whatsoever 😂

[@martinoneill1644]

Doesn’t sound like a man in charge.

[@powerboon2k]

I truly love this man and the rest of the council. Read the damn standing orders and understand them before you have a go.

[@johnharling5246]

I heard his outburst it is the behaviour that I would expect from a hormonal teenager not from an adult. If he hasn't the wits or ability to control himself maybe he should take up knitting.

[@matthewgrist6454]

This man really does need to see a world class phyciatrist

[@Frohicky1]

That carpet is criminal.

[@skingrad]

These guys are amazing actors! I hope they make a second movie.

[@travishillsthedarkangelbun504]

yep

[@earlthehoodedsweater]

“I TAKE CHARGE” *except for my actions*

[@yy17782]

READ THEM AND UNDERSTAND THEM!!

[@TheMrSafeTheFirst]

I take charge

[@magpiestudent9357]

This honestly feels like a skit from a comedy show.

[@liammorriss]

He should have read and understood the standing orders

[@girlfrommars7015]

You didn't know the job you were employed to do.Listen to your residents or bog off 😔

[@boringst3218]

“Not a bullying bone in my body…” 😂😂 What a wazzock

[@mattrees8228]

You don’t want to go around saying you’re in an illegal video, it sounds like something far worse.

[@sofnaji]

The infamous ipad

[@SubZero589]

What a drama queen🤣welcome to the internet.

[@thedominictapes]

Someone send him the standing orders. Just to make sure he's read them.

[@user-on2sw1jt3j]

Man for christs sakes just read the standing orders

[@beechface1]

I wonder if he read the standing orders and understood them?

[@JCJW101]

Council reports in to the meetings showed him and 2 other councilors were "on the balance of probability" in some breaches of the Code of Conduct for members. They also said "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." so he can say what he wants but the facts are out there and the investigations are now public.

[@Reddevil198608]

I think you need to see what I have written above. The investigations you speak of are now no more. Aled took the matter to the High Court and he has won.

[@danjames4086]

I seem to recall she was brought in precisely because of previous poor conduct.

[@Reddevil198608]

@@danjames4086 The poor conduct was by the other three. Secondly, she had to contact the Chair and Vice Chair before she could even do anything like this and she didn't!!

[@MrSnufflegruff]

Aled beat the case and won, so you are wrong sir. Aled is a legend you are a weak beta Jackie sympathizer and should be jailed.

[@Dbdbe1]

@@Reddevil198608You're just straight up lying now. Who do you think you're fooling?

[@SKJunior_]

Too bad mate , the vice-chair is here , I TAKE CHARGE.

[@bear499]

Personally, he was my favorite person from the meeting.

[@NiallEveritt]

He's just sorry he got caught. Classic bully.

[@ggagg123]

Aled is a legend! The video is brilliant! One of the funniest things I've ever seen in my life. Always read the standing orders btw :)

[@ClickChase]

So hellish I'll do a interview about it. 😅

[@Alaron251]

The sensationalism of the Internet ruins lives