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Joseph Gerrard & Dave Burke

Zoom council meeting descends into chaos on video as opponents trade angry insults

A council Zoom meeting has gone viral after descending into chaos when opponents traded insults with each other.

In scenes likened to the infamous Handforth Parish Council, politicians in Hull clashed in a tense video call.

Things started to go wrong during a debate about litter enforcement, Hull Live reports.

As it got out of hand, one councillor was told to shout at his wife, and a member of Hull City Council goaded another about paying council tax.

There were shouts of "how dare you?" as the encounter got heated.

BBC journalist David Harrison, who shared a clip on Twitter, wrote: "Hull’s Full Council meeting has just gone full Handforth Parish Council...."

Hull Live reports there was bad blood after one councillor reported two others to the police for allegedly failing to social distance in a photo.

Cllr Phil Webster, Labour, defended reporting two Lib Dems, before telling one of them to "shut up".

Cllr Webster then told Cllr Cheryl Payne: "Don't you wave your finger try paying your council tax for once."

Shouts of "how dare you", "I object to this very strongly" and "what a bag of hot air" followed.

The clash broke out at a Hull City Council meeting (Alamy Stock Photo)

Cllr Webster then said in response to Cllr Chris Randall: "You're shouting at us, there's a new one, try shouting at your wife for once."

Cllr Webster then continued saying: "I'm sat here, they're shouting abuse and I've given it back because if you live in glass houses you shouldn't throw stones, we'll hold them to account, everything they do is one lie after another."

It got out of hand when Labour councillors disputed claims 75 to 80 per cent of enforcement teams' time was spent in the city centre.

They quoted figures stating 57 per cent of fixed penalty notices for littering were issued outside the city centre.

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