IN THE MIDDLE OF A DORSET COUNCIL MEETING, A PAIR OF GRANDMAS “STUCK” THEMSELVES TO A TABLE.

Two protesting grannies “stuck” themselves to a table in front of Dorset councillors, causing the meeting to be disrupted in April. On Thursday evening, the “Grannies for the Future” entered the council chamber at County Hall while Weymouth councillor Louie O’Leary was speaking in support of nuclear power.

As Mr O’Leary and other councillors looked on, the two ladies glued themselves to a desk and read a statement criticising Dorset Council’s lack of climate action.

Conservative colleagues yelled, heckled, and even jostled them before all 70-plus councillors were taken out of the room to resume their discussion elsewhere.

One of the demonstrators had a statement she was trying to read ripped from her hand, while another claimed she was “rough handled” by a Conservative woman councillor, who had to be advised to back off or face assault charges.

Both had “glue” indications on their hands.

The instant the two entered the chamber at County Hall, the cameras that were broadcasting the meeting were turned off.

Their actions were not aired, and the general public was kept in the dark about what was going on.

The demonstration occurred as Conservative leader Cllr Spencer Flower was set to discuss a resolution that demonstrators felt would lead to a more lenient approach to fossil fuel and nuclear planning applications in the county.

This came after Weymouth Green councillor Clare Sutton introduced an opposition resolution calling for national legislation to be amended to empower councils to reject fossil fuel applications.

It was defeated by a margin of 41 to 30 votes, with Conservatives voting no.